I shoot her a grin over my shoulder. “I have three more in the car.”
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M y palms are sweating. A lot. I rub them down my pants as I stare at Zach across the elevator.
He looks a bit like a stranger, features pulled tight, eyes burning as he nearly glares at me.
The tension between us is so tight. I think I’m supposed to enjoy this tension. This
anticipation. But apparently, all tension leads to stupid stuff coming out of my mouth.
“There are so many euphemisms for this…” I say, waving my hand between us. “Parking the car
in the garage. Putting the hot dog in the bun. But some of them are kind of offensive. LikeTaking the
Bus to Tuna town,orBumping Uglies.Why would you call it that? It doesn’t really make it sound
like something two people would want to do. Andtuna?That’s offensive. Do men really think a
woman will want to have sex with him if he compares her lady town to fish?”
The intensity on Zach’s face fades as I speak, a grin blooming. His warm chuckles fill the
elevator. The tightness in my chest loosens.
This is going to be ok.
He takes my hand and leads me off the elevator to his front door. His eyes are locked on my face
as he opens the door and pulls me in. The door is barely closed when he presses me against the wall
in the foyer, mouth descending to mine.
“Wait!” I yell.
He freezes, eyes searching mine, looking for an explanation.
“We’re not stopping this time, right?”
His grin could only be described asrakish.It does something funny to my legs, and I lean a little
more heavily on the wall.
“No baby, we’re not stopping. Not unless you want to.”
“I don’t want to…so can you please lock the door this time? I really like your family, but they
show up at the most inconvenient times. I really don’t want to be all…” I wave my hands up and
down my body, “exposed and stuff when one of them walks in. I mean, I’m okay with awkward, but
having one of my bosses…other than you…see my taco would make it hard to look them in the eye.”
Laughing —I really love his laugh, and the fact that I can get him going so easily— he backs up
and engages the fancy lock.Privacy Mode Enabledflashes on the screen. “You are a wise woman.
