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“It’s lobster.” I corrected.

Rylie shook her head. “You knowFriendsgot it wrong. Lobsters don’t mate for life.”

“How dare you?” I pretended to clutch my pearls. Rylie lovedFriendsas much as me. Okay. That’s a lie.No oneloves TV shows as much as me, but still. How dare she?

Rylie cocked her head to the side, exasperated. “Fine. He’s your lobster.”

My heart warmed at the thought. I sure as hell hoped so. “Thank you. And maybe. Maybe not. We’ll see.”

“So, you’re living together but not having sex and you’re married but dating.” Stephanie clarified.

“Pretty much sums it up.”

* * *

I steeledmyself as I sat in the high school parking lot, staring at the big gray and red building that used to be incredibly daunting.

Okay. That would be a lie. It was never daunting for me, but I’m sure it was for some. However, today, it seemed a little more daunting than before.

Maybe this was a bad idea.

I knew Asher’s schedule. I knew most kids were at lunch and he had a free prep period that spent in his classroom.

Fingers crossed, alone.

Because if he weren’t alone today, shit was about to get awko-taco. Not that it would be weird to just show up to his job, right? I mean we were technically married and that was something married people tended to do.

Not that anyone outside of our little group knew we were married.

Damn.

I thought it would be a good idea to take a break from editing photos and bring my man some lunch from his favorite, albeit gross, Chinese restaurant. I wanted to surprise him because of the surprise he gave me this morning.

In the form of oral.

Really-fucking-good oral.

I don’t think any guy has ever made me come as hard as Asher did at five in the morning. I don’t know if it was because it was so unexpected or because I wasn’t quite awake, but whatever the case, it was the perfect way to start the day.

So much, in fact, that I still had goosebumps.

We hadn’t gone that far yet. But when he started kissing my neck and licking my collarbone this morning, I wanted more. Ineededmore. I wasn’t even going to ask him to help me get there. I actually waited until he’d gotten into the shower before I pulled out Henry, who was stashed in the nightstand on my side of the bed and slipped off my panties.

I turned the vibrator on and placed it on my clit. Ash walked back in with a towel wrapped around his waist before I expected. His eyes widened, and I gasped as he stalked back to the bed, ripping the blankets back. I pulled the vibrator from between my legs, squeezing them together. He groaned as his hands ran up the back of my calves to my thighs, squeezing them tightly. “Why’d you stop?” His voice was low. Gravelly. Hot

“Um.” I swallowed hard, my eyes catching the huge bulge beneath his towel.

“You should keep going.”

I squeaked. Asher hadn’t seen any of my lady parts yet. “You want me to use the vibrator on myself?”

“Yes.” He bit his bottom lip before soothing it with his tongue.

“As you watch?”

His mouth pulled up in a wolfish grin. “I could use it on you if you prefer.” His hand disappeared from my leg as he grabbed the little pink vibrator. “Do you want me to use it? Or would you rather I use my mouth?”

“Um.” My mouth went dry at the thought of Asher putting his mouth on me and I whimpered.