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“Yes, I did, Mae. After I pushed an eight-pound baby out of my hoo-ha, I said, ‘Hey, doc, how about some bigger knockers?’”
“Jeez, I was joking.” Mae tips her head down into her wine glass.
“Sorry. I’m just moody.” The baby latches to Beth.
“They look great,” Mae says, grabbing both of hers. “I’m jealous.”
“Believe me, they aren’t worth what I went through to finally have great tits.”
“Can you do me a favor?” I ask, hating to bring it up.
Beth doesn’t respond but shoots me her “what is it now” expression.
“When Enzo comes here with me, can you not pull them out?” I asked earlier if she minded if we used her as a case study, and surprisingly, she agreed right away.
“Breastfeeding is nothing to be ashamed of. My baby is eating—”
“It’s not that. It’s because if I ever do get to second base with him, he’s going to wonder why he’s with the small-tit sister.”
Mae throws a pillow at me but can’t stop laughing.
Beth laughs, the poor baby getting a milkshake.
“I already feel inadequate. I have to ask myself, why would he even want to kiss me?”
“Because you’re gorgeous,” Beth says.
“And wicked smart,” Mae adds.
“I’m not a size two though. Doesn’t he seem like the kind of guy who would be with a girl who could walk the catwalk?”
Mae contemplates it. Beth doesn’t count because she’s my sister, but Mae will tell me the truth. “No one has ever seen him with a woman, so who knows? I think what you should be asking yourself is whether he’s worth losing your job for.”
Suddenly our lighthearted conversation turns serious, and my biggest insecurities rise up to the surface. Quietly, I say, “I’ve been used before. In college, there was a guy who acted like he liked me just to coerce me into writing his paper for him.”
“Forget that jackass Heath. He was an asshole,” Mae says. “He was a selfish prick.”
“That’s terrible, Annie, but you have to let that go,” my sister says.
I helped Enzo get the campaign that will get him partner. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that he’d sleep with me to get ideas to benefit himself. Keep me happy and content, distract me, and bam, he’s partner, and I’m out on my ass.
It’s possible, I guess, but just thinking it feels a little ridiculous.
“Listen.” Mae comes to sit beside me on the couch and places her hand on my thigh. “You’re so smart and this?” She points at my stomach. “Your gut is going to lead you in the right direction. What’s it telling you right now?”
“It tells me that Enzo Mancini is a god in bed.”
They laugh, nodding.
“What about his intentions?” Mae asks.
I chew on my lip, thinking it over. Everything between us over the past month has been eye-opening. I never thought he’d be the person I’ve come to know.
My phone rings on the table, and Mae grabs it. Her eyes shift to Beth before she hands it to me. Lorenzo Mancini flashes on the screen as it vibrates and rings in my hand.
He’s never called me, and I wonder if it has something to do with the almost kiss earlier.
“Answer it.” Mae nudges me.
