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“I’m not—” Pausing, I pinched the bridge of my nose and called on every ounce of patience inside of me before continuing. “I am not going there with her, and my cock and balls are my own damn business.”
“I’m only looking out for you,” Gibsie replied. “Oh, I almost forgot—” He shoved a hand into his jeans pocket and retrieved a travel-sized bottle. “Here,” he said, tossing the bottle across the room at me. “From my balls to yours.”
I caught it midair and read the description on the bottle.
“Lube?” I barked. “Jesus, Gibs.”
“Hey, don’t knock it until you try it,” he scoffed. “I went to a huge fucking effort combing a dozen different chemists to get that for you.” Waggling his brows, he added, “The pharmacist told me it’s ‘sensitive touch.’”
I stared at him. “It’s half-empty.”
He shrugged. “I had to test it before I could recommend it to you.”
I immediately dropped the bottle on my bedroom floor.
“You are fucking disgusting,” I groaned, wiping my hands on my thighs. “Christ.”
“Don’t be a prude.” Gibsie chuckled. “It’s perfectly normal.”
“Lube is normal,” I agreed. “You, on the other hand, are not.”
“I don’t see what the problem is,” he huffed. “I bought you a present. There’s nothing weird about that. You should be thanking me for taking an interest in your life.”
“Lad, you just bought my dick a present,” I deadpanned. “It doesn’t get much weirder than that.”
“Whatever, lad.” He shrugged, unaffected. “I don’t care what anyone thinks.”
“Yeah, Gibs,” I replied. “I think we’ve established that.”
“But do you know who will care?” he mused, grinning. “Your Shannon.”
“She’s not my Shannon,” I barked.
“And she never will be if you don’t sort your fucking problem out!” he countered.
Jesus Christ…
“Nothing’s changed,” I said in as patient a tone as I could muster. “I can’t, won’t, and will never go there.”
Lies.
Lies.
Lies.
My best friend stared at me for a long moment before asking, “Are you sure about that, Johnny?”
Not even a little bit.
“Absolutely.”
“Suit yourself,” Gibsie shot back.
“Thank you.”
“But just so you know?” he added. “She’s always been your Shannon.”
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