Feeling the same way, he smiles as he replies, "In all the years I've known you. I've never felt closer to you than I have this past week. I can truly see a future for us Liv. A real future, with happiness and a life together. And I agree; I think we owe it to ourselves to see if it can happen for us."
His words settle on her and she ponders them, as she says, "So it's settled. We're exclusively dating. He nods as he says, "Yeah. Sounds good to me." She nods as she says, "Yes. Me too. But, the trick now is how do we navigate this situation? I don't want to cause problems for us as a group, because we're dating." He understands her point, but says, "Liv, I don't think the group will have an issue with us dating, as much as one person will make it appear to be an issue."
She sighs as she says, "Point taken. I'm not sure how do address her though. I don't want to battle with her. And I know if given the chance, she's going to be a serious petty patty whenever possible." He has to agree with her; the pettiness will be at an all-time high. He thinks for a moment and says, "How about we sit down and talk to her together?"
She nods as she says, "That could work. There's safety in numbers." He responds. "Right. Plus, maybe if she sees we're together on this, it will lessen her fake outrage." She smiles as she says, "Fake outrage? Damn, that's a good one. There's sure to be a healthy serving of that." He nods as he replies, "I'm just calling it how I see it. From where I'm sitting; I can see her milking this for all it's worth. Especially since her father knows about us parting ways. And will likely connect that fact, to us hooking up."
She agrees with his thought, but his response throws her, as she asks, "When did her father find out about you two?" He responds, "I found out yesterday, talking to my dad. Her father called him and told him she was dating someone else." Olivia says, "Uhm, that's a fine detail you neglected to share." He responds, "Sorry. I had so much on my mind, I must have forgotten to mention it." She forgives him, given what transpired. But says, "I wonder how he found out. I'm confident she didn't tell him." He shrugs his shoulders as he says, "That's for sure. I didn't think to ask the details. But I'd guess he figured it out from her credit card history."
She agrees as she replies, "You can find out allot about what's going on in a person's life by viewing their spending habits." He nods as he says, "Yes you can. And with her mother not being a fan of how he spoils her so much. I can bet she's the one who did the math."
She responds, "I can see that. Her father would do anything for her. But her mother is simply not having it." He replies, "Exactly, but that's good. Because if she didn't stop him. There's no telling how much more Mel would've gotten away with so far. Or been given."
She agrees as she says, "I honestly don't know if Mellie could be more spoiled than she is, but I guess anything is possible." He replies, "Trust me. It could be worse." She concedes to him as she asks, "Do you think she knows her father has found out about you two?"
He replies, "I'm not sure. But if she doesn't know. I'm not telling her. That's between her and her parents." She responds, "Agreed. It's interesting. She's been rather quiet lately. Not chatting much about her day, and coming in later than normal." He replies, "Knowing her as I do; that normally means she's hiding something. You know she's never been accused of being bashful or too private."
She has to agree with him. As she says, "It's eerie how I didn't think of how different she's been till now. I should've noticed sooner." He supportively says, "You've got a life too Liv. It's not your job to keep up with her. If she wants to share what she's going through, she'll talk." She sighs as she says, "I know. Pushing her will make it much worse. He responds, "Yes it will."
Their conversation is interrupted as his alarm goes off on his phone. He reaches for it, and turns it off. She looks at her watch and says, "Damn, it's almost noon." He sighs as he says, "Yeah. The day is flying by." She responds, "It always does when you're having fun." They share a kiss, and he says, "What time did you want us to show up?" She stands up as she replies, "The usual is good. But I will check in with them and if something changes I will let you know."
After he stands up he says, "Okay. Did you get your stuff out of the bathroom?" She responds, "Yes sir I did. Thanks for reminding me." He replies, "You're welcome." They again share a few more kisses, before they stand up and he prepares to walk her out.
As they walk toward the door, he grabs her bag for her. And she grabs her purse. He meets her at the door and he proceeds to walk her to her car. As they walk, he takes her hand. She smiles at him as she teases, "So this is who we've become? The hand holding couple." He chuckles as he replies, "I guess so since you haven't dropped my hand yet." She nods as she responds, "Touché."
As they make their way to the parking garage, he says, "So, when do you want to talk to Mel?" She takes a breath as she replies, "The sooner the better. But it's a hectic work week for her this week, due to her photo project she's working on. Oh, how about Friday? You can come over and we can talk to her when she gets home." They arrive at her car and he nods as he says, "Sounds like a plan I can get behind." She uses her remote to pop her trunk, and he puts the bag in it, and closes it. As he walks toward her, while she stands on the driver's side waiting for him. When he approaches her she teasingly responds, "MMMMHMM, I can confirm you do great work from behind."
They both grin as he replies, "It's nice to be appreciated for hard work." She puts her arms around his neck, as he slips his arms around her waist, gripping her ass, as he pulls her close so she can feel his bulge. She groans as she responds, "MMMM, It's surely nice to benefit from that hard work." Their flirtatious moment opens to a deep and sultry kissing session that stops just short of them being on the cusp of breaking laws of indecent exposure.
When the kissing ends, he says, "If you don't go now." She finishes his thought as she replies, "I won't leave." He pecks her lips once more, as he says, "Well, excuse me while I go take a cold shower." She laughs as she replies, "Yes. And I put the air on full blast from the floor." Agreeing they're both overheating from their kissing session. He allows her to get in the car, and he closes the door behind her. As he says, "Text me and let me know you made it home." She replies, "I will. Bye." He pecks her lips once more as he says, "Bye."