Chapter Twenty-Four #2
I chuckled. “Both true statements. Never been a fan of the Fleshlight though, if I’m being honest, so I can’t say that I have one of those.”
“Oh my God,” Liv groaned with an eye roll.
Still, she was smiling and looked happier than I’d seen her in weeks.
If I could give her an afternoon of fun, then that was my new singular focus.
With all the stress she felt about Kayden and Kaylee right now, she deserved to have a fun, lighthearted afternoon.
“I appreciate your commitment to the joke, but you can drop it now.”
“Why are you so sure I’m joking? You want to look inside my nightstand, Liv?” I asked. “We can leave right now and I’ll show you the proof. Or call Kayden and ask him, he’s seen the evidence.”
She stopped laughing and her jaw dropped open. “Do you really have a drawer of toys?”
I raised an eyebrow and gave her a flirty smirk.
“Oh shit, not my business. Forget I asked.”
I leaned closer, brushing my lips across her ear. “You want to know, don’t you?”
She met my eyes, and her breath hitched again.
Right there, in the middle of a sex toy party, I realized Kayden was right.
Olivia was interested in me. I’d been so afraid to tell her how I felt and worried that she wouldn’t feel the same, when deep down, I was sure she had feelings for me.
But it wasn’t until her cheeks flushed as she struggled for words that I recognized the lust she felt as well.
She parted her lips to speak, igniting a fire in me to tell her the truth.
“I’ve never been with a guy who uses toys before,” she said with an audible swallow.
“Then you need more interesting men in your life.” I put my hand on the small of her back and guided her toward the table of dildos and vibrators. “Let’s pick out a few things so you can use them on the next guy you’re with.”
She shook her head at the table. “I’m not interested in shoving a dildo into his ass.” She pulled me toward the table clearly designed for penises.
“Some guys will be very into that, myself included,” I said, laughing. “Don’t write it off so fast.”
Her cheeks pinked again as she stopped at the second table and picked up a small blue box with the image of a cock ring on the front. “What’s the point of this?” she asked, looking at the box skeptically.
Was Kayden right? Did hearing us change something for her? Did we finally cross that line where we could acknowledge the sexual tension between us? If she didn’t want to, she wouldn’t be perusing toys with me, right?
I took a deep breath, afraid to hope, but happy to let this play out. “They enhance an erection, making the wearer harder. It can also make them last longer. Some vibrate to stimulate a partner.”
Her eyes widened and her lips parted. My cock twitched at the look of interest on her face.
Okay, maybe it was a terrible idea to have fun with her here, because now I just want to grab a handful of toys, find a locked room, and show her how good I could make her feel.
It wasn’t like I hadn’t thought about Olivia sexually before.
In fact, I usually spent a great deal of effort trying to suppress that desire as much as possible.
But this time, the interest on her face made it impossible to suppress anything.
She licked her lips, and my dick stirred again.
Fuck, I’m going to be pitching a tent in ten seconds.
She held the box out to me. “Have you…?” she trailed off and took a deep breath.
“Liv, I’ll answer your questions,” I said, taking a step closer. “But we’re about to cross a line that has nothing to do with a fake date.”
She looked down at my mouth and back at my eyes.
“I will gladly cross this line with you,” I said. “But only if you’re sure you want to go there, because there is no going back.”
Her big brown eyes were dilated from arousal and she licked her lips again. It was all I could do not to pull her against me and kiss her right there in the middle of her mother’s sex toy party.
Get a grip, Jace. You’ve waited years.
“I want you to answer the question,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper.
“Yes, I have. Alone and with others.” I swallowed down my rising arousal as my cock thickened.
“Is it good? For your partners?” she asked.
“They seem to think so.”
She held the box up to my face, her eyes never leaving mine as if in a challenge. “Do you think I’d like this one?”
The sexual tension in the air was so thick I was going to choke. My dick was a steel pole. I reached into my pocket for an emergency rearrangement, tucking it up under the waistband of my jeans.
I took the box from her and put it back on the table. I picked up a green box and handed it to her. “I think you should get this one. It vibrates.”
Her throat bobbed as she swallowed, her eyes still locked on mine. “I’ve been wondering something all week.”
“I will answer anything you ask me, Olivia.”
“What exactly did Kayden mean when he said you were as much mine as you are his?”
“Livvy!” Val yelled, rushing over to us. “Oh good, you two found something.”
I tore my eyes away from Olivia and smiled at her mom. “We did.”
“We’re going to play games. Couples trivia! Come on,” she said, waving for us to follow her.
I took Liv’s hand and we followed her mom to where a half a dozen couples were sitting around the coffee table on chairs and couches. There was only one armchair left and it did not look big enough for two.
“Go on, squeeze in,” Val said, waving us toward the chair.
“Oh, that’s not a good idea,” I said, looking at the chair.
There’s no way in hell she doesn’t feel how hard I am if we sit in that thing together.
“Jace, what’s wrong?” Liv asked, looking hurt. “I can just sit in your lap.”
I nodded slowly. “Right, of course.”
That’s what I’d be doing if I wasn’t trying to hide my erection. Or if we were together.
I sat down in the chair and grabbed Liv’s waist to help her settle on my lap.
I pulled her down sideways so her ass perched on my left leg and took a deep breath.
Flirting with the idea of crossing the line was one thing, but if she shifted too far to the right, we were going to be sailing right over that line today.