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“Honestly, where do you come up with this stuff?I don’t think Callan has a type.”
“He does, and it’s not me.I’ve never seen him with a brunette with hips and boobs.Have you?”
“Yes.You.”
“The time he spends with me doesn’t count.”
“It really does.”When I begin to protest, she cuts me off.“I would bet a million dollars that if Callan was given the choice between spending a week on an island with you or a week of sex there with someone else, he’d hands down choose you.Liv, he wants to be with you.He just hasn’t admitted that to himself yet.”She pauses before adding, “Flirt with him tomorrow and see what happens.I mean, you guys have got that bed all to yourselves; you should make the most of it.”
I really want to do that.
And also, I really don’t.
“What if I’ve misread everything?What if I let him know how I feel and things turn awkward between us because he doesn’t feel the same way?I wouldn’t survive any damage that might do to our friendship.”
“Oh, babe.You guys would find a way to work through that.You’ve been friends for too long not to.What if he does feel the same way?What if you two never brought your feelings out into the open and then you reached eighty and both admitted you felt the same way?I think regret for a lifetime of what could have been would far outweigh a little awkwardness you might have to deal with now if he doesn’t feel the same way.”
She’s right.I know she is.
And yet, there’s so much uncertainty in all this for me.I don’t cope well with uncertainty.
I take a deep breath.“Okay, I’m going to think about this.”
Blair groans.“You’ve been thinking about this for twenty million years.Now is the time to stop thinking and start doing.”
“And people pay you tens of thousands of dollars to fix their legal problems all while having no clue you can’t count.”
“You’re right.It’s been thirty million years.”
I roll my eyes while smiling.“I do love you.”
“There was never any doubt.Now, go get some sleep.”
“Wait, what hellish things happened to you today?”
“It was just work.Hunt.If I end up in jail for murder, please represent me and make sure the court knows he got what he deserved.”
I spend another ten minutes on the terrace after we end our call.I think about Callan and a lifetime of friendship with him.I replay tonight in my head, remembering the heat in his eyes, his hand on my body, and the way he made me feel every time he bent to say something close to my ear.
I’m not imagining anything.
Callan was flirting with me tonight and god it felt good.
Twenty minutes later, after a quick shower, I slip under the bed covers.Callan stirs and rolls to face me.“Ace,” he murmurs, his voice husky from sleep.“Did you get all your work done?”
I shift onto my side, trying to ignore how sexy he sounds when he’s just woken up.“No, but I got through a lot of it.I’ll have to finish the rest tomorrow.”My eyes get used to the darkness in the room and I make out his face.“You were watching a horror movie.”
He smiles, his eyes on mine.“There’s never anything I want to watch.It’s all shit.”
“So, you settled on horror?You hate horror.”
His smile shifts into a grin.“I’m proving you wrong and showing you that I can try new things.”
“And?What did you think?Any good?”
“I’m not changing my earlier statement that it’s all shit.”
“I think you should give romantic comedies another go.”
