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Especially not when Maggie rolls her hips, her fingers grasping on to me, urging me deeper.
Then she kisses me like she’s wanted this just as long as I have, and any remaining restraint disappears.
Somehow, we don’t break the bed the first time when she begs me to take her faster, harder.
The second time happens slower, with Maggie tangled around me and sunlight pouring through the curtains.
With her laughing when I kiss the freckles on her shoulder.
With me taking my time because now that I finally have her, I don’t want to rush a single second of it.
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Maggie
“Well, someone is practically glowing today,” Kendall says during our group pedicure session. “Even after spending time in jail last night.”
“Jail? Oh no. What happened?” Monty’s mom Nancy leans up and asks from the massage seat next to Kendall. She’s joining us since Celia bailed at the last minute. Monty’s sister Genevieve is on the other side of her mom, but it’s easy to forget the bookworm is there since she’s barely spoken a word.
Kendall waves her glass of mimosa around, nearly sloshing it over the edge, and says, “Maggie had a PDA that went too far on the beach last night, but Julia was able to convince her father to let Maggie and Theo off with just a warning.”
She giggles after the word “off” while my face flames red hot. I didn’t want Monty’s mother and sister to know about my crazy shenanigans.
“Seems like the fake relationship has firmly moved into real territory,” Kendall remarks, again laughing after saying “firmly.”
“I’m just glad you’re finally over Wyatt.”
“Fake relationship?”
It takes me a moment to realize it’s Gen who asked the question from way down the line of massaging pedicure chairs before she leans around her mom and pushes her glasses up her nose. “What do you mean fake?”
“Maggie moved in with her college best friend after the breakup, and we sort of encouraged the fake dating thing this week to keep her from making terrible decisions involving Wyatt. Now they’re a real couple.”
“No, we’re not,” I correct her. “This is probably just a friends with benefits vacation thing for him.”
“Yeah, sure,” Kendall says with a roll of her eyes and then finishes off her mimosa in one swallow. “You two are going to be engaged before the end of the year.”
“It’s already June and we’re not actually together!” I scoff.
“That gives you six months to make it official. Besides, you’ve known each other for a decade and you’re already living together. It’s a done deal now that you’ve slept together.”
“Kendall!” I exclaim.
“Am I wrong?” she asks, blinking her green eyes at me innocently.
“Well, no, but it’s not like that.”
“Maggie, you’re in love with Teddy. He’s in love with you. Yes, it’s tough moving from friendship to a relationship, but it’ll be worth it. Teddy is the steady rock that you needed. He’s everything Wyatt wasn’t.”
“Wyatt was…great. Did I wish he would party less and grow up a little? Sure. That’s just how he is. There’s not a serious bone in his body. Not really. But I think he was serious about marrying me. Teddy…he doesn’t do commitments.”
“Wyatt is a selfish child who will never grow up,” Kendall says. “Teddy is a man you can depend on. And he will commit sooner or later. Now, are you going to tell me how it was or will I have to have the tech tickle it out of your feet?”
“We’ll talk about this later,” I assure her.
“Don’t mind me. Girl talk is important,” Nancy says as she reaches into her purse. “I’ve got my air pods, and it wouldn’t hurt for Gen to maybe learn a thing or two.”
“Mom!” Genevieve huffs.
