The produce section glowed beneath soft yellow lights — polished apples stacked like jewels, pears glistening under a light misting. Maribel stood partially obscured behind the orange display, one manicured nail caught between her teeth, eyes locked on the girl at register three.

Soft little thing. Glossy mouth. Laugh like chimes when she scanned someone's Club Card.

God, she was gorgeous.

Maribel's thighs pressed together just thinking about it — about what she'd let that pretty little checkout girl do to her if the grocery store cameras weren't watching. She'd drop to her knees in that back stockroom with no hesitation, smear her mascara against her stomach, dive between her legs and-

"Mommy," one of the twins hissed behind her, "Soléa won't give me the sour strings!"

Maribel blinked. Jaw clenched. Her moment — her dirty little fantasy — snapped like a rubber band. She turned, heels clicking furiously against tile as she swept around the cart.

"Summer Duvall, if you snatch one more damn thing like you were raised in a barn—" Her voice dropped into a hiss, syrup-sweet and threatening. "—I swear, I'm leaving your ass with Ana and going to Cabo alone." That's a lie and her girls knew it. She didn't vacation without either of them.

She snatched the offending candy and shoved it back into the bin without breaking her stride. The girls huffed in unison. Maribel didn't care. Her panties were already sticking uncomfortably under her skirt and all she wanted was to go back to mentally riding her thigh like a bull in a rodeo.

Instead, she adjusted her blouse, tugged the cart into gear, and made a beeline for frozen seafood. She wasn't cooking tonight — Ana, her long time caretaker of her luxurious condo, was — but she liked to pretend. Made her feel less like a guilty rich bitch.

A dinner party roast. Sea bass, probably. Something citrusy and photogenic.

Not that she'd taste any of it. Not when her appetite was elsewhere.

As she cruised through the final aisle, a manicured finger tapped the plastic of her cart like a nervous tic. Her brain ran in circles around one thing and one thing only:

Ask her. Ask her to let you take care of her. To buy her things. To call you Mommy. To fuck your world on its axis.

She didn't want to be her girlfriend. She wanted to be her property. She wanted to cry into her thigh and hand over her black AmEx like a good little paypig. Then kiss her feet and beg to try again.

By the time she hit the checkout, both daughters had peeled off toward the magazine rack, eyes wide at the coloring books stacked like Ms. Rachel was over there autographing them.

Maribel exhaled. One final check — gloss perfect, chest pushed up, skirt smoothed — and she turned to step forward—

Only to see some tall, broad-shouldered butch with a smug-ass smirk leaning across her conveyor belt like she owned it.

Her hand was on the divider. Leaning in. Saying something flirty. She was laughing politely. Maribel saw red as she glared laser beams into the bitch's back.

Something in Maribel snapped.

She didn't even blink as she rammed her cart into the edge of the belt, bumping the butch's hip hard enough to make her stumble.

"Oops," she said in a sugary tone that would give a dentist a stroke. "You were finished, weren't you?"

The woman muttered something. Maribel didn't hear it.

She was already focused on her again — face flushed, breath held, watching the younger woman bag cereal with quick fingers and a confused smile.

The twins shrieked nearby over a glitter unicorn sticker book. Maribel kept an eye on them but her other focus was on her. She could feel her heart slamming in her chest, nerves going haywire. She gripped the handle of her Louis Vuitton bag with too much tension. Her mouth moved before her shame could shut it down.

"Would you..." she swallowed, voice a little raw despite how perfect her lipstick was, "ever be interested in... maybe... having a sugar mama?" Pause. Beat. Whispered now— "Because I think I'd really enjoy... spoiling you. In every way."

Her eyes flicked up. Wide. Open. Nervous.

The kind of woman who could command a yacht deal by noon was up here simpering over a damn checkout girl.

The worse part? That was making her already sticky panties even wetter

"I mean. You don't have to say yes. Just..." She trailed off, cheeks burning. "Think about it. Please?"

Summer tugged her arm. Soléa dropped something loudly.

Maribel didn't look away from her.

She couldn't.

Not when every part of her was whispering:

She's the one. Make her want you back.