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“You are?” I asked, happy but surprised. “I was kinda wondering how you felt about us having to pretend. I have been having a hard time as well. I was going to talk to you about it the next time I saw you.”

“Really?” He sounded happy, far happier than I would have assumed. “I thought that maybe you wanted to keep it private and to ourselves for a bit longer. I know we haven’t talked about any of the complications or anything. Your sisters and my—”

“I know, I know.” I cut him off. “It’s awkward, but I feel like we see each other so often—”

“It’s weird how often we’ve seen each other recently, isn’t it?” He laughed. “Almost like it’s fate.”

“Well, it’s not that unusual, seeing as Polly is dating Max and Harriet is dating Finn.”

“What does that mean?” He laughed. “Now your sisters are free, you have more time to flirt and get out?”

“Huh?” I giggled. “You’re goofy.”

“I’m so proud of you, by the way. Going for your dreams. Just know that if there is anything I can do to help you, I will do it. I will give you all the advice I can and get you on the right path.”

“Wow, thanks. That means a lot to me. I wasn’t even sure you were listening when I told you about my dreams and goals for the store. I thought that—”

“I’m the one that reminded you of the dream, Chelsea. I always listen to you. Even when it seems like I’m not. You’ve always captivated me.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really. From the first moment I met you.”

“Wow, I had no clue.” I could feel myself blushing. “Did you think I was silly when all the drama went down with Ben?”

“Ben?” He cleared his throat. “Who is that again?”

I burst out laughing. “Yeah, I don’t want to remember him, either. Poor Polly.”

“I don’t want to hear about other men. I’d rather talk about us.”

“So you think there’s an us?”

“I sure hope so,” he growled. “And not just because I’m hard right now.” I heard rustling on the other side of the phone. “I don’t want you to think this is just sexual. It’s not.”

“I was starting to wonder,” I said honestly. “I mean, I know on the phone you come out of your shell, but in person you seem quite cold.”

“I didn’t realize that. I mean, I know it’s hard for both of us to express our emotions given everything.” He sighed. “But enough of that. I want to hear more about you. I want to know what makes you tick. I want to know what you do for fun now. Are you still into midnight swims in the water?”

“How did you know about that?” I asked in awe; he really had been asking a lot about me.

“That’s a silly question,” he said, chuckling. “I was thinking that…if this works out…we could go on a trip to the Bahamas and stay at a place close to the—”

“Let’s see what happens,” I said quickly, feeling panicked. I didn’t know that I was ready to go on a vacation with Travis. I was certainly flattered that he was paying all this attention to me, but I wasn’t really sure how I felt about him. I didn’t really know him well enough.

“Are you touching yourself?” he asked huskily, and I giggled slightly to let him know that I was. “So am I,” he said, grunting. “I’m thinking of your lips and how badly I wish I was kissing them,” he growled, and suddenly Chandler’s face came to mind and the way he’d kissed me, so hot and sensuously. I blinked as I thought about Chandler. I didn’t want to think about him. I didn’t want to fantasize about him again. He was my new teacher. He was going to help me start my business. He was, and I’d never told anyone this, my first real crush. No one knew that I’d initially wanted to date Chandler and not Jacob when I’d first met the Andretti brothers. Only Chandler had been preoccupied flirting with a bubbly blonde when I’d first seen them at the pool. And Jacob had been the one to approach me and offer to buy me a drink. I often wondered what would have happened if I’d said no to Jacob that day.

“Tell me what you’d do to me if you were here with me right now?” he said into the phone, and I closed my eyes and reached my hand down into my panties.

“I’d reach into your boxers,” I said, feeling a little bit naughty. “And then I’d gently pull out your cock.” I made a murmuring sound, and he groaned.

“Fuck,” he said. “I wish I was with you right now. I need to be with you for real.”

I laughed at his words, but I felt a little bit hesitant. I didn’t know if I wanted to actually make love to Travis. I didn’t know if I wanted to touch him and suck on his cock. However, the one thing I did know for sure was that I needed to actually have a conversation with him in person. I needed to see what the chemistry was like when he was being sweet and doting. And my sisters were just going to have to deal with it. If Travis ended up being my person, then nothing was going to stop me.

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Iwas nervous. Really, really nervous. I pulled up to Finn’s house and took a couple of deep breaths as I prepared myself to go inside. I knew that Travis was already there as I could see his car in the driveway. I check my appearance in the rearview mirror and grabbed my lip gloss to reapply to my lips. I smoothed down my hair that I’d straightened and grabbed my compact so I could reapply some more foundation. I looked as good as I was going to look.

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