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“Just be here in two hours.”
Hitting End, I tossed my phone onto my bed and pulled off my T-shirt. I headed into my bathroom, quickly brushed my teeth, took a piss, and stripped out of my sweats. When I walked back into my bedroom, I jumped when I heard Rory’s scream.
“Oh my God! You’re naked!”
Glancing down, I looked at my boxer briefs. “No I’m not.”
“Why? Why don’t you have any clothes on?”
Shaking my head, I headed over to my dresser. “Why are you in my bedroom?”
She sliced her fingers open to peek at me and replied, “I was telling you we were back.”
“Welcome back. I’m going for a run with the hellion.”
Rory stood there staring at me. Well…she was actually staring at my junk. Feeling like I’d just got a confidence boost, I grabbed a T-shirt, sweatpants, and socks. I walked over to Rory and leaned closer to her. She licked her lips, and hell if I didn’t know what she wanted.
Lifting my hand, I used my thumb to wipe the corner of her mouth. “You’ve got a bit of drool there.”
Snapping out of her daydream, she slapped my hand away. When she spun around, she almost lost her balance, but recovered nicely.
“Okay. So it looks like you’ve got this covered. I’m out of here.”
I chuckled as I quickly pulled my sweats on. “So should Flash expect you back tomorrow for your morning walk?”
She lifted her hand and gave it a wave, not so much as glancing back at me over her shoulder. “Bye, Finn Ward. Have fun with Flash.”
“I’ll take that as a no.”
I was behind her and opening the door before she even knew I was there. “Well, aren’t you fast,” she gasped.
Lifting the corner of my mouth into a half smile, I replied, “I know when to go fast and when to go slow.”
She swallowed hard and stared into my eyes. “I bet you do.”
“I can show you…if you’d like.”
Her eyes quickly searched my face. “I’ve got to run….See ya around.”
My heart dropped. Shit, I’ll never get her to go to dinner if I keep saying shit like that.
Opening the door, I winked as she walked by. “See ya, Rory.”
Chapter 8
Rory
Work, pizza, and misunderstandings
I moved my neck from side to side. “You okay over there?”
Lifting my eyes to Russell, I smiled. “Yeah. My neck is stiff.”
“We can call it a night, Rory.”
With a sigh, I glanced at all the papers spread over the table. Russell and I had been combing through the history of a firefighter who was being accused of sexual assault while on duty. Our law firm handled all of the cases for the union.
I nodded. “Maybe we should,” I replied as I looked at the clock.
Russell leaned back in his chair and stretched. “Damn, I’m starving. Want to grab a quick bite to eat?”
My stomach took that moment to growl. With a chuckle, I replied, “I think my stomach is saying yes.”
We gathered the papers and put them into the files. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right with this case. We’d spent hours searching through Robert Long’s information, and nothing even hinted at this type of behavior. He was looked upon by his fellow firefighters as a guy who could do no wrong. Then again, being a firefighter, you belonged to a brother and sisterhood whose members would literally die for one another.
Pulling out my pad, I made a note to head over to his firehouse tomorrow and talk to his coworkers and captain. We needed to get to know the more personal side of Mr. Long. Did he have a reputation as a ladies’ man? Did he date a lot of women? What type of a person was he?
I locked the door behind us and turned to Russell. “What are you in the mood for?”
A strange look crossed over his face before he looked away and headed to the elevator.
“How about pizza?”
“The Upper Crust?” I asked with a hopeful expression.
He laughed and glanced back at me. “I take it that’s one of your favorites.”
“It is. I go there often, so it’s a good thing I also run every day.”
The elevator doors closed, and we made our descent quickly. “Favorite thing to eat there?”
“That’s easy, the Harvard Street pizza. Fresh basil, tomato, mozzarella, and garlic. Yum!”
“So it’s basically a cheese pizza with garlic and basil?”
I gasped as we walked out of the elevator and exited the building. “Bite your tongue if you’ve never had it before.” Russell chuckled, and whistled for a taxi.
Thirty minutes later we were eating our pizza and I was laughing over some lame joke Russell had just told me.
“Don’t you look like you’re having fun.”
My heart dropped upon hearing Finn’s voice. Setting my pizza down, I glanced up at him. “Hey, Finn. Where’s Flash?”
He narrowed his brows and stared at me for a second.
