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“But you didn’t, right?”
“No.”
“Did you … do other stuff?”
“What do you mean?”
“Like oral?”
“No,” I laughed, “though I can’t lie. I wanted him to go down on me, and I kind of wanted to go down on him. Which is weird because I’ve never gone down on a guy, and when I’ve thought about going down on a guy it’s felt kinda icky. But I touched him and, you know, I wanted to taste him. Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I admitted that out loud.”
“It’s okay, Sadie. You’re a woman, and you’re embracing your sexuality.”
“Yeah, but maybe he’s not the right person to be embracing it with. I don’t want …” I sighed. “Like, even this conversation, this is what I mean. I’m stressing about this too much. I should just be fun and light and …”
“Then just be fun and light. It’s not that hard, Sadie.”
“I know. I think it’s because I have nothing else going on in my life,” I explained, a little ashamed. “I need some new goals. I need to want more than to get married, you know.”
“I know. Trust me I know.” Arya let out a deep sigh. “I mean, ever since Eloise got left with me, I’ve been thinking, wouldn’t it be great to have some strong handsome man that can take good care of both of us. But I need to be that strong figure because I need to take care of us. And maybe one day, I’ll meet the love of my life, and he’ll embrace Eloise as his own. But until that day, I need to figure out my life.”
“So, what are you going to do?”
“I think I’m going to take that job in the bar.”
“The one that Chet told you not to take?”
“Yeah.” She rolled her eyes. “Don’t even get me started on Chet.”
“Oh boy, another one of the Hamilton men has struck again, huh?”
“He’s absolutely infuriating. I mean, when I first met him, I thought, ‘Oh, he’s a really nice guy, he’s really handsome,’ but the more I get to know him, the more obnoxious he seems.”
“Chet is the most obnoxious of all the Hamilton brothers. Trust me, I know them very well.”
“He’s so gorgeous though …”
“He is? I mean they’re all pretty fine, you have to admit.”
“Yeah,” she laughed, “they are. So, I have an idea.”
“Oh, what’s the idea?”
“Why don’t we brainstorm career goals and career paths and what we want to do with our lives? Just in case …”
“Just in case we don’t meet the love of our lives and get swept off of our feet?”
“Exactly,” she agreed. “I mean, I’d love for that to happen for both of us, but just in case.”
“Arya,” I said, “I’m glad that you caught me here. You want to chat tonight?”
“That would be great,” she said
“I’ll pick you up around eight, and we can go to a place I know.”
“Not the bar.” She made a face, “I don’t want Chet and Wyatt or Austin or Beau or Hunt or Flynn or Knox to see us there.”
“Don’t worry. I know other spots in town.”
