Page 15 of Just A Kiss

“It can be challenging at times, but then, there’ll be days we sit around all shift and don’t get anything.”

“Does that happen often?” she asks.

“No, we usually get at least a few calls every shift. Sometimes they’re minor, like an old woman with her cat stuck in the tree—”

“Wait a minute, you actually get those kinds of calls? That isn’t just a metaphor people use?” she says with a laugh.

“Not a metaphor. I’ve rescued my fair share of kittens over the years,” I tell her just as our order number is called. I stand to grab the tray, stopping at the counter to get us some napkins and silverware.

I set it down on our table, removing my items from the tray as Allison does the same. Once it is empty, we get to work eating it all.

We eat in companionable silence. I’m not sure if it's just me, or the both of us, but I can feel something crackling between us. I know from my end it is a sexual pull. I want nothing more than to take this woman back to my place and strip her bare.

“What are you thinking about or contemplating?” Allison asks as she sets down her half-eaten club sandwich.

“What makes you think I was contemplating something?” I retort.

“Because you keep furrowing your brow and have pushed the same five fries around your plate for the last five minutes,” she says, and I look down and realize I’m doing exactly that.

“You’ve got me there,” I state. “Honestly?” I say, but it comes out more like a question.

“I only ever want the God’s honest truth from you,” she says.

“I’ve been thinking about you constantly since you left my place the other morning. Not just in the mornings or when I’m lying in bed wishing that you were wrapped up in my sheets still, but all fucking day and night. It's like you’ve sunk your way into my subconscious, and I can’t get you off my mind.”

“I don’t really know what to say to that.”

“I can’t offer you anything more than sex right now. We both know how good that is, so why not explore that a little more?” I suggest, hoping like hell she’ll accept my half-assed proposal.

“So, just sex?” she questions.

“Yes.”

“Exclusive?”

“If I have my way with things, you won’t have time for any other man.” I smirk. “But if it would make you feel better about things, I can agree to those terms. No one else. If either one of us wants someone else, then we end our little agreement and move on with our lives.”

“Okay,” she agrees, and I think my chin about hits the tabletop. I didn’t believe that it would be quite this easy, but I’ll be damned, it was.

“What are you doing after lunch?” I ask.

“You,” she states. My cock swells so fast in my jeans that I’m not sure I’ll be able to stand and walk out of here.

“Fuck yes, you will be,” I finally choke out.

She flashes me a fiery look that has my blood boiling and a desire to sink balls deep into her as soon as possible.

9

ALLISON

I followLee out to the parking lot. I was able to park right next to his truck.

“Your place or mine?” he asks.

“I don’t care,” I tell him.

“Mine’s closer, so I’ll follow you there,” he says.

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