Page 47 of S.O.S. Perk

“Henry Perkins,” he told her, looking around to make sure no one heard him using his real name.

“One moment.” The operator answered, then came back a heartbeat later. “Connecting.”

“Perk,” Sloane greeted breathlessly.

He didn’t know whether her air-challenged answer was because she’d been running around, or that she was excited to hear from him. Perk hoped for the latter.

“Hey, Sloane. I just finished school for the day,” he teased.

As expected, she snickered. “Stop reminding me that you’re the new man on campus,” she teased. “Any updated info regarding Jeremy?”

“Maybe.” Perk sobered. “As you know, he wasn’t in school today. I’m hoping it was because his ass was worn out from his late-night activities, not that he was avoiding me. But I plan on heading over to his house right now to find out which it was. I did, however, get a little more intel on the guy. Apparently, he hangs with a male teacher named Shultz.”

“Great. I’ll have our team run him.”

He heard a door close on Sloane’s end, then she came back. “This, uh, doesn’t change our plans for tomorrow, does it?” she asked.

Perk grinned.

“Not even close,” he assured her. “I’m just going to make sure Jeremy hasn’t disappeared.”

“Good. Because I’m…looking forward to seeing you.”

“Me, too,” Perk admitted, then poked the bear. “Especially after that epic kiss we shared.”

“Shit, Perk. You had to go there?”

Perk found himself beaming from ear to ear. “Yup. Because I plan on repeating that lip-lock when I see you again.”

“Well…” Sloane hesitated for only a minute.

Perk’s gut dropped. He wondered if he was going to get shut down.

She sucked in a breath and continued. “I’ve been thinking about that, and I plan on doing alotmore than kiss next time around.”

Fuck.Instant boner.

Right here in the school parking lot.

Perk quickly untucked his shirt and let the excess material fall in front of his jeans, but…

Perk groaned. Two girls were headed his way.

“Yoohoo, Dude!” one of them called out.

“Listen, Sloane,” Perk warned. “I’ve got to go. I’ve, uh, got incoming.”

“I’ll wait,” Sloane answered cheekily, clearly curious at hearing the female voice that hadn’t even pretended to be quiet.

“Dude,” the blonde’s voice rang out again as she walked toward him with a smug smile on her face. “What-cha doin’?”

Perk mentally rolled his eyes. The girl had been not-so-subtly flirting with him during his entire World History class. He’d responded, also not-so-subtly, that he was flattered, but that he already had a steady girlfriend from his old school.

She hadn’t given up.

It looked like she was now gearing up for round two.

“Hi Catrina,” Perk sighed. “If you don’t mind, I’m talking to my girlfriend.”

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