Minutes later, he lowered himself into the warm water and closed his eyes, thinking, That’s it, then. She’s gone. I can’t find her. He’d blown it. It was finished now. Over and done. He’d lost the only woman he would ever love, the only one who understood him, who knew him better than anyone else ever had.

Then Shauna came into the bathroom wearing her silky purple dressing gown. He looked up at her and felt a jolt of irritation. Christ, was there no rest from her? She followed him everywhere. What was he even doing here, with her?

‘No luck then?’ she asked.

‘No luck,’ he said.

‘Ah, never mind,’ she said, and slipped the robe off. Nothing underneath it. Of course not. She knew exactly how to turn him on, and it disgusted him how easily she did it. Sometimes he felt he hated her for it. Other times – like now – he hated himself.

‘Scootch up then,’ she said, and stepped into the bath with him, lowering herself into the water so that her nude breasts bobbed invitingly on the surface. ‘This is nice,’ she said, leaning back in the water, her toes finding his penis and kneading it gently. ‘Don’t you think?’

‘Yeah,’ he said, feeling himself harden.

‘We’ve got a good thing going, you and me,’ said Shauna, her dark eyes intent on his face.

‘Have we?’

‘Yeah, we have. I’m just the sort of woman you need, Josh. Serious. I’ll take you far. That’s a promise.’

‘Huh,’ said Josh, half-smiling at that. He looked down at his cock, which was now rearing out of the water, hard as iron, demanding attention.

‘Oh, look,’ said Shauna. ‘He likes it.’

Shauna knelt up in the bath and leaned forward, catching his penis between her tits and moving silkily back and forth. Josh moaned.

‘You think Claire would ever have done this for you?’ asked Shauna, her voice purringly seductive now as her cool flesh massaged him.

Josh didn’t answer. No, he didn’t think so. Claire was shy, reserved. Shauna had an openly sexual attitude and big fabulous tits. He thought Claire’s were much smaller. He’d touched them, of course, but he’d never seen her naked, much as he’d wanted to. That was special, something they had been saving for after the marriage ceremony. Something that now would never happen. Tomorrow he was going to have to go and see Pally and Eva, tell them the bad news that he hadn’t found her in Ireland. He let out a long, deep sigh and submitted to Shauna’s expertise.

What could he do?

He couldn’t find her, his true love.

But by Christ, he thought as Shauna slipped his cock into her warm, wet mouth, Shauna Everett was a fucking fantastic lay.

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