Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

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The spoon clinked against the edge of the tub as Vivien pulled out another bite of ice cream, licking it off slowly before offering me the spoon. I took it, scooping up some for myself, my eyes drifting over to her as she curled her legs beneath her.

"So," I said, swallowing the cold sweetness before meeting her gaze. "Why'd you become a teacher?"

Vivien tilted her head, considering. "Because I like bossing people around," she said with a straight face.

I huffed a laugh. "That checks out."

She grinned before shrugging. "Honestly? I always liked kids. They're weird and unpredictable, but they're honest. And they don't hold grudges-well, most of them don't. I had one first grader try to curse me once because I wouldn't let him eat glue, but, you know, that's just part of the job."

I chuckled, shaking my head. "So, you enjoy near-death experiences?"

She smirked. "Only the ones that involve tiny humans wielding Crayola markers like weapons."

I handed her the spoon back, watching as she took another bite. "How are you still single?"

The question left my mouth before I could think twice, but the

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second it did, something in her face shifted.

Vivien dropped her gaze, her fingers tightening slightly around the tub.

I sighed. "You don't have to answer-"

interrupted softly, taking a deep

over the lid of the ice cream. "He was the love of my life." A small breath. "But he died in a boating accident." The words sat

anything. What

the silence stretch, letting her

I swallowed hard. "I guess you

wife," she finished softly,

my

one who convinced me to send Laura to Germany. She had been the one to push me toward hope when I was too

over my jaw. "Well-I didn't get the best news, but... I think somewhere deep down, for the last two years, I

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she wasn't. I could

of ice cream, and when she pulled the spoon away, a tiny piece of

"You

reached forward without thinking, brushing my thumb along the spot, but before I could wipe

she guided my hand closer-her gaze locked

And then-

parting as she sucked the chocolate off, her cheeks hollowing

pants turned into

back, her lips releasing my thumb

her, my heart pounding against my ribs like it was trying

my hand, and her eyes flickered down-straight to my

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was no

fact that her nipples were peaked against the thin fabric of her dress, her cheeks flushed with

lifted back to mine, steady but soft. "Josh... it's okay, you

tightening as I stared at her. At her full lips, slightly parted, still glistening from the ice

thought about how

stop myself, I was leaning in, my hand reaching behind her neck, my fingers curling into the silky