Chapter 36

A simple ball, I had read. It was just going to be a small parlor event, I had assumed. I didn’t need to dress too fancy, I had thought. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Tell me why we just arrived at a ginormous building, filled with couples in outfits that seemed right off the runway, people in makeup that could compete with plastic surgery. Yet, here I was, in the same outfit I had worn on my first date withBrian. It wasn't ugly, but maybe a little too underdressed for this.

“Are you nervous, kitty?” Brain asked, gently squeezing my hand.

“Uh?”I jerked my neck to him.

“Your palm is sweaty,” He pointed out.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” I quickly took my hand from his grip.

“Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t care if they’re sweaty.” He grabbed my hand again, flashing a smile at me.

I smiled back. “You’re obsessed with me, even my nasty sweat is therapeutic for you.” I joked to soothe my nerves down.

“You’re not wrong. I wouldn’t even mind if you rub them down my body, all the way to places unreachable to no