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“Actually, I was referring to the fact that I got well and truly fucked last night and could have used a few more hours of sleep.”
She snatched one of the cookies from the package and ate it with as much enthusiasm as she would have while getting a shot. Although, knowing her, a shot was probably a good thing.
“You don’t have to rub it in my face. I get it. You had awesome sex and I got nothing.”
“You should have jumped his bones last night.”
“What? You said he wasn’t into me.”
“He’s not. But he’s still a guy. He probably would have given you a courtesy fuck, especially after the day you had yesterday.”
“Oh, and that would have made it so wonderful. Besides, he definitely wasn’t up for a courtesy fuck. He put a fucking bag on the bed between us to act as a wall.”
“What kind of bag?” she asked curiously.
“I don’t know, but it was huge. It took up way too much space. Not that it stopped me from rolling over into him last night. I woke up laying on top of his chest.”
“Was he hard?”
My brows furrowed in confusion. “What does that have to do with anything?”
“Well, if he was hard, maybe he was up for it.”
“Or it was morning wood,” I grumbled. “And now I have to find a way to act casual around him because I know he woke up when I was draped all over him, feeling him up like a desperate hooker!”
“Whoa, he woke up but didn’t do anything about it?”
“Nope,” I scoffed. “He just laid there.”
“Then how can you be sure he woke up?”
“Because when I came downstairs this morning, he was super weird. And now I’m freaking out because I know it’s going to come up at some point!”
“What are you going to tell him?”
“Well, I was thinking I could just blow it off like no big deal. You know, I could be likeOops, did that happen again?And I could pretend to be embarrassed about the whole thing. Like, maybe it’s something I do in my sleep.”
She wrinkled her nose at me. “So, you want to pretend to be embarrassed about something you’re actually embarrassed about and pretend you groped him in your sleep, when in actuality, that’s what you did.”
I nodded at her, totally set on my plan. “Do you think it’ll work?”
“Laura, considering who I am, I never thought I would say this to you, but…you have problems.”
She got up and walked away, trudging upstairs like life was dragging her down. I snorted at the thought. Apparently, she had life-altering sex while I did my best not to screw the man in bed with me.
When the doorbell rang, I glanced curiously at the front of the house. Since the couch was still wedged in the door, I wasn’t sure why someone would bother ringing the bell.
“Laura!”
My face broke out in a huge smile at the sound of Andrew’s voice. With everything that happened, I completely forgot about the fact that he was supposed to be here yesterday. Squealing, I ran into the other room, jumping into his arms right after he climbed over the couch.
He caught me with an oomph, his arms wrapping around my back as he chuckled in my ear. “It’s good to see you too, Wilder.”
The nickname brought warm fuzzies to my chest, instantly reminding me of our childhood days. I stepped back, getting a good look at him. “Oh my gosh, you’ve gotten so big!”
“Aw, stop. You’ll make me blush.”
“I’m serious. Are you taking steroids or something?”