It takes me several minutes to reach the park, and I wonder whether buying my lunch twice a week wouldn’t be a bad thing.It gets me outside into the sunshine and moving, rather than sitting in the boring lunchroom four days a week.
I should.
I pull out my phone to send myself a message when something catches my eye.
Or rather, someone.
Jake.
What is he doing here?
And what the hell is he wearing?
I can’t decide if he belongs in Disneyland or Venice Beach with that ridiculous tropical shirt, which fits snug around his biceps.
Worse, he’s walking towards me.Figures that he spotted me first.
“Hey,” Jake says when he reaches me while Liam stays on the bench, taking in the park like he’s on vacation.He’s in a similar shirt and dark shades.
“Didn’t have your size?”I ask, nodding at his arms.
I should pretend I don’t notice but, yeah, you’d have to be blind.
Or not into guys.
I am...particularly this one.
Unfortunately.
“What?Oh, yeah, we are—” he stops talking.“You work around here?”
I nod, my heart dropping as I realize if we’d datedproperly,he might know that.I told him what I did, but I doubt the conversation ever led to where my office was.Because, let’s face it, it’s not like he was ever going to visit me at work or send flowers.
We were fuck buddies.
Nothing more.
“Yes, and on that note, I must get lunch and then get back to the clinic.Good to see you again.”
Too good.
I wish I hadn’t.
Every time I lay my eyes on this man, my body reacts in ways that both infuriate me and remind me of all the reasons I kept letting him into my house.
I dare not look down because if my nipples are hard, I will be embarrassed.
Jake does it for me and fights the smirk on his lips.
Damn him.
When his eyes lift, he asks, “Caylee, can we talk?”
“Nope.”I start to walk past, but he reaches out and gently grips my arm.Our eyes snap together as a thermonuclear charge sears the place our skin connects.
Holy hell.
Jake feels it, too.I can see it in the way his eyes swirl dangerously, and that it’s only our respective responsibilities that are stopping him scooping me up and dragging me away.
