Boy Toy by Tanya Eby & Tanya Eby

Author:Tanya Eby & Tanya Eby [Bowen, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blunderwoman Productions

Sadie

I cannot quite put into words how divine this dinner is. The fish is spicy and flaky and tastes of summer. The samosas are crisp on the outside and fluffy in the center. Liam whips up some raita, and there are chutneys for dipping.

I’m perfectly content. Seriously. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been this relaxed. I have my occasional nights out with the girlfriends, but those are only a few hours. I’ve been here all evening with Liam and we have the weekend stretching out in front of us.

After dinner, he reads some more journal articles. I read, too. A book. An actual book. And I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had the time or energy to focus on reading without being interrupted by the girls, or Decker, or life in general. It’s so relaxing to lounge outside. The lake laps gently before us. The only other sound is the gentle typing of Liam’s fingers on his laptop as he scrolls through the academic research.

When I look up from my book, I study Liam. He’s wearing shorts and an open shirt. His hair is messy and his reading glasses make him look professorial. My pulse kicks up. And just like that, I’ve lost focus on the book.

Liam has his bare feet stretched out on a lawn chair, so I lift them up, sit down in their place, and then rest his feet in my lap. I begin to rub slow circles into the sole of one foot. Liam has great feet. Not everyone does, and I have the urge to kiss them.

Is my libido unlocked, or what?

I rub his foot a little more firmly, and Liam groans.

It’s an excellent groan.

“You’re distracting me,” he says, the tone suggesting maybe he wants me to keep distracting him.

“Put that computer down and let me distract you some more.”

“So tempting, but let me just finish this page. Then we can watch the sunset and…”

“...And get naked and make love on this here patio furniture?”

“It’s quality furniture,” he says. “It can totally support us.” I squeeze his foot. He smirks.

“Still reading about cognitive intransigence?” Fine. So I looked over his shoulder a couple of times. Sue me.

“Nope.” He frowns over the laptop. “I’m looking over the list of child development centers where my study is happening.”

My hands forget to rub Liam’s foot. “Did they notify you? Do you know where you’re going to be?”

Slowly, he shakes his head. “Still nothing. But they’ll tell me sometime in the next two weeks.”

That is really, really soon. “Where do you think it will be?”

“Not sure,” he says. “I was just reading about their location in Germany.”

“Germany, Michigan?” I ask hopefully.

He laughs. “Germany, Germany. Lederhosen and sausage and beer halls. There’s a child development center there doing some good work.”

I want to laugh but it sort of gets stuck in my throat. Germany? That’s so far. And foreign. “Won’t the children speak German?” I ask. “How could you even work there?”

“It wouldn’t matter,” he tells me.

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