“He said that he thinks we need to grow up.”
“What?” My jaw dropped.
“I know, right?” Liv wrinkled her nose. “I was like, excuse me, who do you think you’re talking to?” Then she paused. “But I think he’s right. Maybe all the games and tricks and stuff aren’t the way to go about getting a guy.”
“It worked for you,” I said softly.
“Barely,” she said. “And maybe the games didn’t help me. Maybe it was the games that nearly made me lose him.”
“Yeah,” I sighed. “I guess we’re really growing up now.”
“Yeah.” She nodded. “Who would have thunk it?”
“A skunk.” I grinned at her and blew my nose. “A skunk would have thunk it.”
“I love you, Alice.” She squeezed my hand. “My brother’s an idiot if he can’t see how perfect you are for him.”
“We both already know he’s an idiot.”
“That is true.” She grinned. “Hey, before I forget, will you be my maid of honor?”
“Try and stop me.” I laughed.
“I have some advice for you.” She wrinkled her nose. “Well, the advice comes from Xander, but it’s good advice.”
“What’s the advice?”
“Xander thinks you need to have a serious talk with Aiden. He thinks you need to tell him everything you’re thinking and see where he stands.”
“I don’t know about that.” I made a face. “I don’t want him to think I’m a sad case.”
“You should have a conversation with him,” she said and then grinned. “I just had an idea.”
“Oh, gosh, what idea?” My eyes narrowed. “Didn’t we say that we need to be mature from here on out?”
“We do.” She held up her finger. “Hold on, let me get something.” She jumped up, ran out of the room and returned a minute later with her laptop. “You need to go here.”
“Where?” I looked at the page on her screen. The site said “Kat’s Corner” and had a pair of furry handcuffs on the top of the screen. “What’s Kat’s Corner?”
“That’s where you’re going to take Aiden.”
“I’m going to take Aiden to Kat’s Corner? Why?”
“Because you want to show him that you can be all things.” She grinned. “Imagine how shocked he’ll be if you bring up the BDSM stuff first; unless of course you guys discussed it last night.”
“Well, we didn’t discuss it.” I grinned. “But I think it was pretty obvious that he was into taking control.”
“Text him,” Liv said. “Text him and tell him to meet you there tomorrow night.”
“What?” My eyes widened. “You’re being serious?”
“Totally serious.” She nodded. “Put all your cards on the table and let’s see what he says.”
“You think this is a good idea?”
“Oh yeah.” She nodded. “My brother needs to stop playing games. Put it all on the table, and let’s see how he reacts.”
“Okay.” I grinned back, even though I was really nervous. “Here goes.” I grabbed my phone and texted Aiden. “Here’s to special BDSM stores and the truth.”
