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“I’m sorry!” I took a few deep breaths and shoved my hair out of my face. “Okay. I think I should get Jesse and take him home.”
“I’ll take you.”
“I’ll drive you.”
“I’ve got it.”
I looked at them and covered my mouth to hide a laugh at the way they’d all volunteered at the same time. “I’ll get a rideshare this time.”
15
***Olive***
Iheldmyphonebetween my ear and shoulder and ran a soapy rag over Jesse’s breakfast dishes. “Tell Kitty I’m coming in after my test this morning. I told her yesterday, but I think she just really doesn’t want to deal with the pottery class.”
Jerry laughed. “Absolutely. The last pottery class we had, she took a ball of clay to the tits. Between the implants and rhinestones, she wasnothappy. Just come in when you’re finished with your test, honey. Kitty will survive.”
I grabbed the faucet and turned it but nothing happened. Frowning, I twisted it back and forth. “What the hell? My water just stopped working.”
“Uh oh. Did you pay your bill? That’s usually why mine doesn’t work.”
I twisted again and two things happened at once. Three things, if you include my screaming. The entire knob came off in my hand and a blast of water shot out of the space where the knob had been. I held up my hand to block the water but it was useless. “It’s spraying everywhere!”
Jerry’s cackling didn’t help me so I hung up and dialed the first person I could think of who might’ve been handy. I was grabbing the few towels I owned from the bathroom when Jack answered. Even after almost a week and in the middle of a crisis, his voice still made my stomach flutter.
“Olive?”
“Do you know how to fix a sink?! Mine is spraying water all over me, Jack!” I threw the towels over the geyser and screamed again when the pressure blew the towel right back at me.
“I’ll be right there. Do you know where the water shut-off valve is?” He heard my silence and grunted. “What’s your address again?”
I rattled it off as fast as I could.
“I’m coming.”
The water was starting to pool on the floor and I panicked. If I ruined our home, we’d have nowhere else to go. Making a quick decision, I ripped the front door open so Jack could come in and then raced back to my sink to wedge my body over the sink. I cupped my hands over the spray and did my best to direct the spray so it hit my chest and soaked me and the sink instead of the rest of the apartment. The water was cold and the pressure stung my hands, but I felt like I was saving my home. At least, I hoped I was.
A few minutes later, I heard heavy footsteps rushing towards me and then Jack’s voice. “Olive?!”
“In here! Be careful! The floor’s sli-” The sound of Jack hitting the ground cut me off. I spun around to see if he was okay and tripped over his feet.
Jack grabbed me and pulled me down on top of him as I fell. I wasn’t sure the landing was much softer than my kitchen floor, but when I was flush against him I wasn’t complaining. We were in a puddle and the water I’d been blocking was immediately raining down on us.
Jack grimaced and looked down at where we were connected. “You’re soaked.”
I couldn’t stop the stray giggle that escaped. “I was blocking the water from getting on the floor.”
He moved his hand and splashed a few times. “You weren’t doing a good job.”
I laughed and shook my head. “Doesn’t seem like it.”
His eyes moved to my mouth and stayed there. “You look good wet.”
I sat up, straddling him like no time had passed since the last time I’d done it. Before I could say anything, he easily rolled me under him and pinned me to the wet floor with his weight. I could feel his erection pressing into me and tipped my face up to offer my mouth to him. It was so natural that I didn’t have to think about it.
Jack grinned and winked before pulling himself up. “We have a plumbing emergency, Liv. I know I make a hot plumber but try to contain yourself, woman.”
I sat up and scoffed at him. “I was contained.”
