Page 5 of Under Control
“What?”
Kelsey snorted. “The firefighter. Was he hot?”
“Yeah.” She answered without thinking, and it was too late to take it back, so she smiled. “Not my usual type, but definitely hot.”
“Why didn’t you jump him when you had the chance?”
Olivia almost choked on her water. “When did I have the chance?”
“You were stuck in an elevator with him, right?”
“Not forthatlong.” Thank goodness. She’d been more and more tempted with every second she’d been trapped with Derek.
“You haven’t been on a date in forever. It probably wouldn’t have taken very long.”
“Remind me to curtail your access to my personal life.”
“You don’t really have one, which is my point.”
“Even if I wanted to jump the man and had time, there are security cameras in the elevators.”
Kelsey shrugged. “Nobody pays any attention to those.”
“They probably do if there are actually people stuck in the elevator at the time.”
“Maybe.” She smiled, though. “But it might have been worth it.”
Worth essentially making a sex tape for the security staff? And whoever they decided to share it with, including possibly the entire internet? Not likely. But Olivia felt heat in all the right places as she remembered the way the hot firefighter with questionable taste in movies had looked at her while his hand stroked her leg.
“You’re blushing right now.” Kelsey pointed at her, her eyes wide. “You’re thinking about having sex with him in the elevator, aren’t you?”
“I am not.”
“Then what were you thinking about?”
“The way he looked at me, not that it’s any of your business.”
“Aw. That’s so romantic, though not nearly as fun as sex against the elevator wall. Did it have mirrors?” When Olivia glared at her, she shrugged. “Fine. But you should have at least given him your business card.”
“Trust me. A prospective client, he wasn’t.”
“You’re hopeless, Olivia. It’s totally normal to offer a business card to somebody, and it would have given him a way to contact youandmade him feel like that contact wouldn’t be totally unwelcome.”
“It doesn’t matter now.” Kelsey was right. It would have opened the door without lighting up a neon sign announcing her interest. “I’m never going to see him again.”
“You could if you really wanted to. Isn’t bringing a firefighter a pie or something to thank him for rescuing you a thing?”
“I’m not really up on damsel in distress etiquette, and technically he didn’t rescue me. He was stuck with me and he got rescued, too.”
Kelsey frowned. “Good point.”
Maybe they could be done with this conversation now. It was ridiculous and yet it was also making her wonder if shecouldsee him again.
Even though it made no sense, she couldn’t remember the last time she’d been attracted enough to a stranger to think about him again, never mind talk about him. Technically she’d talked about him because she was telling Kelsey about the elevator incident, but when she’d asked if the firefighter was hot, Olivia could have shrugged it off. Kelsey would have believed her boss hadn’t even noticed the man in the elevator with her in that way.
Ouch.
“So you could bring the pie to the other firefighters and he works with them, so you’ll probably see him.” Obviously Kelseywasn’tdone with this conversation. “Oh, I know! You could reach out to him because you lost something and you’re hoping one of the firefighters found it.”
