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“Still…”
“I’m not exactly being careful with you, either.” I pressed my face into his chest. “This is all so crazy. I don’t know what I’m doing, Caleb.”
“You’re having fun, sweetheart. Let that be what it is for now.” He stroked my hair and I heard him swallow. “I want you, Olive, but I’m not going to pressure you into anything. I’m here, though. And I’m going to buy Jesse a bike.”
“Caleb, no. I don’t want to take. If you want to do something for Jesse, come over and hang out with him.”
“Oh.” He nodded, like he was encouraging himself. “Okay, yeah. I can do that. Normally Jack and Andrew are there to act as a buffer, but I’m going to be in charge of a huge corporation in a few years. I can handle hanging out with a kid.”
“He already likes you. He mentions you at least once every night at bedtime. We read different books together and there’s one about a…” I laughed and then slapped my hand over my mouth.
“What’s the fucking book about, Olive?” He gave me a look that said he knew he wasn’t going to like what I said next.
“It’s about a socially awkward robot named Robert. Robert goes to class and doesn’t know how to talk to the other kids.” I was trying not to laugh so hard that I ended up snorting.
Caleb groaned and tried not to laugh but he cracked. Through laughter, he pointed at me. “Do not tell Andrew or Jack.”
I held up three fingers. “Scouts honor.”
He held me close and rested his chin on top of my head. “Let me take you and Jesse out for dinner tonight.”
My instinct to say no was halted by his hand over my lips. I smiled into his palm and looked to see him grinning at me.
“I knew you were going to say no right away. Just think about it.” Kissing my forehead, he breathed out my name so gently. “Olive… Go to dinner with me.”
I nodded. I wanted to. Jesse would love it. Why shouldn’t I? I wrapped my arms around his waist and held him tight. With my mouth uncovered, I groaned into his chest. “What are you doing to me?”
24
***Olive***
“Ihatethisplace,Liv. I want to be chased by three hotties who buy my son bikes and make me orgasm like never before.” Lydie groaned into the phone. “It’s not fair. You’ve been keeping your goods locked up tight for over half a decade and now they somehow have magical powers of attraction. I’ve been out here, practicing and making an effort, and it’s like there’s a sign on my coochie that screams for men to stay away.”
I’d been in the middle of wiping after peeing and her outburst made me freeze. She was only a year younger than me but I still felt like she was mybabysister. It’d been hard enough for me to admit to her what was happening in my life, but hearing that she was active blew my mind.
“Liv? You there?”
I made a choked sound and sat back down on the toilet. “My baby sister has beenout here?”
“Oh, don’t even start with me. I’m not even a full year younger than you. You would’ve beenout here, getting your sexy on, if you hadn’t been raised by Mom and Dad.”
“What? You were raised by them, too.”
“Yeah, but when I was old enough to start thinking more about sex, everything happened with you and they stopped preaching at us about abstinence. That ship had sailed. I got to listen to lots of screaming about protection and babies.” She sighed. “That’s actually really sad.”
“I’m sorry, Lydie.”
“Oh, fuck off.” She laughed when I gasped. “You’ve never done a thing wrong in your life, Olive. You’re an angel. Even your wild sexual exploits are sickeningly domestic and…caring. Again, one of them bought Jesse a bike!Afterhe made you come.”
“Don’t say domestic. I told them all that I’m not doing relationships. They know.”
“They hang out with your son, Liv. Theylikeyour son. I like him, but he’s my nephew. I have to. Jesse can be a little shit and they like him without having to.”
I scowled at the phone. “Don’t say it like that. You don’t just like Jesse because you have to. You know he’s-”
“That kid rules my life, Liv. You know that. He knows that.” She grew quiet. “I miss him. You, too, a little.”
Tears filled my eyes but it made me laugh at the same time. “I’m on the toilet. Wewouldhave an emotional moment while I’m sitting on the pot.”
