Page 31 of On My Side (Quiblings #3)

Audrey

Playlist: Emergence | Sleep Token

November

Ren and I entered uncharted waters on Halloween. He stayed until Piper texted she was leaving the party, kissing me on the porch before going home.

When I wake up the following morning, I realize he left his lightsaber in my room. I take a mirror selfie of myself holding it in my glasses and pajamas—a white tank top and purple flannel shorts—with my unmade bed in the background, to make it extra spicy.

Audrey

missing something, mr skywalker?

Ren

oh my god

oh my GOD?!!?sweating emoji

please tell me I can masturbate to this. please please please please please please please

this is the longest-lasting fantasy i’ve ever had.

Audrey

me holding a lightsaber?

Ren

uhhhh, sure. you holding a lightsaber

Audrey

??? what else would you fantasize about me doing with a lightsaber???

Ren

…nothing

Audrey

wait

WAIT

EW

NO

Ren

I’M SORRY

Audrey

tell your dick to chill out please

Ren

why don’t you tell him yourself? smirking emoji

Audrey

...

Ren

you know saying that was a gamble, and i now realize it was a bad one

Audrey

lmaooo you’re ridiculous

also, did you know your sister and her hyperactive girlfriend are hosting their launch event at the inn? hunter told me at 10000 words a minute this morning and I think I retained like one detail. it’s gonna be really gay

Ren

hunter’s a talker, but she’s talked about how much she likes the inn lady a few times at dinner

Audrey

that makes me sound like someone’s 75 year old crotchety aunt

Ren

now that i’m smiling like a fool at my phone during my prep period… when can i come get the lightsaber from you?

Audrey

piper will probably be home tonight.

Ren

got it, no worries. We can try to do a sneaky pass-off on saturday.

Audrey

i was GOING to say maybe i can tell her i’m going grocery shopping for a few hours and bring it to you… wearing a different pair of thigh-highs for you to play with, if you want.

Ren

wide eye emoji

Audrey

i don’t know what that means

Ren

wide eye emoji

Audrey

are you broken? Did i break you?

Ren

wide eye emoji

Audrey

is that a no?

Ren

thumbs down emoji

Audrey

is it a yes?

Ren

thumbs up emoji

Audrey

you’ve lost the ability to compose words and have to communicate via images like a caveman?

Ren

thumbs up emoji

Audrey

poor baby lol. see you this evening winking emoji

Ren

thumbs up emoji

“Hello?” I answer Piper’s call on the first ring, like I always do. She rarely calls, and her calling me during school has me nervous.

“Can I go to Annika’s for dinner?” she asks, sounding calm and unaffected.

I blink a few times. “You called me to ask if you can go to your archnemesis’s house for dinner?” I ask, confused by the situation.

“We’re friends now, Mom.” She lets out a long, suffering sigh. I rub at my temples. I could barely keep up with my own social goings on when I was a teenager, and I’m expected to be in the loop about my daughter’s?

This seems unfair.

“Okay,” I say. “That’s fine. Maybe I should meet her parents, though. If you guys are going to be hanging out…”

“I’ll kill you,” Piper interrupts.

“Okay, I’m not a fan of that. But can you give them my number and ask them to reach out tonight? I won’t make the first move and embarrass you!”

“That might be more embarrassing.”

I sigh. I don’t feel a need to be buddy-buddy with the parents of everyone she hangs out with, but I should at least confirm they’re like… not evil humans? That’s got to be an okay thing to do.

“I want you to go to dinner, birdie, but I need you to work with me. I need to know you’re with safe people.”

“Ugh, fine,” Piper groans, and I internally pump my fist. I got an “ugh, fine!” A win for moms everywhere!

Hunter is suddenly standing in my doorway, knocking repeatedly on the door.

“Okay, baby,” I say, “I have to get back to work. I love you.”

“Love you too. Bye.” She hangs up with a click.

“Ooooh, who do you love?” Hunter sing-songs, a glimmer of mischief in her sapphire blue eyes.

I roll my eyes. “My child?”

“Ah yes. Doting mom and all that.” She nods her head approvingly. “Good job.”

I look at her questioningly. “Thank you? Is there something I can do to help you?”

She sighs long-sufferingly. “No,” she answers, slumping against the door frame. “I’m just bored. Event planning is boring, and Giovanna is better at it, so I’ve left our launch event in her sexy, capable hands.”

I try to fight back a laugh. “Ah, yes, yet you started an event planning firm.”

She sighs like a Victorian woman plagued by consumption. “The things we do for love.”

Hunter leaves my office after distracting me for a few more minutes, picking up every single item on my desk and asking me about it, like she's a weird archaeologist finding ancient artifacts, and not a blonde troublemaker with a penchant for rambling and losing focus.

Once she’s gone, I pull my phone out again.

Audrey

hey, piper’s going to a friend’s house for dinner tonight

Ren

does that impact our plans? i don’t know how to parent, i don’t have to be responsible for children unless i’m being paid.

My ovaries are currently screaming at me, like I didn’t literally have an IUD shoved up my cervix and into my uterus to keep me from getting pregnant.

Like he didn’t say he doesn’t know how to parent.

But the idea of Ren with a tiny baby sleeping on his chest, his forearms flexing while pushing a stroller, tears streaming down his cheeks when a screaming newborn is placed on my chest…

Great. I’m getting horny over non-sexual intimacy again.

If the way I’m squeezing my thighs together under my desk is anything to go by, it’s a good thing we have plans tonight. Maybe I’ll get lucky and reach that orgasm I couldn’t quite get to last night.

Audrey

no, but do you want to come to the cottage instead?

Ren

to be completely honest, that might be best. i have an annoying af cat who will likely try to cuddle us if we leave the door open, or will sit and scream bloody murder if we lock her out

Audrey

sounds like piper when she was a baby.

come over, i’ll make dinner. AND i still have the bottle of wine and the candy

Ren

you’re all the candy i need

Audrey

you just gave me the ick

Ren

yeah that’s fair… am i still allowed to come over?

Audrey

only if you never refer to me as candy again

Ren

DONE

When Ren arrives, I’ve just pulled the horribly burnt chicken pot pie I’d decided to make for dinner out of the oven.

“Did you follow a recipe?” Ren asks, going around the cottage and opening the windows to air out the smoke.

“Yes! I also realized I didn’t shave my legs so I had to jump in the shower and Mom Brain kicked in and I forgot about it.”

“Kitchen safety at its finest,” Ren teases, coming back into the kitchen.

“Next time I come over, I expect you’ll be running with knives.

” He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around me, pulling me into him.

It’s soft and tender. I want to melt into a puddle of goo.

He gently tucks my hair to one shoulder, kissing up the side of my neck.

“W-what?” I say, all thoughts blissfully erased by his touch.

He chuckles against me, a warm breeze on my skin that gives me goosebumps all over my body. “Don’t worry about it, sweetheart. Take me back to bed.”

He grips my hips and roughly turns my body until my breasts are pressed against his firm chest. He tilts my chin up and captures my mouth with his, stealing my breath as well. I wrap my arms around his neck, desperate for as much of me to be touching as much of him as possible.

“Can I tell you what I want to do tonight?” Ren asks against my mouth.

“Yes,” I gasp, already so undone by this man.

“I want you to take me back to the room where you made yourself come to my audios, and then I want you to show me how you did it.”

His lips are back on my neck as my brow furrows in confusion. “Huh?”

“I want you to touch yourself. And I want to watch. Do you think you can do that for me, sweetheart?”

That is the hottest thing I’ve ever heard in my life, hotter than anything he’s said in his audios.

“Why?” It comes out as a moan as he gently nips my neck with his teeth.

“ Why ?” He says the word like he can’t possibly fathom why I would be asking.

“Because I want to know what feels good for you. So I can try again. So you can get the release you didn’t get last night.

I’ve pictured you spread out on your bed, legs open for me, as you moaned Sky’s name and came to his words. I desperately want to see it.”

I moan as he grinds himself against my soaking center. He’s so hard, so needy for me.

I love it.

“Yes,” I gasp, and suddenly, I’m back in his arms and we’re headed to my room. He gracefully deposits me on the bed and climbs onto the mattress next to me.

“Do you use your fingers? A toy?” he asks, sitting on his heels at the foot of the bed. He’s so excited he’s practically bouncing, like Christmas came early, or he found out Star Wars is actually a documentary. It’s so adorable, and wildly seductive knowing how much he wants this.

“I keep my favorite toy in the drawer—” I don’t get to finish that sentence, because as soon as I vaguely point in the direction of my nightstand, Ren is scrambling to reach over my sprawled-out body to open the drawer.

At first he doesn’t say anything—just stares wide-eyed into the open drawer.

“You okay?” I ask, turning on to my side to face him.

“Give me a sec,” he wheezes, squeezing his eyes shut.