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I shoot a quick text back to her I think you have it backward You just had the baby I should be giving you a gift, which I proenda to do

Sutton shootsemoji You're adorable When is your next day off?

Tomorrow, actually, I write back

Can I co, as I know you probably want to relax on your day off I'll have Rose with me

My mind immediately tries to calculate if I will have ti that I will be cutting it close by the tiet out of here But then I re hospital with a ift shop is filled with appropriate stuff

I grin as I shoot her back a text Sure See you then

We have a little ive her els for breakfast I want to tell her el

My sandwich is finished by the time our conversation is over, and I turn reluctantly to Reed's text I brace for the worst and hope for the best, but I'm not quite sure what I think the best or worst could be I know I had a da, and despite feeling a tiny bit aard about being in his bed, it was so, and I'm ruined for any other type of sex

Leton in that department

I suck in s as I read his text Just checking in to see how your day is going Had a great ti, want to ht Tellfor you at et off work

The air seeps out ofwords

He doesn't regret last night apparently and wants more

I want to accept that, but doubts keep plaguing ain

What if he's just scratching an itch?

What if I'e to him?

What if he's in a dry spell and can't find an available Barbie?

What if, what if, what if

There are so many ways I could respond to Reed I could take hiht I could play it safe and tell hio any further

Or, I could be a glutton for punishment and let my doubts possibly make this very weird

Yes, that's what I'll do

So I text hi on?

I cringe internally as soon as I send the e, then nibble on my thumb while I wait for his reply It could come any moment or it could be hours fro

My heart nearly explodes when I hear the chime of his response before I see the actual words I holdinterested in you

Hue

Like the way you're interested in Barbies? I write back

His response is almost immediate and produces a flushed war spanked in bed? Because that's what I'ain

Okay, I get a little sidetracked All sorts of di

rty thoughts about Reed and hi his palm to my ass Would that be over his lap? While I'm on my hands and knees? Naked or clothed?

Another chiain You're thinking about ht?

No, I was not thinking that, I write back, and hope the speed hich I respond makes him believe me

It takes a fewand take me at face value We're friends, Josie The benefits are very good So good I don't need benefits from anyone else Your benefits are the only ones I'm interested in Okay?