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“Olive,” I stammer. “I’m not going to teach you to be good for me.”

“Oh God,” she cries, throwing her hands over her face. “I’m so sorry I ask—”

I put my hand up to stop her. “Hang on. What I meant is the only person you need to be good for isyourself.”I let out an uneasy breath. “I can teach you how to take care of yourself.”

“Oh. Um, okay.”

Is this actually happening? Did the woman I’m so obsessed with really just ask me to teach her about sex? And did I just say I’ll teach her how to orgasm?

Yeah, definitely did.

“So… when do you want to do… that?” I ask.

Olive bites her thumb warily. “Um, now?”

“Now?” My eyes practically bug out of my head. “O-okay. We’ll start now.”

“Here?” she questions, pointing to the couch.

“No,” I shake my head. “I’m taking you to bed, Olive.”

twenty-nine

Olive

“Areyousureyouwant to do this?” Lane asks for the third time since we stood up from the sofa.

“Yes,” I breathe, trying to maintain a semblance of composure as he closes the bedroom door behind us.

Am I sure that I want this? Yes.

Am I nervous as hell about it? Also yes.

Nervous as I am, though, I know I want Lane to be the one to do this. He’s shown me nothing but consideration and compassion since we met, and I know I can trust him wholeheartedly.

Lane takes a deep breath and leads us over to his bed, gently laying me down with my head on the pillows. He slides in right next to me.

I take a deep breath. “Are you really okay with this, Lane? Maybe it was weird that I asked at all.”

“No, I promise I’m okay with this, Liv.” He flashes me a reassuring smile. “You just caught me off guard before. My only concern is making sureyou’recomfortable with all of this. I’mhere to teach you. That means I’ll be talking you through it, but you’ll be doing all the work while I watch. Is that still okay?”

“Do I need to… take my clothes off?” I ask, suddenly feeling very exposed.

He places a hand on my cheek and kisses me softly. “No. We’re going to take all of this slowly. Step by step, you’ll learn how to take care of yourself and make all things associated with sex enjoyable foryou.All you’re going to need right now is your hand. Your clothing stays on.”

“Okay,” I reply, letting out a breath and feeling calmer. “So, what do I need to do?”

“First, you need to make sure you’re ready. You’re going to need to be turned on. That’ll make it easier and more enjoyable for you. Now, I promise I’m asking this solely in order to help you, but are you turned on right now, Olive?”

I bite my lip and shake my head. “Not really. Asking you to do this kind of killed anything I was feeling before.”

Lane laughs and brushes my hair behind my ear. “Since you asked me to help you with this, I’m going to assume that I’ve already been able to turn you on. So, let me help you.”

He sits up and grabs his shirt by the collar at the back of his neck, pulling it over his head.

“Fuck…”

He smirks at me. “It’s already helping, isn’t it?” I nod. “Do you ever get turned on when we kiss?”

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