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the 2024 Literotica 750 Word Challenge
. Below this line are exactly 750 words.
He paced, peering out the coffee shop's windows until he spotted her flowing platinum-blonde hair and the distinctly erect carriage of a woman in sky-high heels.
"Hi!" She hugged him and whispered, "How's my little piggy?"
"Fine, miss, fine. Coffee?"
"Thanks!" She took a sip. Her face fell. "This is cold."
She was forty minutes late. But he apologized and got her another.
"Mm, better. Shall we?" She strode into the single-user bathroom. He hurried after her.
Her smile vanished as soon as the lock clicked behind him. She slapped him. "I'm doing you a favor," she hissed. "Show some appreciation."
"I'm sorry." He wrung his hands. "I'll make sure it's hot next time."
"I even wore the shoes you got me." She pushed one expensively shod foot forward. "Do these look like shoes for six o'clock in a fucking coffee shop?"
"No, miss. I do appreciate it." Dropping to his hand and knees, he kissed her glossy black toe.
She kicked him away. "Can you afford that today?"
He flinched. "No, miss."
His wife had taken away his cards and put him on a cash-only allowance, paid weekly. It was too easy for him to overspend otherwise.