Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
She lifted her hand and replied, “You too. See ya next week, Finn.”
His only reply was, “See ya around.”
We walked out of the children’s library and to the main stairs.
“You ready to continue with our date?”
My face heated. “It depends. How many more surprises can I expect?”
He threw his head back and laughed. “Only one more. I promise. Then we need to go check on the beast.”
My chest squeezed and I instantly became a bundle of nerves. Back to his condo. Together. Alone.
As we made our way through the library, I couldn’t help but wonder if anyone had heard us earlier when Finn had me falling apart on his fingers.
Covering my mouth, I forced my silly giggle down as Finn squeezed my hand and urged me to walk faster.
Finn
Nuts, lies, and pigeons
My dick had been hard since Rory had told me how long it had been since she had sex. Not to mention that was all I could think about. Sex on the sofa with her. Sex on the beach. Sex in the tree house at my parents’ place. Sex in a cab. Sex on the kitchen floor. Sex in the shower. Sex in an elevator.
Fucking hell. I wanted to have sex with her everywhere.
“Finn? Are you even listening to me?”
My head jerked to the side. Rory was staring at me with a lost expression on her face.
“I’m sorry. What did you say?”
She chuckled. “We’re standing in the middle of the park. I thought we were heading back to your place.”
Shit. Could I take her back to my place and keep my hands off her?
“Right. Sorry. I was lost in thought for a second.”
“I’d say so. Sheesh, what were you thinking about?”
My dick jumped in my pants. “How much I want to kiss you.”
She grinned, and a beautiful rose color moved across her cheeks. Glancing over my shoulder, her face dropped and she turned white as a ghost. “Oh my God. My father.”
“What?” I spun around and saw him running toward us. He hadn’t looked our way yet.
“Hide!” Rory said as she pushed me away. Quickly looking around, I dove into a group of bushes. When I landed, I made a grunting sound.
“Oh my gosh! Are you okay?” she called out. I pulled out a bag, opened it, and chuckled.
“Yeah, the nuts broke my fall.”
“Your nuts broke the fall?” she called out, then said, “Shh! Don’t talk! He’s coming. Oh my God…why am I here? What am I doing in the park?”
Pushing my arm through the bushes, I threw the bag of nuts at her and said, “Feeding the birds!”
I heard her rustling with the bag.
“Rory? Sweetheart, what are you doing here? Why aren’t you at the office?”
I slid farther down and prayed like hell he hadn’t seen or heard me.
“Daddy, I um…well I ah…wasn’t feeling good. I decided to work from home. Then I um…decided to get out and go for a walk. In the park. For fresh air, because that’s where you go when you need fresh air.”
The bag rustled again. “Feeding birds. I was feeding the birds.”
I closed my eyes. She was a terrible liar. How could she be a good lawyer when she couldn’t lie?
“Sweetheart, what’s wrong? Sore throat? Fever?”
“No, nothing like that. I think I was tired. I’ve been working a lot.”
“I know. Your mother tells me about all the hours you put in. Rory, honey, you need a private life. What about a boy?”
Rory halfheartedly laughed. “A boy? Daddy, I’m almost twenty-seven years old. I’ve moved on from boys.”
Captain Adams chuckled. “Well, you’ll always be my little girl.”
My head dropped into my hands. He will kill me if he finds out what I did to his little girl today. Or what I plan on doing to her in my bed.
“Listen, how about you come over for dinner this week. I met a nice young man at the bank the other day.”
Rory groaned, and anger instantly flowed through my entire body. “Dad, no. I’m not interested in meeting the guy who works at your bank.”
“Why? You seeing someone?”
I held my breath and closed my eyes. “No, I’m not seeing anyone.”
Opening my eyes, I stared at the bush in front of me. A part of me ached that she’d lied about us. How long would we have to go on hiding?
“Good, because I heard you were hanging around a few firefighters the other day.”
“Dad. I was at the station interviewing them for my job. You know…where I’m the lawyer for a firefighter who’s been accused of sexual assault. I wasn’t ‘hanging around’ them, I was working.”
“Good. I hear about you snooping around any of those guys and you know what will happen.”
I turned and leaned closer to the bush to hear him.
“I’ll break every bone in their goddamn body, that’s what I’ll do. I especially don’t want you at my station. There are a few guys there that I don’t want getting their eyes on you.”