The Love Box Experiment

Chapter Nineteen. K discovers porn

CHAPTER NINETEEN. 

Katie sat in the car cruising back to London. She looked again at her ring. She was so happy. Turning to Paul, she put her hand on his thigh. 'Thank you, Paul, for this.' She held up her finger.

He glanced at her. 'Anything for you.'

'Anything?'

'Yup.'

'Even though I'm not a perfect girl?'

Paul kept his eyes on the road. 'Non of us are perfect. And we all have things we want to hide . . . what are yours?'

'Not telling you. You would think me bad.'

There was a silence from Paul and she wondered what he was thinking. He said, 'I know one secret you have.'

That stumped Katie. 'What one is that?'

'Michelle told me. She shouldn't have done, but she told me anyway, so I may as well own up.'

Katie thought, f*ck, and experienced a missed heart beat. 'What did that Mich tell you?'

Paul appeared to consider his words. 'She said you sometimes do it together . . .'

'Holy cow, f*ck and f*ck again. That bitch.' Katie had withdrawn her hand from Paul's thigh and crossed her arms in defence. 'When was this?'

'One of those days she came round to my place, when you and I weren't talking.'

'So you discussed my sex life with her . . .'

'No, I didn't. . . '

'Why then did she give that information to you?'

'I don't know.' He brought his hand over to her knee, but she slapped it away.

A fury swept through Katie. The information of what she and Mich do was confidential. Now she felt embarrassed, hurt and vulnerable. She wished Paul had kept this to himself. Katie decided to stay silent and wait for an apology.

They entered into the area of Battersea quicker than she expected. Katie no longer felt like sex and said so. 

He said, 'I've been looking forward to making love to you. Can't we talk about this . . .'

'No. Please drop me off at my house. I'll phone you sometime Sunday.' 

The silence continued until the car stopped outside her house, and Katie felt a sense of victory as she got out and slammed the car door.