Page 63 of What If I See You

I laugh. “Okay well, anyway you guys, we haven’t…” I shake my head, looking around the room at my friends. Ella waves off my comment.

“Yeah, but you will.”

“What?” I gasp. “What makes you say that?”

Corrigan laughs. “Pfft! Cause there is no way in hell you’ll be able to resist his charm forever.”

Scarlett stands with her hand on her hips. “You mean to tell me you’ve lived with him for several weeks—no, almost a month now—and you two never…”

I shake my head. “I can confirm we have never.”

“What about your wedding night?” Ella smirks.

Oh well…hmm.

We did fool around a little.

“Uh…”

Corrigan points at me and draws in a lengthy gasp. “Layken! You slept with Griffin on your wedding night?”

I tilt my head and cringe. “Welllll…”

“Holy shit!” Ella claps her hands and leaps onto my bed followed by Scarlett and Corrigan. “Tell us every fucking thing!”

“Actually, there isn’t much to tell.” I shrug, standing in front of them. “We didn’t actually go all the way. We had so much to drink that night that he uh…you know, he couldn’t…”

“Get it up?” Scarlett finishes my thoughts. “Are you seriously sayingtheGriffin Ollenberg, star player for the Anaheim Stars hockey team, couldn’t keep an erection long enough to plow his wife?”

“That’s…yeah.” I nod, cringing slightly. “That’s what I’m saying.”

With mouths hanging open they all stare at me completely flabbergasted. “And he never tried again after that?” Ella finally asks.

“Nope. He’s definitely flirted with me...and I with him, if I’m being honest. He tried to tell me his penis works just fine when I kind of teased him about it.” I think back to being with his family. “And then the other night…”

Corri’s eyes bulge. “What happened the other night?”

“Yeah girl,” Ella says, making herself comfortable. “Spill the tea. Don’t hold back. We have to know these things!”

“Why?”

She sighs. “Because at some point the two of you are going to fall in love and it’s going to be the cutest thing ever.” She lifts her arms in a shrug. “Come on, Layken! You literally write this shit for a living. You should know this. You should see it coming. In fact, it was you not too long ago who said it.” She repeats my words back to me. “It’s part of romance right? Girl meets boy. Boy kisses girl. Girls and boy fall in love. Girl and boy eventually sleep together, etcetera, etcetera…”

I shake my head. “I don’t know though. I don’t think so. I mean he hasn’t really made a move.”

“So, what happened the other night then?” Scarlett asks.

“Uh..”

Okay they got me.

“Well, we had dinner with his family and when we got home, he kissed me.”

“He kissed you?” Corrigan nearly shouts in excitement, bouncing on my bed.

My head teeter-totters. “Yeah but it wasn’t like this super romantic gesture. He said it was a thank-you kiss. For hanging out with his family and being so great with his brother and stuff.”

Corrigan and Scarlett and Ella glance at each other and then fall into a fit of giggles as I watch in confusion.

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