In His Birthday Suit

Austyn never asked Gwen about this, but he suspected that she had gone under the knife more than once. Her smile was a bit strained. Her eyebrows were abnormally high-winged. They gave her a rather fierce look. While Austyn respected every person’s right to pursue beauty, he didn’t think it should come at the cost of their health. More than twice a month, Gwen would disappear for a day and refuse to tell him where she’d gone. But the subtle changes to her face told him that she had gone for touch-up sessions. Austyn held his peace because Gwen clearly did not want to talk about it, but he had been trying to figure out a way to broach the topic. He didn’t want her to continue doing anything that might damage her health even more. Austyn was lost in thought. He didn’t notice when Kira opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was a man’s bare midriff. Kira screamed and shot to her feet. She collided with Austyn. Their foreheads bumped against each other. The impact knocked Austyn back a s