Theo groaned and his head fell back. I stared at his neck. Since when could something so innocent be so hot? “Don’t.”
“Sorry.”
“No, you’re not.”
22
THEO
Strawberry Springs Neighborhood Watch
Kerry Winsor: @Mollie WilsonWill you have blueberries again this year?
Comments:
Mollie Wilson:Yes! I have plenty of bushes, and this year’s harvest will be massive!
Hu Gh:
Mollie Wilson:Is that a threat?
Jade Clark:Oh, God. He’s gonna show us his ass again!!!
Hu Gh:I’m asking when you’re gonna have peaches! Jeez, I thought you kids knew these emoji things.
A week passedwith Piper and me finding a sense of normalcy. She would work until the shop closed, and then we would have quiet moments where she would try to touch me again.
It went both too far and not far enough. They were stillinnocent grazes of the hand, but she was working to integrate it into normal conversation like she would with any other friend.
The only problem was that Piper simply grazing my shoulder set me off. She said she wasn’t bothered by me jerking off to her, but I refused to get hard when she laughed and touched me. I simply refused.
Unfortunately, my refusal to be a complete loser meant I needed a lot of breaks. Piper was graceful about it, but this was simply sad.
I was thirty-six years old. Too old to be a horny fucking teenager because of a pretty girl.
But she was all that was on my mind, and I didn’t know what to do about it.
I thought of her when I brewed my blend of coffee, the one she always ordered. I thought of her when someone blonde walked into the shop. I thought of her when I took out the trash.
To put it simply: I was losing my mind.
“All right, I’m heading out.” Piper stood right when I was heading to turn the sign to closed.
I frowned. “You are?”
“Yep. I have plans this weekend.”
My bottom lip poked out.
I waspoutingnow.
Jesus fucking Christ.
“We’ve worked at this all week,” she said with a laugh. “And I know you’re not used to touching too. You get a break.”
“I’m fine.”
“I’m a bit worried about that vein in your forehead.”
