Page 101 of Finn Rhodes Forever

I turned back around and clasped my hands together in my lap. Hesitation rattled my chest, like I was getting too close to a good thing and the bubble would pop, or I’d wake up from the dream.

Elizabeth pulled a paperback from her tote bag. The pages were littered with colored tabs, and she flipped to one of them.

Beside me, Finn took his seat as Wyatt and Cora waved goodbye to Hannah. Elizabeth’s gaze flicked to Finn and mischief sparked in her eyes, reminding me of him.

She leaned in, close to my ear. “Shall we make this fun?”

Anticipation fluttered in my chest. “Yes, please.”

Miri strode into the seating area and encouraged everyone to take their seats. “First, I’d like to welcome our two guests, Olivia and Finn.” She smiled at us. “Welcome to this month’s book club, where we will be discussing the third book in Rinalda Davenport’s My Big Sexy Alien series,The Warlord’s Thunderous Desire.”

Oh my god. This was better than I could haveimagined. It wasn’t uncommon for Hannah to shove books at me; she had a knack for recommending the perfect book for each individual. When things at school were stressful, I’d read a few chapters before bed and it helped me forget about the endless list of things I had to do.

Some of those alien romances? They weredirtyin the best way. I snuck a peek at Finn. His face was blank.

He had no freaking clue what was about to happen.

He slid an amused glance at me. “Thunderous Desire?” he mouthed, and I wiggled my eyebrows.

Miri flipped her book open. “We all know what we need to discuss first.”

“The penises,” Elizabeth said, and Finn snorted.

“Do we ever.” Don threw his hands up. “They’re getting out of hand. Literally. They’re so big the main female character couldn’t get both hands around it.”

Finn’s eyes were wide. “Wow.”

Dot cut into the conversation. “One of my favorite tropes of alien romance is that they can go bareback.” She nodded with enthusiasm. “It really is better.”

Finn bowed his head and I smiled at Dot. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hannah put a hand over her mouth.

Elizabeth put her hand up. “I loved the plethora ofpenises,” she announced. “And I agree, Dot, that bareback is the way to go as long as it’s safe. For our guests, I’ll read a quick description.” She glanced to Finn. “Of the alienpenises.”

He winced.

Miri nodded as if Elizabeth was offering her a cup of tea. “We’d love that.”

Elizabeth cleared her throat before reading from the page. “His member was thick and long like a Subway sandwich.”

Hannah snorted before she hid her face in her book. I couldn’t help the huge grin on my face. This was going even better than I had hoped. Beside me, Finn stared at his mom in horror.

“The sac hung heavy between his legs, swinging like two hefty water balloons,” Elizabeth continued, ignoring Finn.

What a champ. She wasn’t even laughing.

“Thick liquid dripped from the tip of his gargantuan hog, indicating his desire for his mate. When Lily’s wide eyes met with the intimidating member, it began to buzz.”

Don and Miri broke into applause.

“A vibratingpeniswith a clit massager at the base,” Elizabeth said, shaking her head in wonder. “The multitude ofpenisfeatures in alien romance is perhaps my favorite part of the niche.”

I held a giant laugh in. Finn’s eyes burned my skin. It was like Elizabeth was trying to saypenisas many times as possible.

“Shall we talk about the plot?” Thérèse asked.

“We’ll get there,” Miri assured her. “If there’s time. I loved the author’s use of peppermint-flavored semen.”

Elizabeth nodded. “It seemed like it was a toothpaste consistency, didn’t it?”

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