Page 15 of Simply Irresistible
“When can I see you again?”
“Any time you want.”
He smiled.
I smiled.
He leaned in.
I leaned in.
Our lips met.
My body lit up.
I wrapped my arms around his neck as he pressed me against my apartment door. He licked the seam of my lips, and I opened for him. I tasted his mouth, still tasting faintly of beer and something sweet…cookies. He was pulling away before I was ready for him to, taking the warm solidness of his body away from mine.
He rested his head against mine and sighed. “If I don’t leave now, I might never go, and we should both get some sleep tonight.”
The mental imagery I got from the promise of those words…
He was right, though. It had already been closing in on midnight when we’d left his apartment.
“I’ll talk to you tomorrow?” he asked.
“Definitely.”
“Good night, Spice,” he winked. Then he landed a quick peck on my lips and turned away.
“Good night, Tyler.” I let myself into my apartment, closed the door behind me, and leaned against it.
If I wasn’t careful, I was going to fall for that man.
9
Tyler: What are you up to?
Melanie: You know I’m working…
Tyler: Yeah…
Melanie: Are you bored?
Tyler: Yes!! Want to entertain me?
Melanie: Wish I could but Brianna has a deadline.
Tyler: Where is your desk?
Melanie: In front of Brianna’s office??
Tyler: I mean where on the floor. Like when you get off the elevator, where do you go?
Melanie: Straight back, then to the left. Why?
Melanie: Wait! You can’t come here!! The last person whose boyfriend came and visited them at work got fired!
Melanie: And I didn’t say that meaning you are my boyfriend…just that you are my friend, who is a boy, and the semantics won’t matter to Brianna.
