Page 90 of Lunar Diamonds
“Stop.”
He laughed. “Are you okay this morning?” He asked the question with a sincerity I believed to be real.
“Yeah.”
“Are you sure? Vent it out if you want. Your brother is here.” He pointed at himself with both index fingers.
“Thanks. Baking cookies helped.”
He dropped his hands. “And so did being with Drake?”
I saw a flash of his smile in my mind, a glimmer of his charm. I craved more of it “Yeah.”
He shuffled closer. “So, everything is good between you? Like, you’re not mad?”
“No. He didn’t have much of a choice.”
“Plus he’s fit as fuck.” He fanned himself. “I so would. Sideways, upside down.”
“Erm…”
“But Ollie…” Cue more fanning. “He can fiddle with whatever he wants. This body is a willing toy for those hands. Have you seen them? By Hecate, they’d turn you inside out then hold you close afterward.”
“Isaac…” I said, trying to pull this back.
“I’d be the nastiest toy. I’m telling you now, I’m up for anything. Well, not being shat on. But?—”
“Enough!” I barked, beyond the point of too much information.
He blinked at me. “What?”
“We’re done.”
“Done?”
“With how much you want to bounce on Ollie.”
He snorted. “Why, yes I do.” His expression turned serious. “We have to give ourselves the space and the time to struggle with this.”
Talk about a sharp left turn into a new subject.
His blue eyes glistened. “I’m here for you, Riley. We can get through this together. And when Preston shows up, we’ll take him under our wings.”
His words were painkillers. “That’s lovely.”
“The worst part is dealing with our families,” he added. “Nothing about our lives has been real.” He bowed his head. “Fuck. I think I’m about to go.”
I moved closer to him, taking his hands in mine. “Our lives have been real. We’ve lived, we’ve achieved, we’ve loved, we’ve cried and hurt and all those things. This doesn’t get to erase who we are.”
Listen to me being all strong.
A few tears rolled down Isaac’s cheeks. “Fuck it.”
I gave his hands a squeeze. “We can do this. Together. Look at how we survived last night. And you scared off Marcus Kingwood.TheMarcus Kingwood.”
He blinked, slowly nodding.
“This will take time to adjust to,” I carried on. “So, let’s make a pact, here and now, to have each other’s backs no matter what. I really know, deep down, that I trust you.”
