" One day she asked for my Visa so she could get some stuff for herself. "You know...for job hunting, and maybe a little lingerie?"?I gave Portia my c...redit card and I never got it back, and she still wouldn't touch me.?Then I tried the cold shoulder treatment, and Portia approached me one night.?"Will you feel my breasts to see if I have a lump?" I gave her a thorough examination, and she thanked me with a full kiss...but when I tried to push her to the bed, Portia skipped off...??Portia still. That and his stunned look of worship woke something inside her. Pushing her carry-on bag to him, she turned to walk towards the parking lot shuttle. He followed.A decade earlier, she had been more angry and demanding and less confident and self-aware. She had luxuriated in his tribute, subservience, and pain. Today, she was happy with the less-extreme adoration of her husband, who no doubt waited with flowers and the kids asleep to relieve the stress of this business trip.Only after years of. But for him to see her respond … as she was cursed to do, by weeks of neglect and the heightened effects of the potion … that would be the unkindest thing of all! He might, though it was only the slimmest of chances, hold her less to blame for what happened if he thought her to be suffering, or merely enduring. Should she allow her terrible, vile passions to arise … Marie had the insolence to give her a chiding look, as if Constance were being a difficult child who did not want to don her. That was something, wasn't it?" He didn't detect any disapproval in her voice, for which he was thankful. He didn't know Alice that well, for all their years together in school."Well, I'm one of the few she occasionally consents to talk to. It's an honor, really."That got a laugh. Alice's laughs were wonderful. After a moment, her eyes lowered as she bit her lip."Where are you going to school?" U.B ... You?" St. Bonaventure." Bill nodded. That was a good local college, with a basketball team.