Total pages in book: 40
Estimated words: 35957 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 180(@200wpm)___ 144(@250wpm)___ 120(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 35957 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 180(@200wpm)___ 144(@250wpm)___ 120(@300wpm)
“Should have thought of that,” Anthony grunts.
“There a reason why you’re sitting with your dick in the dirt instead of going after Coralynn?” Atlas is back with our drinks, notices that the rest of our party isn’t here, and leaves with a quick nod after a thank you from us.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. You can’t necessarily wonder that when you’re doing the same thing. The one difference from what I hear is that your woman wants to be around you. Mine keeps running away. It’s like a fucking game of cat and mouse. The more it happens, the more I’m realizing Coralynn likes to be chased.” Anthony starts to doctor up his coffee. I add a packet of sugar to mine and call it a day, he adds cream, and Luke takes his black.
“There is that. Serena would fit in well. You notice a trend with the women we surround ourselves with? They are all driven, focused, and have no problem putting us in our place. I reckon it’ll only be a matter of time until she does the same to you.” Luke’s become quite the therapist, and it’s clear as fucking day Matthew has told him entirely too much and is making his own assumptions.
“That she would and that she is. There’s only one little problem with going after her, even with my hang-ups. Todd’s her fucking uncle. He’s been pretty implicit about her being off-limits, untouchable, and all that shit.” It’s the truth. I don’t even go into how Todd stopped by my office after work yesterday, waiting until Serena left, and then asking me a million and one questions. Some of them were the basics, how she’s doing workwise, only to end it with a reminder she’s his niece and doesn’t need any type of drama in her life.
“That’s well and fine, but what about what Serena wants?” Anthony makes a valid point.
“And what does she want?” Luke follows up. I’m pretty sure I know exactly what Serena is after. I pressed my luck a bit yesterday with my hand on her lower back, crowding her while she worked on the computer, and then after lunch, the pull toward her only became worse. I get it now. Boy, do I fucking get it. All of the guys in our group are obsessed with their women.
They fell hard, and they fell fast.
Similar to what I’m doing, except something is holding me back, and that something is my own issues.
“I can’t necessarily read her mind now, can I?” I evade the question. The head on my shoulders says one thing while the head between my legs says something else entirely. The thought of her just now has my dick lengthening, and that isn’t a good thing.
“I’ll let you answer your own question for that. Think about it, really think about it.” Luke’s eyes light up, and when I see what he’s looking at, the reason is as plain as day. Shae is walking out of LITHE, arms linked with Coralynn, and I know this conversation is as good as over. A win in my book since I’m battling my own conscience.
“Fuck me,” Anthony mutters low enough when he catches a glimpse of Coralynn. I’m the odd man out in this group setting right now and have serious doubts about trying to start a game plan for LITHE, especially with both Luke and Anthony’s focus completely on everything else than what should be.
I allow the lovebirds to say their hellos, though it’s more Luke and Shae than Anthony and Coralynn. She does sit down beside him, grabs her drink, and takes a moment until she’s ready to speak. Meanwhile, Luke and Shae do similar things, but they keep the conversation going.
“Hey, Crew, thank you for doing this for me. I know it’s not really a work day, and I appreciate you working around my schedule.” Shae says, turning in her seat to give me a hug. Luke lets out a low grumble, more or less telling me hands fucking off. The embrace is over before he can get a word out. He’s lucky I didn’t pull a Jagger and egg him on to the point of pissing him off.
“Hi, Shae, Coralynn. Not a problem. I should be thanking you. I appreciate you allowing someone besides me to work on your plans.” This will be the first time I’ll let anyone take the lead on the plans. Sure, I’ll be there with Serena, but she’ll be doing the majority of the work, and my voice will be in the background. Shae and Coralynn will have the final approval, then, if all goes well, it’ll be handed off to Jagger.
“Still, we’re both grateful,” Coralynn says, taking a sip of her drink. Anthony tracks every movement, and I take the time to pull out my tablet for us to get started.