Here for the Cake

by Jennifer Millikin

“Get used to me being a gentleman, Paisley.” “Let me guess. That’s how your mother raised you to behave?” “Yes, but also because you deserve to be treated that way.”

Lie. That was my vibrator.

Yes, we’re fake dating. No, Paisley isn’t mine. But she damn sure isn’t anybody else’s.

“When we get back here tonight, I am going to fuck you so well, so good, I’ll have to clamp my hand over your mouth to keep everybody from hearing your screams.”

Do I have a favorite book? Sure do. The tale of Paisley Royce. And I’ll be damned if it doesn’t end in a happily ever after.

“You are the cake. I’m here for you. I’m here for your hard times, and I’m here for you as you grow as a person and I don’t know about you, but all this fake dating stopped feeling fake as soon as we landed.”