Millionaire Match

     Tyler sat down on a chair at the bar and pulled me close to him. I could feel his breath on my neck. He whispered in my ear, “Well Ms. Chloe, I am going to ask you one last time, are you here for Sex in the City?” I could feel my cheeks flush across my face, I wanted to feel wanted, and this man wanted me. I nodded and smiled, Tyler leaned in, “I want to hear you say it.” I looked at him and whispered, “I am here for Sex in the City, what you got Tyler?” He took my hand and we walked across the bar to the elevator, he pressed the 26th floor. We were alone in the elevator, the door closed, and he pulled me to him and kissed me hard.

     Marissa was already in bed and asked me if everything was ok. I couldn’t find the words to tell her what had happened. I pulled the covers over my head so that she couldn’t hear me crying. I can’t give myself to someone when I don’t feel good in my own body, my own skin. But now I had opened the door. I was no longer numb. I realized what I had been missing all these years in my marriage and how badly I wanted to be wanted by a man. My life was never going to be the same again, I was awakened.

  “Chloe, I have a theory, there is a process to this whole divorce thing, let me explain” said Marissa. “In the first phase you are hurt, damaged and vulnerable. You accept that you are single again and you are free to make your own choices. Sex is all up to you now, but it’s new and kind of scary so you’re cautious. Phase two is where you …..”