Don Warren was nervous as hell walking into Anne Shea's midtown Manhattan studio. His publicist had strongly recommended that Anne draw an image of him to be placed at the headquarters of Austin and Hewson; Don wasn't really interested in sitting for two hours to have an image of him drawn up, but he figured he owed Austin and Hewson, which had done so much to promote his latest novel, "The Gangster's Daughter," now sitting at the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
Anne was already sitting at her easel, and she greeted him with a big smile. "I see you dressed well for the occasion," she said, her Sydney accent pleasing his ear. Don smiled, adjusting his earring and glancing down at his crisp blue suit. I don't look half bad, he thought.
Anne's long blonde hair was tied in a ponytail, and Don found himself aroused by the strands of blonde hair resting against her black sweater. He glanced at her faded blue jeans and thought about what it would be like to take them off, what it would be like to kiss her thighs.
"Thank you," Don replied.
"Now, would you like to sit or stand up? I think it would look so much better if you stood up," Anne said, with a slight wink.
Don wasn't sure about standing up for two hours, but he had been through much worse in his life.
"OK."
"Thank you," Anne replied, smiling again.
Don noticed Anne glancing at his hands. Did she like the look of his smooth brown skin against his blue shirt and jacket? Did she think he was attractive? Don couldn't wait to find out.
"So, how long have you been doing this?"
"Oh, since I was a teenager," Anne responded. "I just love people's faces and bodies-the human body is so artful."
"I agree," Don said, glancing at Anne's cute ass.
"I don't know why, though, but a lot of guys don't like having their picture drawn-most of my work is women."
"I see."
"So you're quite courageous!" she laughed.
Don smiled. "So, if you don't mind me asking, who was the last woman you drew?"
"Oh, just a friend of mine. She needed some cheering up because her boyfriend left her. Said he didn't consider her beautiful anymore."
"Damn, that's cold."
"I know!" Anne replied, the inflection of her voice, in her sweet accent, arousing Don even more. "I think he didn't like her anymore because she didn't look like a porn star-all he ever did was look at porn."
"Hmmm."
"Do you look at porn?"
"What?"
"You heard me. Do you like porn?"
"Uh...uh...yeah. I...I do. I'm not obsessive about it, but I do."