Husband With Benefits

Dear Diary,

I threw my date out of the house today. Sigh, I wonder if he will want to even date me again. Hmm. Anyway, I guess I can consider it a test. After all, he has to accept my weirdness if we have to go along on future dates. I actually like him a bit, so hopefully, he won’t run for the hills.

Dora sighed as she turned off the diary app in her phone and leaned back in the car, closing her eyes. She didn’t even know what to write in the diary. Had no words to express what she had felt with him. She sighed again.

"Why are you sighing so much today, Ms. Dora?" a voice broke through her thoughts. Dora jumped, coloring when she realized what it was she had been thinking.

Dora jumped, blushing slightly as she realized how lost she’d been in her own head with thoughts of him and his kisses, her gaze fixed on her wrist where he’d pressed kisses. She’d never known that her wrist could be such a...She shook her head, realizing she was losing her terain of thought again. Her assistant, Tasha, was still glancing at her through the rearview mirror with a curious expression.

"Oh, nothing," Dora replied quickly, waving her hand dismissively. "Just... thinking about stuff."

"Stuff, huh?" Tasha’s tone was light, but there was a knowing edge to it as id she could guess. Thankfully, Tasha didn’t push, though. Instead, she pulled a tablet from her bag and started swiping through the screen. "Well, while you’re thinking about ’stuff,’ we need to talk about next weekend. There’s a charity function—"

"No," Dora cut in, her tone sharper than she intended. She opened her eyes and sat up straight, frowning. "I don’t want to do it."

Tasha blinked, clearly surprised by the interruption. "But, Ms. Dora, it’s for a good cause, and it would really—""No," Dora repeated, shaking her head more firmly this time. "I’m not doing any more official events. I need a break, Tasha. This is my last semester at college, and I want to enjoy it. I don’t want to be tied down with responsibilities every weekend. No more scheduling anything official from now on, okay?"