Page 35 of Fraud
I grinned. “So, does that mean you’ll go out with me again?”
“Maybe, although, if I declined, I think I’d be in serious trouble.”
“Why?” I asked.
She motioned behind me.
Not too far away, at the edge of the parking lot, was the same group of girls, gathered close together, their eyes following me.
“The girl in the green?” Kate pointed out. “She’s my student assistant. Now that she’s seen us, she’d never forgive me if I said no.”
I laughed. “So, you’re doing this for her then?”
“Let’s call it half and half.”
“When is her next shift with you? Sometime today?” I asked.
“Two o’clock, I believe. Why?”
“Just giving you more to talk about,” I said right before taking a solid step forward.
Her eyes widened a split second before my mouth fell on hers.
A quick flick of my tongue, and I discovered she tasted like coffee and endless possibilities. I felt her gasp the moment my body pressed into hers. And, just as swift as it’d started, I pulled away.
Leaving her flustered, bewildered, and needing more.
“I’ve been wanting to do that since last night,” I said, remembering our brief good-bye in the restaurant parking lot.
She touched her fingers to her lips as her eyes met mine.
“Still half and half?” I asked, my hands casually settling in my pockets as I started to walk away.
“Huh?” she asked, somewhat bewildered.
“I’ll take that as a compliment. I’ll pick you up at seven. Text me your address.”
Knowing she was still standing there, next to her car, watching me walk away, I did so slowly, letting her appreciate the view.
But little did she know, every part of me ached to turn back, which was exactly what I had been afraid of.
It seemed Miss O’Malley was getting under my skin, and I had no idea what to do about it.
