Page 8 of On My Side (Quiblings #3)

Ren

Playlist: Sideways | Carly Rae Jepsen

Quiblings Group Chat

Nic

JO OPENED A BUSINESS? WITH HER GIRLFRIEND OF LIKE A DAY????THAT’S THE GAYEST SHIT I’VE EVER HEARD.

Leo

[’ha, gay’ gif]

Jo

[’what happened to hello’ gif]

Ren

wait, what??

Nic

i thought i was pretty clear

Millie

okay wait shut the hell up that’s so gay and cool happy tears emoji

Alex

no, literally so fucking cool. congrats, jo!!!

Jo

wow, you’re the first one of our delightful siblings to congratulate me eye roll emoji

Jo

but thanks al heart emoji

Izzy

the first quibling with their name attached to a business!!!! watch out world! we’re adults and goddamn menaces

Kat

did you forget i made partner last year?

Leo

GODDAMMIT

Izzy

HAHAHAAH i win

Nic

wait win what? i wanna win

Leo

izzy and i made a bet as to when kat would mention being partner and i said it would be her third text, but iz said it would be her first.

Kat

what? It’s true! jo isn’t the first or only business owner in the family!

Jo

okay but like did you have to make it about you so quickly???

Jo

also you’re partner at our parents’ law firm. you’re literally a nepo kid

Millie

kat, be nice and congratulate jo.

Seen by Kat

“Say please, angel,” I breathe into the microphone. “You know how much I love it when you beg for me.” I pause for a few seconds for the listener’s hypothetical response before continuing. “Fuck, you’re so pretty when you’re begging for my cock. So perfect for me on your knees.”

I yawn and stretch my arms over my head, grateful for the magic that is an editor. I take a quick gulp of water and push my wireframe glasses up the bridge of my nose before continuing.

I unbuckle the belt I keep in the booth for sound effects before slowly unzipping a sparkly pencil pouch I got on clearance while back-to-school shopping last year.

I was surprised when I realized how easy it is to detach from my emotions while recording. When Kadence first asked me to work with them for 4Play, I was hesitant. Casual sex is physically painful to me.

But unlike me, Sky isn’t demisexual. He isn’t real .

“Open,” I instruct into the microphone. “Are you ready?” I pause for a beat, then chuckle.

“That’s my girl.” I squirt some lube on my hand and stroke my forearm to mimic the sounds of a blow job.

I moan and whimper, knowing how much Sky’s Sluts love when he does that. “ Fuck , baby, you take me so well.”

It took me a while to get comfortable with acting out sex scenes.

Until last year, when my mom asked me to grab her Kindle, and I made the mistake of opening it, discovering the world of cowboy romance.

While that was obviously traumatizing, it introduced me to the world of contemporary romance.

My sister Nic’s boyfriend, Josh, and my older sister, Jo, both love historical romances and are always trying to get me to read whatever book they’re currently obsessing over.

While I’ve been avoiding it, Sky’s Sluts have been begging for a regency audio on the subreddit, so it may be in my future.

So far, I’ve done exclusively contemporary audios, and reading contemporary romance has been helpful in regards to writing scripts and, to be honest, dirty talk.

This means I know way too much about my mother, but goddamn, no one does dirty talk like a fictional cowboy. The things I’ve read make me blush.

Not that it’s hard, considering I got my dad’s Irish appearance instead of my mom’s Sicilian complexion.

I continue to moan, to praise the listener. After a bit, I make sure my movements and breath become jerkier, rougher, more desperate.

“Look at you, letting me fuck your face like the perfect slut you are.” I close my eyes and lean my head back, the image of an auburn-haired woman with curves that could kill me taking me into her mouth.

“You are, aren’t you?” I say, going off-script. “Perfect for me. God, you could eat me alive, and I’d beg you to do it again.”

Imaginary Audrey pulls back my foreskin and swirls her tongue around the head of my cock, silver-gray eyes intent on mine. I swear to god, I can feel the warmth of her mouth.

I rip off my headphones and push away from the desk. I’m breathing heavily, heart pounding, and, Jesus Christ , I’m hard as hell.

I can’t help myself and reach into my shorts, wrapping my already-lubed hand around my aching length. The way I’m frantically jerking myself achieves the horniness I try to embody while recording.

I’m on antidepressants, and usually, it takes a little while to come. This has served me and my partners in the past, but tonight it takes maybe thirty seconds to feel the hot stickiness of my cum on my hand.

I try to steady my breath, to inhale deeply and get a hold on myself.

Because what. The fuck. Was that ?

I tuck my softening cock back into my pants before going to the bathroom to clean myself up.

When I’m back in the office, I leave the door open so Leia, who’s currently dozing on the back of the couch, can join me if she wants.

I keep her out of the room while recording, because if I don’t , that’s when she decides to sing the song of her people.

And since masturbating completely ruined the mood I want to be in while recording, I decide to call it a night.

I sit back at my desk and grab my phone to text Kadence and let them know I won’t get the audio to them on time, but get distracted by the texts on my lock screen.

Unknown Number

i’ve had a glass of wine and am feeling like a silly goose

but is there a reason you emailed me instead of texting me?

I rub my eyes, my knuckles bumping my glasses as I frown at the phone screen, trying to remember who I’ve given my number recently.

Ren

i’m sorry, who is this?

Unknown Number

oh my god, do i have the wrong number?

i’m trying to reach ren

Ren

you’ve succeeded?

Unknown Number

goddammit you dweeb. it’s audrey

I bark out a laugh at the sheer insanity that is receiving a text from the woman whose image I masturbated to less than five minutes ago.

Ren

oops…guess i forgot to save your number

Audrey

kids these days

Ren

lol, you know i’m in my twenties, right? got kicked off my parents’ health insurance and everything

Audrey

i’m in my thirties, so as i was saying…

kids these days

I’m embarrassed by the blush creeping along my cheeks. Not only is Audrey a goddamn smokeshow, she’s funny too. Talk about the girl of my dreams.

Audrey

anywayyyyyy was there a reason you sent me an email instead of texting me?

I bite my lip as I think of the right thing to say. What’s a nice way to say, “Well, you’ve been avoiding me when I’m teaching your kid, so I thought texting would come across as too familiar, and that’s the last thing we are, you and I. Familiar.”

Ren

as you can see, I forgot to save your number

Audrey

oh. i thought you hated me or something

Ren

hold up, you thought i hated you?????

audrey i haven’t heard a peep from you since that morning on the beach, despite seeing your daughter at your business on a weekly basis

even if i had saved your number, i doubt i would have used it because things feel WEIRD

I watch as the three dots appear and disappear and reappear as she, I assume, figures out what to say.

Audrey

i’m trying to figure out what to say

I laugh again before responding.

Ren

i figured

Audrey

sorry i’m weird… piper always says i’m embarrassing as hell and goddammit i think she’s right

Ren

okay well that’s not what i said. it just feels like you don’t want to interact with me

Audrey

it’s not that i don’t want to, it’s that i don’t know HOW to

like my therapist told me today my homework is to MAKE FRIENDS because i’m a friendless loser with abandonment issues that affect how i interact with people beyond a professional basis!!!!

and you were this annoying little kid the last time i saw you and now you’re not…idk. betcha regret emailing me now huh

Maybe I’m the problem, but I don’t know if I fully believe her.

Audrey

if i were you i’d tell me to go to hell and block me. but if you could not give up on piper… she’s my kid, yes but she’s also really incredible on her own and only the best of me…unless you consider how stubborn and angry she can get, but that’s besides the point.

Ren

i’m definitely not blocking you, or giving up on piper. can we talk in person?

Audrey:

…i’m supposed to take baby steps in friend making, talking in person seems like at least a toddler step

Ren

maybe sending this text was the baby step, and the next step is eating solids! and to celebrate you meeting that milestone, we should meet at queenie’s at 9 tomorrow. we can even get smoothies if you don’t feel ready for solids just yet

This might be the worst idea I’ve had in a while. Getting closer to the woman giving me uncontrollable amounts of lust s imply by existing?

Audrey

ok, we can do that

Ren

see you then smiley face emoji

When I fall asleep an hour later, I dream of myself in assless chaps and a cowboy hat, and Audrey in Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots embracing in a field.

Because of course I fucking do.