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i composed myself

I composed myself – no mean feat, I can assure you – as I listened to the water turn off. Derek came back into the room with one towel wrapped around his waist, and drying his hair with a second.

As soon as he saw me, he gave me a rueful grin and shook his head. “You are the toughest nut to crack ever, did you know that?”

“I’m just being professional,” I said, my voice shaky.

“Right. We both know you want to, so why don’t you quit using that ‘professionalism’ crap as an excuse?”

“Maybe you shouldn’t tell me stories about how you revenge-fucked some music critic’s girlfriend right before you try to seduce me.”

He squinted at me. “That really bothers you, doesn’t it?”

“What, you using women for your petty little schemes? Yeah.”

“She didn’t have any complaints.”

“How do you know? You probably never saw her again.”

“Sure I did. Two or three more times, as a matter of fact.”

Jealousy bit harder.

“And it was her pursuing me, not the other way around. That’s how I know she didn’t have any co
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