Taking a deep breath, she turned the car on and headed towards the park where this party was happening.
Olivia tried to find the excitement she knew she should feel, but it was nowhere to be found. She was excited to see her best friend Rae and her Daddy, Emmett, but Olivia didn’t like big crowds.
She also knew that Rae would be in Littlespace or close to it. Olivia didn’t get the opportunity often to play with her own Little side, but she loved getting to see Rae be happy there.
If anyone deserved it, it was her. That was actually how they met and bonded. Seeing a Little in her, Olivia allowed herself to break the one rule she had and formed a friendship with Raelyn.
She knew she would never grow to regret that decision though. Rae was the sunshine she needed on a rainy day.
After the hiccupin her morning, with her car choosing to be difficult. She finally made it to the party, but all Olivia wanted to do now was go home.
Especially seeing the man she had thought about for several weeks now, was the best friend of Emmett. Now she had a name to obsess over in her dreams, but she knew that nothing could come of it.
Pushing away the thoughts of David again, because he wasn’t welcome here, she put a smile on her face and accepted the hug that Emmett pulled her into.
“It’s good to see you again, Olivia. All went well with your car?”
Before she could speak up there was a grumble from behind her.
“It will be once I have a chance to look it over. I didn’t like the condition of her tires and there was a funny noise when she cranked the engine.”
Raising her eyebrows, Olivia turned towards the voice. Who did he think he was? Her car was just fine and she didn’t need him to look at it.
There was nothing wrong with the tires on her car. Okay, so maybe they were a little bald. They had plenty of miles still left on them.
The noise he mentioned was just a belt or something. As long as the car continued to run, Olivia would just turn the radio up a little louder and pretend she didn’t hear it.
What she did know was that she was fully capable of handling it all on her own. She had been doing it for the past nine months and she wasn’t fixing to let this man come in and take over, no matter how hot she thought he was.
“Actually, that’s alright. I’ve got it.”
She heard Miles growl at her words before she turned and ignored him. She wasn’t some weak woman who needed a man.
Look at what happened last time she depended on a man. It almost cost her everything and she refuses to be that woman again.
“Emmett, I’m going to steal your girlfriend for a bit. I need to talk to her.”
Olivia watched Rae’s eyes widen at her statement and Olivia knew that she knew exactly what they needed to talk about.
The little brat is going to explain everything about the man who is currently warming her back with his presence.
“Of course. Stay where I can see you, Little girl.” Emmett said to Rae.
“I will, Daddy. I promise!”
Grabbing Raelyn by the hand, Olivia pulled her towards the oak tree that wasn’t too far away from where the guys were standing. It was just far enough that she didn’t have to worry about someone overhearing this conversation but was still close enough that they would still have eyes on them.
She wouldn’t put it past Emmett to decide to sit in on the conversation if they were out of his line of sight.
He was protective of her best friend and that meant by default that he was protective of Olivia, too. It felt nice knowing that someone cared about her wellbeing sometimes.
“You, ma’am, have a bunch of explaining to do. Starting with how long you knew that Miles was the man I had been dreaming about the past few weeks.”
“I didn’t know it was him, at first. Then you made a comment about his eyes. It wasn’t hard to put it all together at that point. Miles is the only man I know who has two different colored eyes. It’s pretty rare, you know.”
Olivia did know. She had researched it for days after she learned that it was a condition that only affecteda small amount of the human population. Miles was an anomaly and she found it so fascinating to learn about.
“That was weeks ago, Raelyn. You didn’t think that it would have been important for you to mention him long before now?”
