Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 57853 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 231(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57853 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 231(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
"Try again." Katherine starts sealing the envelopes with stickers for the Valentines. I glance around again to make sure there aren't little ears close enough to hear me.
"We still haven't, you know." I wiggle my brows.
"I thought that was part of the plan, though? In case you want an annulment."
"It is, but he should be trying to get at it still."
Pierce has more than covered the orgasm count demanded, but I need more. I always think he's about to do it, but each time he only presses the tip of his cock into me. There have been a few times where he has thrusted his cock back and forth through the folds of my sex until we both came. But then he stops. He doesn’t try to take it any further than that.
"I'm not sure what to think of that one."
"Me neither." I might be jaded still from social media and how quickly men are willing to cheat. That sex is all they think about. Well, now it's all I think about.
I grab a couple of glitter pens to doodle on the outside of the envelope when Katherine is done sealing each one.
"It's sweet you're missing him. He'll be back soon, I'm sure."
My head snaps up. "Are you sure?" Why did she say it that way?
"He'll be back, dork." Katherine shakes her head at me like I'm the strange one out of the two of us that's being impractical. I reach over and grab my phone to text Pierce.
I have been texting him all day. I ask him random things so he'll have to answer me. I smile when I see his response to me asking him if he'd kiss a man to save me.
Pierce: Yes
My smile drops thinking about him kissing anyone. That backfired on me. I think of another question.
Me: Where does the wind go when it's not windy?
The bubbles letting me know he's responding pop up instantly.
Pierce: It just slows down or stops. It is air movement.
Smart too. I might have forgotten that one on my list, but as always, the man checks boxes I didn't know about.
Me: Do you think blind people see in their dreams?
Pierce: Nope. They can’t comprehend what it is to see.
I doodle a gold sparkly heart. I could start a fight? But we can't have make-up sex. Bullshit. Instead, I test his love for me.
Me: If I were bitten by a radioactive sloth, would you stay with me even if I moved in slow motion forever?
Pierce: Yes
"Maybe you're right," I tell Katherine, showing her my phone.
"I don't even think a radioactive sloth could slow you down." She takes my phone from me.
"What are you doing?" I ask when she starts clicking away at it.
"I'm going to ask stuff. There are a few things I'd like to know. He did marry my best friend." I kick her under the table. Only a handful of people know we're married. How we've kept it locked down, I'm not sure.
"Ouch." I take my phone back from her, but she has already texted him.
Me: What's your favorite color of the alphabet? True or false?
Pierce: False, for sure.
He's going to think I'm crazy. I suppose it's best he knows now before we're a few months in. I can hold it in so long, and it's exhausting.
Me: Would you rather be a human with fish thoughts or a fish with human thoughts?
Pierce: Fish with human
I snort a laugh. He's really playing along here.
Me: Where do hamsters live?
I have been wondering that for the last hour since Milly told me she'd gotten a hamster from the pet store in the city.
Pierce: Hamsterdam
I burst into laughter, quickly covering my mouth with my hand.
"Why did he go to the city?"
"Work, I think." He does a lot from his laptop, and he'll have calls every now and then. I even got to meet his assistant, Rory, when they had a conference call. She was super sweet. "What if this wears off? He's not from here."
We might not have been able to find Pierce on social media, but there were a ton of articles on him. His name was mentioned in all kinds of direct projects. He is accomplished, and not because it was handed to him. From what I’ve read, he made his own way. He’s told me bits and pieces about growing up in foster homes. He doesn’t overshare, but if I ask him something, he tells me.
"You had to find someone who isn't from here. That was part of the reason for you going to the city."
"I know, he's just different."
"Correct," Katherine agrees. "Only different could handle you."
"True, it's why you're my one friend," I deadpan.
It takes another hour for all the kids to be done.
"I'd ask if you want to hit the diner, but I'm sure you're heading out."
"Shit, I forgot I needed to text my dad when I was done." I pull my phone out of my back pocket. Pierce brought me to town this morning. It takes a few hours to get to the city and again for the drive back. I was going to go hang out at my parents house until Pierce got back.