The Promotion (Contemporary Reverse Harem 3)

When I got home, I found Sparkle doing a handstand in the living room. Naked, of course. If she didn’t care that people could see her through our windows, then I wasn’t going to worry about it, either. And actually, since we were in New York and practically lived on top of our neighbors, I pretty much saw naked people out my windows all the time. Once you’d been in the city for some time, nobody seemed to care. It was like the constant blare of car horns. After a while, you didn’t notice any more.

In fact, I’d actually gotten bored of spying on the hot gay guy across the way who cleaned house in his birthday suit.

“Hey, Sparkle.”

She kicked her feet off the wall and landed on the floor, popping back into an upright stance.

“Hey, sis. Good day?” she asked.

“Actually, yeah. It was pretty good. Guess who I was just with?”

“Oh my god! You saw Brade?”

“No, I didn’t see him. Although he texted me. I just had a drink with Von.”

“Von? As in Von the vet?” She looked completely confused.

“That’s the one. Von the vet.”

“What? Are you kidding?” she asked. “When did he ask you out?”

“He got my number before we left his office. You were busy with the rat.”

She put her hands on her hips. “The rat has a name, Maizy.”

Oh, lord.

“Sorry. You were busy with Cher. I guess you weren’t listening.”

“Wow. You’ve got guys pounding your door down. That’s freaking hot. I mean, sis, you’ve needed some action for a while,” she said.

“Gee, thanks. But now there are too many of them.”

“What? Are you kidding? How can someone have too many guys?” Her eyes were wide with disbelief. She often looked at me like that.

“Well, I can’t go out with four guys.”

She tilted her head at me as if I’d just said the stupidest thing in the world.

Had I?

“You can go out with whomever the hell you want, Maizy. Don’t let that creepy boss at the law firm rain on your parade.”

“Well, I don’t know. I mean, I like them all. And they seem to like me. First, there’s Anson, my boss’s brother-in-law, who is hilarious and totally buff with his gorgeous red hair. He looks like that prince from England, Harry. Then there’s Brade. You remember Brade, right? I believe you fucked his brother backstage at the concert they invited us to?”

“Yes, I remember him, and I remember his brother even better. In fact, we’re going out this weekend.” She looked very comfortable, sitting bare-assed on my sofa, with having been called out on having sex at a concert with a guy she’d just met. “So, who else we got? Keep running through your inventory.”

“Right. Okay, well, we have Cato from work. Tall, serious, adorable. I’ve been friends with him for ages but I’m seeing him in a different light lately.”

“Okay,” Sparkle said. “Keep going.”

“Last is Von. He’s super-hot with his black hair and long eyelashes. And what’s not to love about a vet? I mean, the guy can’t say no to a stray dog.”

Sparkle broke out in a smile. “Seems he can’t say no to you, either.”

“You’re funny. Seriously, how am I going to choose?”

“What? Why do you think you have to choose? Go out with them all!” She rolled her eyes again.