“I can’t help it that this company chose to send it to me instead of an actual rock climbing influencer. That’s not my fault. I don’t solicit things. In fact, I started off just by unboxing and reviewing things I personally bought. The rest just sort of happened. I didn’t ask for it. But I’m not going to half-ass a review either. I may not know much about rock climbing now, but by the end of tomorrow I’ll know enough. I’m already scheduled for lessons starting at one.”
“One tomorrow afternoon?”
“Yes. Why?”
“No reason.”
Damn. Zoey was Bucky’s high-profile client Karla asked me to take? I was struggling to wrap my mind around it. I knew she was a big deal online, but I was still struggling to reconcile that Zoey withmyZoey.
My Zoey? When the hell did she become my Zoey?
Zoey
Chapter 8
Monte was acting suspicious, but I didn’t know why.
It made me a little nervous being trapped in a room with him like this, but not like the scared or bad kind of nervous. It was more like my body was on fire for him and I didn’t trust myself this alone with him kind of nervous.
He’d come to my rescue just when I’d needed him most. That asshole wasn’t going to leave me alone no matter how many times I told him I wasn’t interested.
Maybe coming herehad been a bad idea. I’d done it to put space between me and Monte and now here he was.
I looked around the room and realized just how tiny it was.
“Are all the rooms this small?” I blurted out.
He shook his head. “No. The guest rooms are quite spacious, but, as you probably figured out already, they are booked solid tonight.”
I glared at him. I wasn’t stupid. There was a reason I was hanging out in the lobby with dozens of others.
“But don’t worry. You’re safe here.”
I gulped. I might be safe with him, but I wasn’t certain he was safe with me.
Pictures of his naked body flashed through my mind again.
Stop it,I warned my wolf.
“So if this isn’t a guest room, then where are we exactly?”
“Staff quarters.”
“You work here?”
That didn’t seem right. We were a few hours away from campus. There was no way he could possibly work here.
“Sort of. Well, on occasion when they need help.”
“Help with what?”
“Rock climbing.”
“Oh. You really are into that kinda stuff then?”
“You could say that.”
“That’s cool. I wasn’t expecting all this snow, though.”
