Chapter 345

Eric was walking hand in hand with Lucy, who was practised at walking in her heels but after a few blocks started to wobble a little.

“What’s wrong?” Eric asked.

“My feet hurt,” she said. “It’s nothing, I just have to rest for a minute.”

Eric looked around but they were still a couple more blocks from the park and there weren’t any benches around. He blew out a breath. “I could carry you?” he offered.

Lucy’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

“Sure,” he said. He scooped her up with a grunt and started to carry her in both arms. Lucy was a smaller woman, slim and tight and hot, which was just his type. She was also fairly dense, because she felt a lot heavier than she looked. After the first block Eric could feel himself sweating a little, and by the time they reached the corner crosswalk that led to the lit-up park with all the food trucks he was losing it a little. “Alright,” he groaned, setting her back down.

“Thanks, baby,” Lucy said, and gave him a kiss.

Eric smirked and tried not to show he was a little overexerted as he wondered if he needed to find someone even smaller than Lucy.

“No problem, hottie,” Eric said, then took her hand and led her across to the park.

“I thought we were getting to a blowjob?” Sabrina interrupted.

“We are,” Eric said. “We walk through the park, and we both get a lot of looks because we look so hot together. Then I got her this artisan gelato thing from one of the trucks.”

“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but that’s still not a blowjob,” Gemma sighed.

“Gemma said that she and John came here as part of their first date,” Lucy said. They were sitting on a bench now and she was slowly eating the gelato out of the little plastic cup, teasing Eric by sucking on the little wooden spoon-thing the truck had provided as a utensil.

“Oh, yeah?” Eric asked, not wanting to admit that he’d gotten the date idea from Sabrina, who had suggested it because John had used it and it apparently went well.

“She said it was a perfect date spot. I dunno though, it feels weird.”

“What’s weird about this?” Eric asked. “There’s plenty of other couples here.”

Lucy slid a little closer to Eric, who had his arm across the back of the bench, and she adjusted to lean into him a little. That made him smirk, knowing that he’d solidly regained the power now. “Well,” Lucy said quietly, her tongue brushing the middle of her upper lip. “Usually I like to know I have a place where I can take a date who is doing well for a little reward.”

That was a red flag for Eric. Not that he had been planning anything long-term with Lucy to begin with, but hearing that she gave it up that easily definitely put her into the Hoe category and not the Wifey category. He hadn’t asked her what her body count was, but he was sure it had to be higher than he wanted in a girlfriend or wife. That didn’t mean he couldn’t enjoy himself though.

“Oh, yeah?” he asked. “What sort of reward?”

“I dunno,” she said, wriggling a little against him. “Depends where we are and how good the date is.”

“What would this date rate?” Eric asked.

“Find a place and you can find out,” Lucy said with a little smirk.

Eric took her hand and they stood up. After a quick look around, he started walking down the path beyond the food trucks and deeper into the park area where the lights weren’t as concentrated. The number of people around quickly thinned out, and soon they had a decent buffer of trees from the green space. They diverted down a jogging path that cut through the foliage, and then Eric had to scoop Lucy up in his arms again as they went off the path and into the brush to find a hidden spot.

When he set her down they both looked around quietly, trying to judge if anyone had seen them dip into their little hiding place.