His Naughty Lessons
Chapter 86: Beautiful Art Sculptures (Aka…)

Chapter 86: Beautiful Art Sculptures (Aka...)

** Harper **

For the first time in weeks, Harper agreed to Eli picking her up on Saturday — she didn’t want to make things awkward by meeting up at the store, which would require one of them to wait outside a sex shop like a creep.

A sex shop. Right. So she was really doing this, going adult toy shopping with Eli. The proposal had been a daring whim of the moment, yet now that they were finally here, parked at the front door of Red Eros ... she suddenly wasn’t sure if this would turn out to be the best or the worst decision she had ever made in her life.

"Have you decided on what to buy for me yet?" Eli asked casually as they got out of the car. His tone was light and expectant, with just a tiny hint of tease as he rested his hand at the small of her back to walk her across the sidewalk.

Harper immediately found herself relaxing at the gesture, leaning greedily into his touch. Like always, he was just too good at figuring out what she was thinking and what she needed from him to get into the right mood. She smiled to herself at the thought — maybe there was no need to fidget after all ... because how could any date with such a charming and considerate guy turn out badly?

"I have a few ideas," she said, easing into the playfulness he was trying to lead her with. "I did some research last night, but I’ll have to verify if I know your ... preferences well enough."

That earned her a meaningful glance.

Harper chuckled. Truth be told, she did spend some serious time imagining Eli in all types of scandalous outfits and compromising positions. She would never admit to him what those imaginations did to her. Nervous as she was today, it made her equally eager for the adventurous shopping experience, and she wondered if he—

Her thoughts froze the moment he opened the shop’s artsy iron door for her, nudging them inside.

The interior of Red Eros was covered in scarlet and black, gothic vibes filling the very air. Right in front of them, perched at the center of the room, was a mannequin bust laced up in an elaborate corset, crimson silk trimmed with dark ribbons and elegant bones hugging all the tight curves beneath. To their right, lining the wall from floor to ceiling, were shelves filled with lacy garters, bodystockings, and more types of lingeries than she could even name.

But the sight that made her jaw literally drop was the huge glass display cabinet on their left, which was filled with a dazzling variety of ... colorful sculptures?

"... Is this what I think it is?" she asked in almost a whisper.

A soft sound of Eli’s suppressed chuckle gave her the answer. "I’m happy to see that this is the first shelf to catch your interest," he commented in lieu of a reply.

A surge of flame licked Harper’s cheeks. But self-conscious as she was, she found her eyes involuntarily glued to the cabinet, staring at the items on its shelves in incredulous wonder.

Yes, she knew that the "sculptures" she was looking at were ... glass dildos. And no, they were nothing like what she expected at all. Every single one of them looked like a stunning work of art. The shapes were smooth, elegant, some curved into graceful arches and some twisted into intricate spirals. The colors were vibrant, some marbled with complex layers of swirls and some glazed with such perfect transitions of hues that it was hard to tell where one shade ended and another started. They were beautiful, and as she studied each one with a sense of almost awe, she forgot about what the purpose of these things were actually supposed to be. They simply looked so exquisite that she wanted one of each on her own shelf.

"These are lovely, aren’t they my dear?" A female voice suddenly sounded from behind her. "And the ones on the top shelf glow in the dark." With a sudden flash, the lights in the cabinet went out, leaving the glass shapes on the top shelf glowing in luring shades of dark green and blue.

Harper almost jumped out of her skin. She swirled around, finding a woman slightly older than herself standing behind her, smiling professionally at her and Eli. "Is there any shape or material in particular that you’re looking for? We have a lot more varieties, and I’ll be happy to show you guys around."

Oh. Belatedly, Harper remembered that she hadn’t been staring at glass sculptures in a museum. She had been staring at dildos. And now the shop employee wanted to talk to her about which shapes and material she wanted for her own.

Harper could only hope that the lighting around them was dim enough to hide her what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here expression. "Um ... I ... think we’re good here," she stammered a little, "but thank you."

The shop employee smiled with all too much friendliness. "Of course, just let me know if you need any help. And feel free to touch or feel whatever you like — as long as you’re only touching them with your hands, please." She topped that with a suggestive smile and turned away.

Harper: "..."

Beside her, Eli released a snort of laughter, as if he had been holding it back with great effort this entire time.

"... Eli!" Harper swirled on him. "You promised not to make fun of me!"

"I’m not." He schooled his expression back into what appeared to be perfectly neutral. "I just loved the face you made when she said ’as long as you’re only touching them with your hands’."

Harper let out a deep groan. "Hey, I wasn’t prepared for a joke like that! I wasn’t even thinking about ... the intended usage for these things. They just look so pretty in a deceiving way!" She argued indignantly even as her eyes drifted back to the cabinet again. "And the ones that glow in the dark? How can anyone even think about ... using them, when they are such beautiful pieces of art?"

Her protest only made Eli chuckle again. "Well, if functionality and aesthetic value are mutually exclusive for you in this case, I think I’d personally recommend functionality." He leaned lower, bringing the words closer to her ears. "So it’s a good thing that I don’t glow in the dark, isn’t it?"

"..."

Harper felt her cheeks burning so hot that she wondered whether she would be the one to start glowing from all the heat.

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