“But, what if?
I needed release. I needed Ben inside of me. Right. Now.
Time to take charge, in a different way than I’d done before.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “You asked. I thought it better to get it out in the open.”
I put my glass down on the table. I moved closer to him, taking one of his rough hands in mine. I reached out and touched his face with my other hand.
“It’s okay, baby.” I said softly, “I did ask. It’s okay.”
I reached my hands down to his belt buckle and started undoing it.
“Liv, what …”
“Shhh. I know how to fix this. Just be quiet and let me do this.”