I give her a shamefaced look and hang my head. She laughs again, then steps in to wrap her arm around my waist and pull me against her. "I should start charging you per hour."
"I'd pay, gladly," I answer. "But I'd prefer to pay in kind..."
She takes the watering can from me and sets it aside. "Alexis Julia Blake, I do declare that you are a harlot."
"Confessed, convicted, confined." I sigh, offering my wrists. "Shackle me and drag me off to my punishment. What is my punishment, anyway?"
"Mm. Let me think about that and get back to you. Firstly, I need a shower, and then I seem to recall offering you a backrub."
"You did. Silly girl. Major tactical blunder, that."
"It's all part of my cunning plan to get you naked." she responds, deadpan.
"Oh, really?" I say, with a salacious grin. "
