Page 69 of Game Over

“Long,” he said. “But good. I hit my subscriber goal.”

“That’s amazing!” she yelled, pulling back to hold both of his hands.

“Thanks. Is that curry I smell?”

“Only your favorite,” she said happily. “Charlie thought it would be a good idea on our way home.”

Jesse looked at me for the first time then. Some of that irritation was still apparent in his gaze, but at least it seemed bogged down by his exhaustion.

“Thank you,” they said with a smile that didn’t reach their eyes.

“Yeah. Of course.” My voice was lighter than I intended it to be.

“Well, I do need to go do my stream,” Tara cut in. “Work and all. And I have a new necklace to show off.”

She held the band of diamonds off of her neck.

“That’s beautiful,” Jesse said. “Your whale?”

She bit her lip and nodded. “And it wasn’t just for me.”

He took the bag she held out from her hands. The thick fancy paper on the inside crinkles as he pulled the small, royal blue, velvet box out and popped the lid.

The gasp that came from him was cute. “A matching tennis bracelet?”

“Actually two,” she said, gesturing to the box. “They’re not just bracelets, but handcuffs.”

They went red all over as she said that. “Those are… really expensive handcuffs.”

She shrugs. “It’s what he wanted. I told him it didn’t mean you’d come on stream, but he didn’t care. Seemed to just want you to have them.”

They nodded. “Well, be sure to thank them for me tonight.”

“Oh I will. You should come watch to see just how much.”

They shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

I wish Tara wasn’t facing away from me because that pause seemed to make her do the same, but I had no idea why.

“I can still come over tomorrow?” she asked Jesse.

“Wouldn’t miss it,” they said, dropping a kiss to her lips. I could tell it was meant to be chaste, but it was anything but.

She wrapped her arms around their neck, pulling them in close. Both of their scents filled the air in the most delicious way. They hugged around her middle, squeezing her as they kissed hard. I again wished I was standing more to the side so I could get a better view, but that probably wouldn’t help my already raging boner. Not to mention all the emotion I was feeling from Tara.

I could hear him gasp as the two pulled away. “I love you.”

“I love you too. And I’ll see you tomorrow.”

With that she turned, her eyes landing on me. “And I’ll see you soon too?”

“Of course,” I said, and I meant it.

She got up on her tiptoes and gave me an intense,please fuck mekiss that made me want to throw her to the couch. It was probably a good way to prep for her SLCK’D stream though.

“See you guys later,” she called as she stepped around me and went out the door.

Leaving Jesse and I alone.

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