Maybe I would.
For the moment, all I could think about was surviving my magic for the next few hours.
Grabbing the sides of my blanket burrito, I rolled off his chest. He grabbed my arm to stop me from falling off the bed, which had happened before.
More than once.
"Thanks for doing the thing," I said over my shoulder, on my way to the closet to change. "But it doesn't fix anything between us."
"I didn't do it to fix things between us. I just didn't want you to suffer."
I closed the closet door behind me and shut my eyes, letting out a quiet breath as I leaned against the wood.
There was something I could no longer lie to myself about.
Something I had to admit.
I would never be satisfied with Jonah. Not after being with a man who treated me the way Niall had.
When I madeit back to the gym, I found Niall riding one of the spin bikes slowly, going through a warm-up program the machine offered.
I lifted an eyebrow at him.
He held out a hand expectantly, and I looked down at my own fingers.
I was holding my earbuds.
He was silently asking for one.
"I'm already halfway through a book, and it's pretty spicy," I warned.
"I'd be surprised if it wasn't, Livvy."
I bit my lip to hide a reluctant smile, and handed over the earbud. "I've been listening to these long, wordy fantasy books without any sex in them when I run with Jonah. I'll be relieved not to have to finish the last one. The characters I liked already died."
"Romance books don't let you down like that."
"Not the good ones."
I sat down on the bike next to his and started the story partway through one of the chapters.
"'You’re going to take my cock tonight, little human,' he murmured to me, moving his hands slowly over my bare thighs and ass as I settled against his erection,"a female narrator's voice said.
Niall laughed, and I couldn't help but do the same.
We exchanged a look that had too many years and too many moments of shared fun behind it, before we both looked back at the screens connected to our bikes.
My grin lingered.
His did too.
It wasn't hard to remember why we had been so good together. Not even a little.
seven
LIV
My relative ability tocope with my magic's shittery evaporated within twelve hours of Niall and Larson leaving, three days later.
