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“Okay, forget the kid.”
“Forget the kid?” I question.
“No, not like that. I mean, the kiss was hot. I bet you guys had hot sex too.”
My mind travels over our history of sexual exploration. From when we lost our virginity together to last year when he made lo—screwed me in the backseat of our rented car outside a winery. Still, I raise an eyebrow. “Your point is?”
“You probably don’t get it a lot, what with being a mom, right?”
I laugh.
“Bella,” Annie sighs.
I smile at her to say it’s okay. “True. My unicorn cock vibrator goes through its share of batteries.”
“Then take advantage of it while you can. If you both have your reasons why it won’t work out between the two of you, then just be fuck buddies in the interim.”
“You can’t be serious?” Annie leans forward as though she has to look into Bella’s eyes to see if she means it.
“I am. Look at them. They could barely control themselves out there.”
Annie presses her lips together.
I shake my head. “We tried that last year and it ended horribly.”
“Wait, what?” Bella holds up her hand and looks at Annie.
But Annie isn’t surprised. She knew. I let that sink in. She knew. Maybe that’s why she’s so against us now.
“You’re the reason he kept disappearing on the weekends in the Hamptons?” Bella asks.
I nod.
“And what happened?”
“It just didn’t work out.” I’m not willing to go into specifics.
Annie looks as though she’s still screaming, “JACK!” in her mind. “How did Rose not save you? There was room for two of you on there.”
“Why not?” Bella asks, pinning me with her gaze.
“I told you. We’re complicated.” My shoulders sag as I think back over our long and sordid history of on-again and off-again.
Bella nods. “Okay, then I definitely say screw one another and have fun. Your son is gone for how much longer? How often do you have this kind of time to yourself? You don’t need a vibrator; you need the real thing. Might as well enjoy it while you have it in the next room.”
“I feel like I don’t even know you,” Annie says, standing and heading to the mirror I was just using.
I watch Annie reapply her makeup, her eyes skittering to mine every once in a while. She doesn’t think a fling is a good idea and I can’t say I blame her.
“Work him out of your system,” Bella says before she joins Annie at the mirror.
I contemplate their advice, or really Bella’s. Could I sleep with Dom again without getting all up in my feelings? Our kiss runs through my mind again, and yeah, I think it’s at least worth a try. Being around him all the time and not being able to have him has been torture.
Besides, I already know what it feels like to have Dom walk out of my life. I survived before, and if I do grow attached, I can survive again.
I follow Annie and Bella out of the women’s restroom, and there stands Dom, leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets. When he sees me, he smiles.
If there were any doubts in my mind, they float away like a helium balloon on a windy day.
