May I touch you?

"You shouldn't throw yourself at him, the other way around." Claire lets the phone drop and smiles at me. "Don't worry, he'll know what to do to break into another guy's territory."

"The plan is stupid, but it will definitely work," says Lu again. “If Jake tries to take the lollipop away from Sebastian, he'll want it back. Even if he's already licked. Or half sucked. "

"Really nice, what cute nicknames and flowery paraphrases you come up with for me and my situation," I whistle in her direction, whereupon she shrugs her shoulders calmly.

“He'll be here in half an hour,” Claire breaks our little exchange.

“He's coming here now? Today? ”I wonder aloud.

“Like I said - he owes me a ton of favors. I just picked him up from a party in the ass last weekend because the guy he was out with had run away. "

“Nice.” Lu grins broadly. “But it should be fine with me that Creampie Jake honors us today. Then at least I have something to watch. After two days of fluttering, that's a welcome change. "

Lu has never made a secret of the fact that Jake's looks like her, even if she would never do anything with him in her life. The guys she finds really interesting have innumerable rough edges and no faces that women collectively sigh.  

I notice that a nervous grumble is growing in my stomach. Is this really how I want to convince Sebastian that he doesn't want to leave me at all? Isn't that a bit too ... clumsy ? Or daring? Maybe it backfires completely ... 

“Hey, don't worry,” Claire speaks to me again, stroking my arm. “They say a lot of bullshit about Jake, but there is one thing you can count on: He would never do anything that you don't want or are uncomfortable with. And now let's see what he'll say about it all. "

A good thirty-five minutes later we hear the key in the door. Jake has one of his own with our apartment, but is only allowed to use it if he's expected here. Otherwise he has to ring the bell like every other visitor. When his tall figure finally comes through the living room door and he sees us sitting here with serious or expectant expressions, he turns on his heel and apparently wants to disappear again immediately.

"Stop!" Claire jumps up and pulls him back by the hand to push him into the seat next to me. “Stayed here, my friend. We need you. So, to be more precise: Evy needs you. " 

His head turns in my direction and his light brown eyes meet my uncertain gaze as the pleasant scent rises up my nose. "You need me?" He asks, confused.

"You should lick her," reports Lu from her corner.

Jake's eyebrows go up as heat rushes my cheeks. "Now it's getting really interesting," he says, lifting the corner of his mouth.

Yes, I'm heartbroken and I'm suffering like a dog because I want my ex-boyfriend back - but fuck it again, Jake doesn't leave me indifferent! He's the perfect mix of a daring young man with thousands of secrets and an innocent schoolboy who in his spare time rescues kittens from trees and carries old women shopping bags home. His handsome face has distinctive features, and there is something very warm in his beautiful eyes when he looks directly at you. I can definitely understand why so many women are at his feet, even if I wouldn't join that queue myself. At least not so far. When he looks at me like that, something strange happens to my bowels.  

"Sebastian has split up with Evy," Claire explains our request more clearly and takes a seat on Jake's other side. “And she wants him back. She needs you for that. "

His eyes leave my face and wander over to his best friend's. “A relationship box? Come on, Clares, that's not my thing. "

"You shouldn't marry Evy, but show Sebastian that he's an idiot because he's leaving her."

"He's an idiot, too," throws in Lu, which earns her a punishing look from Claire. Also from me, although I have to smile a bit, because she only takes out her anger on him because he has hurt me.

"And," continues Claire, "I want him to see that she is not sitting at home crying her eyes, but that other men are interested in her too."

“I'm sure other guys are interested in her,” Jake says. "Then what do you need me for?"

“Because you're the best when it comes to taking Sebastian's lollipop away.” Lu flutters her eyelashes exaggeratedly and purses her lips. "You with your stunning smile and the abs that I would like to do my laundry on." 

Jake responds with a wink. "Anytime, honey."

“Go to my room and wait for me there. Naked, as the good-natured God created you. "

Claire rolls her eyes and interrupts the usual banter between the two of them. "Is good now. You can get on with this gross stuff later. Now we need a plan for Evy. So, Jake, you basically have no choice. She needs your help, and you still owe me about five hundred favors. Do without your other women for a while and turn your attention to Evy until Sebastian realizes too. "

Because Jake doesn't look like he's keen to play my languishing suitor, I interrupt Claire, “You don't have to do this. It was just a consideration. I'll think of something else to get Sebastian back. "

Now he turns his gaze back to me, and apparently he realizes how bad I am, for he agrees with a sigh. “Okay, I'll do it. But it's best to tell me beforehand what you want and what you don't want so that there is no misunderstanding. Which limits should I under no circumstances exceed? "

"Limits?"

"Yes. May I touch you? ”I don't know how he does it, but suddenly his gaze feels so intense that I swallow involuntarily. To make his words clear, he takes my hand and plays with my fingers. "For example."