Olivia jumped and screamed, which caused his mom to scream in response.
“Aaaaaaah!”
“Aaaaaaah!”
Olivia’s grip on the towel loosened, and the pale green terrycloth slid onto the floor, revealing her in all her naked glory.
“Ai-yah!”his mother exclaimed while Sammy gulped, torn between averting his gaze and soaking in the visual feast.
The gentleman in him won out—barely. He raised his eyes to the ceiling, jaw tight, but the image of Olivia’s smooth, bare skin and luscious curves had been ingrained in his mind. He’d seen her naked before, but damn, the years had been good to her. Those breasts, those hips...
Fuckity fuck fuck.
His tranquil Saturday had turned into an epic shitshow.
“Olivia.” His mother recognized the woman Sammy had once introduced as The One. He’d been young, stupid, and in love, and when he’d broken the news about his and Olivia’s split, Amy had looked at him with sad eyes and fed him what she’d claimed was a “Love Cure” soup. It hadn’t worked. “This is a surprise.”
Olivia snatched her towel off the floor and covered herself once more. Her face matched the reds in the sunset painting hanging next to the bathroom door. “Mrs. Yu. Hi,” she squeaked.
“Sammy didn’t tell me you were here. In his house. Naked.” Amy’s laser-beam stare drilled into Sammy, whose grimace deepened.
He chose not to point out that Olivia had been in the shower and therefore had to be naked—it wasn’t like she was strolling around the living room in her birthday suit. That wouldn’t go over well, and he’d like to live to see thirty, thank you.
Olivia didn’t respond. For once, she appeared speechless.
“Well,” his mother said wryly, switching back to Mandarin. She knew Olivia was fluent in the language. “At least now I know why Sammy was so besotted with you back in the day. You have beautiful breasts.”
Aaaand they blew right past Awkward territory into the town of Highly Inappropriate.
Olivia’s face went from fire-engine-red to purple, and Sammy squeezed his eyes shut, wishing with all his might that the floor would open up and swallow him whole.
It didn’t.
Bastard.