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The actor showed self-awareness at least. Was she also aware of how hard it was for others to encounter her and keep a level head?
let the simp begin 😋
“Why on earth bother with men, if you’d already found women?” Olivia blurted.
real
And although Kate cleared the doorway without touching, she felt the actor pass from the top of her forehead, down her chest, all the way to her toes.
simp nation here we goooo
“I am a predictable perfectionist,” Olivia said. “And I acknowledge it may be irritating for some who are...." She looked as if she had someone particular in mind. “...perhaps less organised. But, yes, I assure you I'm most straightforward.” But not straight, Kate laughed to herself.
BAHAHAAHAH tru asf
Your brain is anything but slow. Yes, you get distracted. But you have a thousand thoughts whizzing around in there, and only one mouth to tell them. You have traffic jams. The last thing you are is stupid, my big-brained lover. Sometimes you take a while to get in gear, but then there’s no stopping you.”
how cutee
So, this is what suited her daughter. Not bubbly, soft nursery folk who were there with a song and cuddle all day long. But lawyers.
bea is a woman with refined tastes 😌
“And more specifically, say, with actors?” Olivia looked at her, as if Kate shouldn’t press. “My experience has mixed results.” “Should...” Kate began, failing to resist this nugget of information, “should I take that as a compliment, Ms Sachdeva?” “If my opinion means something to you, then yes, Ms Woodhouse.”
okayyy okayy we’re in flirting territory
Soft fingers stroked inside the hem, and Kate closed her eyes to the sensation between her shoulders. Such a small contact, but it touched her whole body. Loop after loop, fingers circled down her back, a light touch every time, before the rouleau loops gave over pearl buttons, the suggestive movement trailing lower.
gah damn
“Shit,” she spat. “Yes, I’d like a hug with my lawyer.”
HELLL YEAH SWEET SWEET ADMISSION 🥳‼️😫
And in her trailer...Olivia paused. She remembered with overwhelming clarity the softness of Kate’s neck on her fingertips, and the enticing glimpse beneath the material. She’d seen Kate undress in films, but this was real and vivid on all her senses. The sliver of naked back, the undulation of her spine, the patterns of her pale skin, tiny downy hair which Olivia craved to touch, even though they’d be too fine and beyond perceptible. She wanted to lean down and breathe on them, and she closed her eyes, because the memory of Kate’s scent came to her instantly.
GAH DAMMNN
Then she felt it. Perhaps something caught her eye that her mind failed to grasp. A movement. A sound. But awareness stole over her shoulders and tickled up her neck. She twitched her gaze over the crowd. Nothing. But she knew what, who, she felt. She pushed the realisation down without saying her name, wanting to deny the increasing presence within her subconscious.
BAHAHAH a sixth sense for the love of ur life
“Care to show me?” Olivia asked, with a tilt of the head.
GRAHHH SHE’S A ROMANTIC AFTER ALL
She risked the question again. “Do you mind this...contact?” Another thrill from Olivia’s body. Kate couldn’t miss it. “Quite the contrary,” came the same formal phrasing from Olivia, but none of the calm delivery. The words trembled. “I do find physical contact intense.” A pause. “But sometimes deeply pleasurable.”
OHHHHHHH ?????
“Good night, Ms Woodhouse.” And Olivia turned, struck out into the crowd and disappeared.
NOOOOO IT WAS GOING SO WELLL GRAHHH
Because the actor was charming, and challenged her, then revealed vulnerabilities which had Olivia relenting like a sap, wanting to sweep her off her feet when they danced, and taking her on romantic punting trips at dusk. Oh my god, how had she let this happen? This was a disaster.
i think you mean beautifully romantic
suspension of disbelief?”
“And I find you,” Olivia swallowed, “as an actor, a professional, as a person...I find I like you.” She stopped, because her feelings began to tumble. “I like you a lot.”
GRAHHHH THIS IS SO CUTEE
“I’m emotionally invested with you.” She was in way over her head. “And I can’t tell if I’m advising you appropriately anymore. With you, I don’t even know what detached and impartial is anymore. When you’re in the room, my heart beats too fast and my mind spins. It doesn’t matter that we’re not involved, because I’m overwhelmingly attracted to you, in so many ways, and I can't advise you with a level head.”
GRAHHHHH IM SQUEALING BRO SHE IS SO- UGH I LOVE YOU OLIVIA
“It doesn’t matter, because I,” Olivia said, emphatically, “don’t trust me.” She glanced at Kate, not daring to linger. “You cannot have a lawyer who feels like this about you. Because you’re just sitting there, doing nothing, and I can barely think. I know where you are in a room. Always. I might take my eyes off you, but my mind is still where you are.” She breathed in. “I am inextricably drawn to you.”
HOLY FUCKING SHITTTTTT THIS CONFESSION ???? BROOOOOOO HELLOOOO GRAHHH OLIVIAAAA
“I can feel it because we’ve danced close enough for me to imagine. I know how your body fits into mine.” Olivia closed her eyes. “I want to touch you.” Her breath hitched. “I want to kiss you.” And her head swirled. “I want all of you.”
… OLIVIA PLS KISS HER
“I wish... So much...” Olivia gasped. “But I need you to leave. You must go.”
NOOOOOOOOO STOP I DONT APPROVE
“You do not have to get it right all the time.” Liz waggled her finger. “No-one ever does. And I've got you.” She plonked her hands on Olivia’s shoulders. “I have your back. And I will make damn sure Hugo remembers how many second chances he gives others.”
liz i love you
“I’m...” Olivia started. “I know I shouldn’t be...” And Kate waited, praying she didn’t hang up. “But I’m here, trying not to knock on your door.”
GRAHHHHH I KNEW ITTTTT
“But I want to kiss you.” And to that, Kate could only say, “Please.”
WHEEEWWWWW FINALLY THANK YOUUUUUUU LFGGG
“An hour,” Olivia whimpered. “Maybe two?” That last drop of will power? Pure vapour now. “Would you like a cup of tea?” Final futile resistance.
BAHAAHA this is so amusing
“Must have got hot in the kitchen.” Millie tilted her head. “If underwear had to come off?” “But Olivia doesn’t often cook.” “I think it’s Olivia that got cooked.”
BAHAHAHAHA
“It was like she froze,” Millie carried on, “immobilised in a fight, flight or fuck reaction.”
LMFOAOAOA FLIGHT OR FUCK
“I’m here,” Olivia said, lifting her gaze to the sleek black door of Kate’s Park Town home. Like she could have resisted. “I’m already here.”
even your subconscious is in love, gah i love u two
They sat neatly, concentrating and engrossed in the activity. Her very particular daughter, happily colouring in with Olivia, who was also very particular.
twins
She had to take a moment, breathing in and out several times. “She’s...everything.” Especially right now. “Kate’s my comfort zone,” Olivia realised. “She’s where I want to be. She’s where my mind and body go when I’m tired, or distressed, when I’m happy, or sad. I find my way to her.”
🥹😭😫
Nicola’s gaze was drawn after Geeta, who sauntered down the garden. It was a gaze that thought itself unwatched, mouth open a little, and it lingered too long. Then Nicola stiffened and altered her balance and moved away to find company.
ohh ???? yes yes
