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“That city is stuffed with too many damn people. I don’t know how you live like that.”
“It’s funny. There are millions of people crammed into a twenty-two-square-mile strip of land. Yet I was lonely in a crowded room in Manhattan. Down here, I’m not lonely alone.”
“Sounds like Laurel Lake is doing you good.”
“I think so.”
We finished our shared dinner, and Josie polished off another glass of wine. Her cheeks were pink and she giggled more than usual, so I thought she might be tipsy. I cleared the table and rinsed the dishes, and she stood next to me, loading them into the dishwasher. When we were done, she looked over like she wanted to say something.
“What?” I asked.
“Nothing.”
“Seems like something’s on your mind…”
She pushed off the counter and came to stand in front of me, toe to toe. “What were you thinking about when you were watching me today?”
“I wasn’t watching you. I told you, I saw you in the yard because of an alarm notification.”
She leaned into me. “Liar.”
The best defense was always a good offense. “I think you’ve had too much to drink.”
“I know you watched me.”
“Maybe you’re a little full of yourself, doc.”
Josie pushed up on her toes and got in my face. I could smell the wine on her breath. Her eyes were bluer this close, and flecks of gold outlined her irises. My gaze stayed fixed until her lips started moving again.
“The camera moved and caught my attention. There was ablue light, Fox.”
“So?”
“My mother has the same security system. When someone activates the live camera, a little blue light turns on at the top.”
Oh fuck.“I hit the button by accident, so I watched for a minute. Figured I’d see what the hell you were doing chasing that duck.”
The gold in her eyes glittered. “The blue light was on for at leastten minutes.”
I stared down my nose at her, debating how to play this. I could deny it, pretend I had no idea what she was talking about, or I could own it—take my lumps and admit I was a dog. My eyes jumped back and forth between hers, and I leaned down as much as she’d stretched up. Our noses were practically touching. “Fine. I watched you.”
“And you watched me do yoga from the window too.”
“You weren’t exactly hiding it.”
Josie reached behind me to the counter and grabbed her wine. Knocking it back over a six-second count, she leaned even closer, and her tits pushed up against my chest.
“What were you doing while you were watching me today?”
My nostrils flared. She wanted me to tell her I was jerking off. And right now, I would have, if it had been true. I would’ve described fisting my cock while staring at her in that little white bikini. But I’d been in my truck, in a busy parking lot on a main road.
I slipped the empty wine glass from her hand and set it down on the counter. “Nothing. Because this is a small town with a big mouth, and I know better than to get caught. Doesn’t mean I didn’t want to though.” I moved my mouth to whisper in her ear. “But I’ll tell you what. I’m going to go home now, because I’m a gentleman and you’ve had a few glasses of wine. And if you still want to know what I was doing while watching you tomorrow, just give me a call. Because you can be damn sure I’ll be watching the replay as soon as I’m alone.”
I stepped back to look at Josie’s face. Her cockiness was gone, and she looked a little shell-shocked. I winked. “Sweet dreams, babe. I know I’ll be having them.”
CHAPTER 16
Besties
