Page 57 of The Shake Off

“Want to share this theory?”

“I…” I paused. Parker and I shared most things. Or everything. But I suddenly didn’t want to share any part of Payton with him. Any part of what Payton and I shared. “Okay… this is all I’m going to say, but after I went to her place… best sex I’ve ever had.”

His eyebrows shot up. “Really?”

“Yup. It’s like I’ve had a… what’s that word?” I snapped my fingers while I waited for it to drop off the tip of my tongue. “Epiphany. I’ve had an epiphany.”

“And this time, it was the same for her?”

His face contorted with a grimace. Actually, not a grimace, a wince, and he was looking kind of worried about my answer.

“I don’t know if it was the best she ever had, but I do know she had a good time.”

“Dude, you thought that before. Are you sure she’s not going to turn up at the grounds again and tell you otherwise?”

I nodded. “Yeah, I’m sure. This time, I hit the jackpot.”

“And this is what turned your game around last night?”

I nodded again. “Something like that.”

“Great, so can we all get on with our lives now, and things can go back to normal?”

I leaned forward. He was close enough that I could clasp the back of his neck and kiss him Godfather style, so I did.

He shoved me away with a laugh.

“Yes, we can go back to normal. Thanks for sticking with me, Park.”

“Dude, it’s been two weeks. You’re such a drama queen.”

I shrugged. “A long-ass two weeks.”

Parker nodded, got up without saying another word, and returned with two bags of mixed nuts and two chocolate protein shakes.

“You haven’t gotten to the bit where you tell me why you’re reading a girl’s magazine.”

“Well…” I reached over and picked my bag up, pulling out both magazines. “There’s a news stand on the corner near her place, and I wanted to get the paper. You know… see what was being said about me. While I was paying, I saw this.” I held up G.Q. and pointed to the small pull quote in the middle left of the front cover, which had caught my eye.

“How to Give Your Girl Better Orgasms.”

Parker took it from me and flicked to page ninety-seven; the article in question. His mouth hardened into a straight line and his eyebrows rose higher the longer he kept reading, until he finally looked up at me.

“It says here, according to aCosmosex quiz…”

I swept my hand out in front of him. “And that’s why I haveCosmo.”

He pointed to it, still in my hands. “Has that got the sex quiz in it? Did you take it?”

I shook my head. “Nah, it must have been a different issue, but I found these instead.”

I flipped through to the article I was reading before Parker interrupted, and handed it to him.

17 of the Best Sex Positions for Intense Orgasms

He tapped the page on top of a cartoon couple twisted into a shape I’d been trying to figure out when he’d walked over. I wasn’t sure I wanted to try it either, no matter how intense an orgasm it promised.

“This could do some serious damage.”

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