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“Be ready at seven on Friday.”
“Alright.”
Fox held out his hand. For a second, I thought we were going to shake on the deal. But when I put my hand in his, he yanked me to him. “Now come here and kiss me already.”
The gruff sound of his voice shot those butterflies much lower than they’d been fluttering. Once I was close enough, Fox gripped my elbow and used it to lift me up and over the center console. He settled me on his lap, straddling his hips, and squeezed my neck to bring my lips to meet his.
I was momentarily thrown by how soft his lips were. They contrasted with the roughness of his hold and the hardness of his chest. It was a combination that set my body on fire. Fox’s tongue dipped inside, and he used the hand at my neck to tilt my head and deepen the connection.
Oh God.
I could get lost in this man’s kiss. It was just on the right side of aggressive, just like the man himself. His big hand wrapped around my back and pulled me flush against him. When he groaned through our joined mouths, I felt it travel from the tips of my toes to the top of my head. I was quickly running out of breath, but I didn’t care. There was no way I was stopping to take a breath. I’d sooner die of lack of oxygen.
Fox’s hand at my neck tangled into my hair, fisting a clump into a tight ball. He yanked to pull my head back, exposing my neck, and then drifted down to suck along my pulse line.
My eyes rolled into the back of my head when I felt a steely erection straining through his jeans. Everything between my legs swelled, and I couldn’t help myself; I started to move back and forth.
“Fuck, Josie,” Fox mumbled. “You better slow down or you’re going to be eating spaghetti in ten minutes.”
I smiled. It felt euphoric—enough to make my brain turn off and forget analyzing the million reasons this would likely end in a disaster. After a few more minutes of groping and grinding, it was Fox who pulled back. He gently nudged my body from his.
“Gotta stop now, sweetheart. Or I’m going to turn into a sixteen-year-old boy and embarrass myself.”
I pouted, and Fox leaned in and took my protruding bottom lip between his teeth and gave it a firm tug. “Friday,” he murmured.
I sighed. “You suck.”
He chuckled and cupped my cheek. “I’ll watch you walk in from here. I need a minute.”
CHAPTER 17
The Talk of the Town
Fox
“Morning.”
Opal’s eyes lit up as big as her smile.
“Oh shit,” I grumbled.
“You just walked in,” she said. “What are you cussing for already?”
“There are only two reasons you smile like that. Either you’re about to chew my ear off with some gossip I have zero interest in, or you…had a date. The latter means you’re about to call one of your cronies and tell them all the details. The only thing I hate more than you droning on about people in this town I don’t give two shits about, is hearing about your sex life.”
Opal came out from behind her desk. While I dug into the file cabinet for some blueprints I needed, she perched her ass on the corner of my desk. I took a deep breath as I turned around. “You’re fired if you talk about other people’s business or your sex life.” I looked her straight in the eyes. “You got that?”
She grinned like a damn Cheshire cat. “Not a problem, boss.”
I dropped the stack of folded-up blueprints on my desk and made ashoomotion with my hand. “Park it somewhere else. I need the space to lay out the specs.”
Opal stood, but didn’t retreat to her own area. I pretended she wasn’t standing there staring at me and went about unfolding the blueprints, hoping she would take the hint. But this was Opal, so no such luck. She made it about thirty seconds with her trap shut.
“So…” She clapped her hands in excitement. “You’re going on a date with Josie!”
I looked up at the ceiling and took a few deep breaths. “I thought you just agreed not to talk about other people’s business.”
“I did.” She smiled. “But this isn’totherpeople’s business. It’syours. So that’s not included in what I agreed to.”
