Chapter 31

Chapter Thirty-One

“ S o, what happened next?” said Clodagh when Keira met her the next day for lunch. “Tell me you had hot sex on her sofa and adjourned to her bed for the rest of the day and night.” Her eyes lit up at the thought.

Kiera laughed. “No. It wasn’t that kind of date. Don’t look at me like that.” She thought for a moment before going on. “I guess it just feels like it could be something. Like, something real, something important. There’s plenty of time for everything. No need to rush it.”

“So, you made out on her couch and then said goodbye? Wow, now that is very chaste of you.”

“If I’m honest, it didn’t feel very chaste,” said Kiera, thinking back to the raised heart rates, the heightened colour in their cheeks and the unbidden moans. “I just want to appreciate this. Not rush it.”

“I would like it placed on record that both me and Charlie called it that this was a date,” said Clodagh, with a superior look on her face.

“You’ve already said that,” Kiera pointed out, “twice. And Ch arlie told me the same this morning. You two are insufferable, and potentially dangerous together.”

Clodagh laughed. “Well, as always, you win the prize for being a grown-up. I, on the other hand, have a problem. Both my partners want to take me out on my birthday. We’ve talked about maybe all going together, but they want to do different things. So, I’m now having two birthday dates – one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I’m not gonna lie, I feel a bit overwhelmed.”

“Ah, the first world problems of the ethical non-monogamist,” said Kiera, with a small laugh.

“Oh, look at you, all pink and smug about your girl.” Clodagh rolled her eyes. “But seriously, though. She sounds lovely. Enjoy it.”

“That is my whole plan.”