Harmony smiled at the firefighter with the hot mix of black and silver hair. “Tangled. That sounds about right.”
Crois leaned in and spoke nearly into her ear. “Come out to dinner with me and maybe we can add to it.”
Harmony’s face flamed hotter.
“Is the picture that hot?”
Halo, the other firefighter in the group took the phone from her hands and looked at it. “That’s it?” He frowned at the screen, lines furrowing his forehead. “People are going crazy over a little bicep picture?”
Harmony shook her head. “I haven’t seen the comments on social media, but I bet it was focused more on the baby.”
Vega nodded. “Lots of comments on hot flashes and ovaries exploding.”
Rock laughed behind his hand. “I think there were a few proposals and… propositions.”
Harmony felt Crois’ hand move against her back, lower this time, sending shivers down her back.
“Just so you know, I don’t care about those comments.”
Harmony tried to put some space between them, but Crois had long arms and his hand stayed in place.
“I don’t want you to be upset by them.”
She bit the inside of her cheek and barely resisted the urge to elbow him in the side. “Crois.”
His laughter was a soft chuckle and sounded more secretive than a full gut laugh would have been.
She looked away and at the rest of the group, hoping that everyone had missed that exchange.
Shocking, but they hadn’t.
Jon Lee was the first to speak. “Harmony? Is there something we should know?”
“Know?” She laughed out loud, but it sounded tinny to her own ears. “Nothing.”
“Nothing, yet.” Crois announced to the group.
That’s when she tried to elbow him, but Crois had long arms and leaned out of her way.
Rock folded his arms across his chest. “It seems like Harmony doesn’t agree with you.”
Rock’s tone sounded more like a dad than a co-worker.
“I have no problem calling Kate.”
Beside her, Crois stiffened a little.
“I’m not on shift, Rock.”
“But,” the other man countered, “you’re in uniform and that might be construed as intimidation.”
Crois dropped his hand from her back and took a step away.
Harmony hates how… empty the space beside her felt when he stepped away.
She might have been nervous with people looking at her. Especially when she worked with them for hours and hours on shift.
And while she appreciated that Rock was trying to help her out, the last thing she wanted was to get Crois in trouble.
