Chapter 27 Marie
Olivia’s all over me. She’s much more assertive than she’s been before. Her lips trace along my neck, her hands are in my hair. Even though we’ve done this many more times than I’ve done it with anyone else, she still feels like a stranger to me. The taciturn woman next door. The cat lady who never answers her phone.
She pushes me down onto the bed and then suddenly stills. Her body is pressed against me but her hands have stopped roaming across my body and so have her lips. Maybe she needs me to take over. Not a problem. I start coaxing her onto her back, but she resists.
“Let’s just lie here for a bit,” she whispers.
I turn my head to face her and smile, nodding. I understand. Already, I have a million thoughts running through my head about things that need sorting o
