Page 73 of Outside The Wire

Chuckling, I opened the pantry door and shook his treats, drawing him away from my sexy hunk of a man. After pouring a few on the ground for him, he was satisfied and left us alone.

“See?”

“It would have been nice to know that’s all I had to do.”

I put them back and closed the door. “Where did all this come from?”

“Down the road. I figured I’d venture out and see how the roads were.”

“And?”

“And I got as far as down the road as the restaurant without killing myself,” he grinned. “I hope you like Chinese because that’s all there is.”

“As it happens, I love it.”

“Good, because that’s all we’re having for dinner and breakfast and lunch until they clear us out.”

I was about to sit down, but I couldn’t stand the thought of eating in a blanket. “I’d better put some clothes on.”

He shot me a sexy smirk. “But you look so cute in nothing but a blanket.”

“You can admire me after we eat.”

I twirled out of there and went in search of my clothes that had last been seen tossed around the room. I didn’t have to look very far. Asher had neatly folded them and set them on a chair. It occurred to me as I was getting dressed that maybe I needed to be a little more cautious about what we were doing since I had no curtains or blinds in this place. And while there was really no one on the roads, that didn’t mean no one might see inside if they were passing us. We might be on a frontage road, but that didn’t mean there was no traffic.

“It’s sad to see you fully clothed,” Asher said as I walked back into the kitchen.

“Get used to it. I can’t be naked all the time.”

“Well, according to the forecast, the system should be moving out by morning and that should be the end of it.”

“And we’ll go back to our lives,” I sighed.

“What? Sad that it’ll all be over?”

“I kind of liked our bubble.”

“Even though we don’t have food or a bed to sleep in?”

“Even then.”

“So, what should we do with the rest of our time here?” he asked, snatching an egg roll from the tray.

I eyed him warily. If he thought he was going to eat all of those, he was sorely mistaken. I loved egg rolls. I made sure to grab two just in case he had plans in mind. “Well, there’s always the couch. And other places we haven’t explored yet.” I waggled my eyebrows at him for good measure.

He laughed, grabbing the orange chicken next. “How about we stay away from other things I might have to buy after we make them unfit for consumer sales.”

“That does narrow down quite a few of my ideas,” I said thoughtfully. “I guess you could help me with my inventory. I have spring items to put into the system and set up. It’s rather boring and time-consuming.”

“I could definitely help you with that.”

“But you have to wear clothes while you do it,” I said, shooting him a pointed look. “There can be no distractions. I can’t afford any mistakes in my system.”

“I wasn’t the one who couldn’t stop staring at my cock.”

“Well, obviously, you wouldn’t stare at your own cock. That would just be weird. I bet if I stood in front of you naked, you’d have a hard time concentrating, too.”

“Wanna bet?”

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