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“Kiss her.”

Our lips touched, and we sort of fell into each other. Somehow my shirt came off, and Melinda had me doing a small circle so Jackie could catch us at all angles. She waited until I was facing away from Jackie and then reached around with both hands, put them into my back pockets, and pushed down. The back of my jeans dropped enough to expose the top of my butt.

“Hold still.”

I could hear the click of the camera as Jackie must have put it into rapid-fire mode. Melinda decided I hadn’t exposed enough and pushed my jeans down further. I now had half my derrière hanging out.

“Okay. Take a break. I need to check these photos.”

Melinda pulled back and smiled at me. The little minx squeezed my behind and then darted off set. I was in a daze, so Tyler came and got me.

“She’s good at what she does. Remember, this is just a job and not real,” Tyler said.

Tell that to Mr. Happy! I glanced down, and he’d made his presence known. Tyler rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“I’ll tell them you need a minute,” she said and pointed me toward the bathroom to take care of my problem.

I gave up trying Jedi mind tricks on my junk and finally had to take matters in hand.

Melinda came out in her own button-up shirt for the next photos. Jackie had her unbutton it, and I saw her breasts for the first time. They were bigger than I originally estimated, with tiny nipples. Things heated back up, but I kept reminding myself that this was work.

That seemed to work until Melinda lost her shirt and Jackie had her lay on top of me. Melinda adjusted her breast that was towards the camera so that when she pressed it into my chest, her nipples were covered, but she did show plenty of side-boob. Luckily, the whole process wasn’t as sexy as it could’ve been.

Soon it was over, and I had to go take a shower. Tyler had laid out an outfit from Abercrombie for me to wear. I realized that there were probably paparazzi lurking outside. I was glad she’d picked out a polo and sweater because it was cold out.

When I came out, Tyler found me.

“Jackie wants to take us to dinner. I called Adrienne, and she’ll get everyone else together and meet us there.”

Melinda came out of her dressing room and came over to me.

“I enjoyed working with you. I normally hate these types of things because I get groped or worse,” she said.

“And I didn’t?” I said, as my eyebrows rose.

“Hey, it made for a great shot.”

“That wasn’t what I was talking about.”

“Give me your phone,” Melinda said, ignoring me.

I logged in so she could put her number in it. She sent herself a text so she had my digits.

“I would love to work with you again. Call me and let’s figure something out, or just call me. I’d like to get to know you better.”

I would have asked Melinda to dinner, but my hands were full with Kara and Pam tonight, or so I hoped.

Melinda walked out with me. She wanted to get her picture taken with me. Melinda was wearing a Hollister outfit, so between the two of us, both companies would get some free press.

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Jackie picked what she called an authentic Chinese restaurant. When she came in, the host recognized her and began speaking in their native tongue. He had a large table reserved and took us to it. No sooner had we been seated than Adrienne arrived. She and Kara walked in first. They’d strategically blocked my view of Pam and Kendal.

When I saw them, I stood up and stared. Kendal was in a short tartan skirt with a white button-up men’s shirt. She wore new glasses with black rims, and her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Kendal looked like a naughty librarian. If she didn’t work for me …

Pam’s hair had been cut and styled. Adrienne had picked the perfect hairstyle for her. There was more body, but it was still long enough to retain her California Girl look. Pam was in an animal-print dress that showed plenty of cleavage and then flared out in an attempt to hide her baby bump.

They both stopped in front of me. I did the little finger spin that had them make a twirl so I could see the whole outfit.

“Adrienne, you outdid yourself,” I said and pulled Pam in for a kiss.

“You like?” Pam asked.

“I love it.”

Kara waited, and when Pam finally let me go, she came over and kissed me. She wanted to remind me she was there. As if I could forget her. The two of them sat on either side of me. When we were all seated, Jackie got our attention.

“I wanted to do something special for Tyler and Adrienne for finding me David for today’s shoot. He was even better than advertised.”

“He only exposed himself twice,” Tyler said.

“Not my fault either time,” I said to defend myself.

“Anyway,” Jackie said, “I’ve been coming to this restaurant all my life. My parents say it’s the most authentic food you can get in the city. Most Americans are used to Cantonese food: sweet and sour pork, lemon chicken, almond chicken, won ton, that sort of thing. But there are 35 provinces in China, each with their own unique cuisine, though of course, there is overlap. I brought you here because I thought you might want to try something different. If you’ll allow me, I’ll order several dishes and have them served family-style. That way if you don’t like something, you can try something else.”

We all agreed, and when our waiter came over, Jackie and he had a long conversation. She seemed to be asking him questions, and he would make suggestions.

“I hear they eat stuff we might not want, like monkey, dog, and donkey,” Kendal said.

“We saw a donkey dick today,” I volunteered.

That even got Jackie to stop her order as everyone looked at me.

“Tyler, why don’t you describe it? I think you got the best angle,” I suggested.

“You are so dead,” she threatened me.

“You were looking at an honest-to-God donkey dick?” Kendal asked.

“I know, who would have guessed? See what you miss out on when you go play with Adrienne instead of working?” I teased.

“Tell it to my boss,” Kendal shot back.

“What did you see?” Adrienne asked Tyler.

Tyler turned bright red. I just rolled my eyes.

“In the morning, we had to get shaved,” I said, pointing south. “Ryan was the other model I was working with, and he had to have the same treatment, so we were both exposed. But Ryan wasn’t normal. How big do you think that thing was?” I asked Tyler.

“Keep me out of this,” she threatened.

“You’d think that someone who’s only interested in girls wouldn’t be so fascinated by boy parts,” I teased.

“Shut up,” Tyler hissed.

“So, he had a big one?” Adrienne asked.

“You’ve heard the phrase ‘bigger than a baby’s arm’? This one was thicker. The head looked the same size as a lemon,” I shared.

“He should be in porn, not modeling,” Tyler blurted out and turned red again.

“If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have believed it,” Jackie added.

I think Tyler was grateful when Jackie returned to ordering food.

When the appetizers came out, Jackie explained what we were having.

“The first dish is Mandarin, they say from Shandong province, called mu xu pork. It’s stir-fried sliced pork tenderloin, cucumber, and scrambled eggs, served with ‘pancakes’ that are used to wrap the mixture; you put some plum sauce inside when you wrap it,” she instructed.

Mu xu pork looked like Chinese fajitas. The plum sauce made the dish. No question, I could eat a whole serving of this by myself.

“This one is Szechuan, called mapo doufu. It’s tofu with shredded pork in garlic sauce. Be careful, it’s spicy, and I would suggest you not eat the little peppers.”

So of course, I had to take a bite out of one. I would listen next time.

“I also got a variety of dumplings,” she said and then pointed at each one as she explained. “Jiaozi are filled with pork, chicken, shrimp, or vegetables. Xiao long bao are called soup dumplings. They have thin wrappers like wonton but are steamed. Xiao long bao are made with either ground pork or pork and crab inside; these have gel pellet placed inside when they’re made. When they’re cooked, the gel melts, so there’s broth as well as filling inside.”