Page 117 of Insatiable

I press call before I can even think. We’ve never spoken on the phone, so this is weird, I think. This could also be a bad call, since I haven’t heard from her.

She answers on the first ring. “Hey.”

I shut my eyes and drop the back of my head against the wall behind me. “Fuck. It’s good to hear your voice.”

“It is?”

“Yeah. Why are you usingTylar’s phone?”

“She left it in the studio. Mine’s broken. I smashed the screen and I’m waiting for it to get fixed.”

“I thought you were patching me on purpose.”

She giggles. “I was debating patching you.”

I raise a brow. “Really?”

“Yep. You were supposed to take me on a date before you left.”

“I’ll make it up to you,” I respond with a grin. “Tell me about your day.”

“It’s been slow,” she starts. “No. I want to know about your night.Luciellasaid in our group chat that she was talking to a beautiful girl and thought you two had great chemistry. She said she was going to introduce you both.”

I smirk. “Is my Freckles jealous?”

“You can obviously do what you want. We didn’t talk about exclusivity. Was she nice? Oh God. Don’t tell me. Does that mean we’re seeing other people? Do you want to see other people? It’s okay if you do.” She goes silent. “I’m embarrassing myself. Feel free to hang up at any point and put me out of my misery.”

I laugh. “It wasn’t like that at all. She kept talking to her at the bar and wanted me to flirt with her. I said no obviously. And I’d never hang up on you.”

“I would hang up on me,” she mutters. “You didn’t answer my questions, but don’t feel like you need to. I just want to know where I stand.”

“Meaning?”

“Are we seeing other people? I don’t mean boyfriend and girlfriend. I mean are we casual or not?”

I can tell she’s face-palming.

“I’m doing it again. I’m sorry. I know it’s only been six weeks. I’ll shut up now.”

“I’m new to this, so I have no idea how it works. If you want to see other people, then go for it.” The words taste like poison. “I can’t promise their bodies won’t show up in the River Clyde though.”

Silence, and then: “That was kind of cute.”

I inhale deeply, blowing out smoke. “If it makes you feel any better, I have no interest in anyone else.”

“Okay,” she replies quietly. “That’s, um, good.”

“And when I see you, I’m going to touch you again. Just so you know.”

“I’d like that. Only if you let me touch you.”

My dick responds to her words by twitching.

“Oh, Lu just said in our group chat that she can’t find you.”

The twitch is gone just as quick.

“Shit,” I reply. “We’ll talk when you fix your phone.”

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