Page 149 of Insidious Heart
“And Tink is using it for part of her Halloween set.” Ember starts shimmying her shoulders to the beat. “She’s dressing as a 1980s aerobic instructor and she’s coming out to this.”
I shrug. “Well, I’ve never heard of it, but I was locked in a tower most of my life, so it’s not surprising.”
The three of us continue to watch as the song seamlessly changes from The Weekend to Olivia Newton John, a remix ofLet’s Get Physicalblasting through the club at full volume, and that’s when I start completely cracking up.
Victor’s entire face lights up over the change in song as he starts doing what I’m assuming are his version of old school exercises before throwing himself at the pole. My ghost climbs it quickly, spins a few times then flips himself upside down, sticks his legs out, and twerks.
“Oh my god,” I say with a snort. “Has he been like this all day?”
“Yep.” Elias chuckles. “I think he made it, what, twenty minutes before he couldn’t help himself?”
Ember snorts too as she nods. “Yeah, by the time Jillian came out to rehearse andPoker Facestarted playing, Vic scrapped training and jumped up on stage.”
Of course he did.
I’m pretty sure my boyfriend is pushing for a male dancer set to be honest, just so he has a reason to dance and climb the pole on a more regular basis. Because apparently helping Elias at the club a few nights a week isn’t enough to satisfy Victor’s constantdance fever.
My ghost can sing and dance so well, and sometimes I wonder if he wasn’t born in the wrong decade because he would have made it big during the height of musicals and Broadway plays.
“Your order came in.” Ember nudges my shoulder. “I was going to give it to Vic but decided against it. He would have opened the box and started bugging Spider with everything inside.”
I blush hard as I take the white cardboard from her but I still give Ember a smile. “Thanks. I’d prefer my boyfriendnotflash my lube and lingerie all over the club.”
“I figured. Especially since I threw in something extra.”
My entire face gets hot as I arch a brow.
That’s ominous as hell.
“Calm down, Stevie, it’s nothing crazy.” Ember laughs. “Just a new product for you to try, that’s all.”
“Ok…”
After Tor finally talked me into letting him use my dragon dildo on me, I’ve been a little more open to what my friend has to offer in her side hustle. It took a while for me to get comfortable talking about it, let alone using anything other than my vibrator, but my ghost showed me how much fun we can have with things like that, and I might have accidentally raved to Ember and the girls about the dragon D during a Muppet Show marathon—where I definitely had too much wine, thanks—and ever since then she’s slipped me new things to try.
I’m not against that, not even against reviewing products for her, but talking about my sex life or what Victor and I do behind closed doors has been a little difficult, mostly because I’ve never had a real sex life before, or friends to share it with. I’m trying though, trying and learning how to be a regular girl in my almost mid-twenties who has a boyfriend she loves who meets her every need and more.
It’s just taking me time to get used to it, hence blushing like a tomato when I pick up my order from Ember.
“Vic actually picked it out.”
Ember laughs as my eyes go wide. “You let him pick out a new toy?”
“Yep.”
“By himself?”
“Yes, correct.”
“And you let him order it for us?”
Ember giggles. “Kind of. I might have suggested it to him while he was browsing the catalog. Vic jumped all over it and he’s been pestering me about when it was coming in ever since.”
“Great.” My eyes wander back to the stage as my boyfriend pulls himself up the pole and starts dry humping it.This should be interesting.
But I can’t say I’m that upset about it.
Victor has opened my eyes to so many things during our relationship and exploring my sexuality in a wide variety of ways has been one I can say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed.
