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“What are we looking at?” Garcia asked.
“Is that the teacher?” Hassik inquired, cupping his hands around his eyes to inspect further.
I pulled his shirt back, afraid she’d somehow see us up here.
Josie and the doctor were now standing in the lightly falling snow like they were in some kind of fucking Hallmark movie.
I begged God that she wouldn’t invite him up to her place. I wouldn’t be able to fucking take it if that were to happen…
The doctor leaned down in a move like he was going to kiss her, and Josie turned at the last minute, dodging his face and going for a hug instead.
“Wooo!” Garcia and Hassik erupted like we’d just gotten a goal and slapped me on the back.
“Shh!” I warned again, trying to shut them the hell up. For some reason, even though we were four floors up, I was still paranoid she’d hear us.
As soon as the doctor wandered away, Josie turned and just stood there on the snowy sidewalk, and I swear to God, she stared straight up at our loft, directly at us, directly at me. I felt her stare straight down to my soul. But there’s no way she could see me all the way up here, right? Then again, why would she be looking at our loft? Was she thinking about me? About what I said to her earlier? She had to be…
A second later, she shuffled forward toward the lobby door, breaking our connection.
I stood against the glass, my heart pounding.
“What are you doing?!” Garcia threw his arms wide.
“What do you mean?”
“Go get her!” he urged with wide eyes. “She’s clearly thinking of you. She practically eye-fucked the window!”
I looked to Hassik, who was nodding furiously in agreement.
Feeling suddenly shaky, I slipped on my slides and quietly made my way to the stairs. I’d leave it up to fate. If we ran into each other, great. If not, well, then it wasn’t meant to be for tonight…
18. Josie
“How’d it go?”
I jumped at the sound of his gravelly voice and dropped my keys on the ground. I turned to look at him and wished I hadn’t… because I couldn’t ignore the little thrill that punched into me at the sight of him leaning up against the wall all casually hot like he was in his gray sweatpants and thin t-shirt.
“I don’t know,” I said as casually as I could.
He looked down at his feet and clucked his tongue. “I think you do know,” he said, meeting my eyes with a steely gaze. “You didn’t like him.”
I didn’t want to lie, but I also didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of telling him he was right. I just shrugged, trying to look unaffected.
He pushed off against the wall, his long, strong stride carrying him toward me.
“Let me guess,” he said. He was so close to me now, and that damn smell of his cologne muddled my brain, making it hard to focus on anything else. He dipped down to pick up my keys and tucked them in my front pocket. “He wanted you to pick everything, didn’t he? You had to be the leader, huh?” His eyes narrowed. “Didn’t like that, did you?”
How the hell did he know?I honestly felt caught red-handed, like he was some detective shining a bright light right on my face. I arched an eyebrow. “So what if I didn’t?”
“I know what you do want,” he continued confidently, a lopsided grin sliding onto his face.
His voice sent jitters through me, and I found his commandeering attitude extremely attractive, but I forced out a scoff. “Right, okay,” I bit back sarcastically.
“I do…” He moved closer, boxing me against my door, and I knew I could push him away at any second, but my body was at war with my brain. His face was now angled down to mine, inches from me. He licked his lips, and I suddenly craved his touch…his kiss. But I also knew he wouldn’t dare touch me first. He was teasing me, tempting me, wanting me to break the barrier between us. Two could play that game.
I cocked my head to the side and pursed my lips. “Okay, Tyler. What do I want then?”
“You want to be romanced. I saw those books on your nightstand.”
