Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera

Author:Michele L. Rivera [L. Rivera, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

17

Theo

Lexi grins after I finish recounting last night’s events to her. “That’s hot.” She takes a sip of the gin martini I just made for her and then raises her glass, tipping it in my direction. “Very, very hot.”

Heat spreads across my cheeks and I’m appreciative of how dark it is in the club. I clink my San Pellegrino with lemon against Lexi’s martini glass. “The hottest,” I agree, breaking into a small sweat beneath the bar lights.

Labrys is slower on Saturday nights during the summer compared to the rest of the year. When the weather is nicer, people are less likely to hit up a club and more apt to either hop on the highway and head north to spend time in New Hampshire or Maine or brave Boston traffic to vacation on Cape Cod. Summer in Massachusetts is for grilling and late-night drinks around a campfire or illegally on a beach somewhere. It’s when people visit amusement parks and light fireworks long before and long after the Fourth of July. It’s drinks on the porch or by the pool. Or, it’s staying home to lie next to an air conditioner because it’s so damn humid out. If, however, there is an event we’re hosting or the forecast predicts rain, we’ll have a bigger turnout here. Tonight is not one of those nights though. Tonight, we have our regulars and the folks who probably don’t enjoy the heat and are patiently waiting for Halloween to arrive.

Every few Saturdays after her shift at the hospital, Lexi will stop in for a drink or two. Sometimes she meets her girlfriend, Breanna, here, but mostly she comes alone. Apparently, Breanna had to work late tonight, so I get Lexi to myself.

I called Lexi this afternoon on her lunch break to give her the play-by-play of my time with Quinn, but she insisted on hearing about it in person. Being that it’s her half-birthday today and me being the incredible best friend that I am, I agreed to entertain her wishes. Also, she went all out on my half-birthday last month, made me a cake and everything. I suck at baking. So, giving her the nitty gritty of my romantic adventures is the least I can do.

“I bet the sex is going to be earth-shattering,” Lexi muses before eating the olive that’s garnishing her martini. “You know, when you finally have it.”

I shrug as if I hadn’t had that same thought five thousand and ninety-nine times already today. “I’m trying not to get ahead of myself,” I lie and take a swig of my mineral water.

“Psht. That’s a load of crap if ever I heard one.” Lexi swallows another sip of her drink. “You’re talking to me like I don’t know you. And I know you.” She lifts a dark, sculpted eyebrow at me and smirks. “I know where you live, Theo Harrington.”

Lexi pulls a smile from me. It’s true—she does know me. There are even moments when I think she knows me better than anyone else in my life.

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