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“Bloody kids,” I muttered, going over to the fridge to decide what to cook.
Deciding on a chicken with all the trimmings, I gathered everything together. I was halfway through peeling potatoes when my phone buzzed in my pocket. Considering that I’d been on high alert all day, I took my time taking it out and looking at it. Disappointment had shadowed me for almost twenty-four hours, so expected it to be Marcus or Sam. When I saw it was an unsaved number, hope soared. It might be Maya, and if it was someone asking me about an accident I’d never had, I’d go ballistic. Answering, I almost dropped the damn thing with the nerves of anticipation.
“Hello.” My heart was hammering so hard, I wondered if I might be having some sort of attack—panic or fatal, I wasn’t sure.
“Hey, it’s Maya.”
Finally. My nerves turned to excitement.
What the hell had happened to me?
“Hey, Maya.” I tried to sound calm, but doubted I’d succeeded.
“Hi, how are you? Sorry it’s taken so long to get back to you.”
I’d forgotten how sexy her voice was. Like every word was a dirty secret, told only to me.
“No problem at all,” I lied. “It’s great to hear from you, though. Glad the Uber driver got you home safe. He did, didn’t he?”
Her laugh tinkled down the line. “Yeah, he did. He was a bit grumpy and I’m pretty sure he gave me a bad rating, but never mind.”
“And what about your friends? Were they okay with not seeing much of you last night?”
“They were fine. Wanted all the gory details, though.”
“Gory?” I pulled out a chair at the table and settled down. The smile I had was hurting my cheeks. Just hearing her voice had my stomach swooping like I was riding a rollercoaster. It was pathetic, but I was already mad about her. Barely knew her, yet I already liked her a lot and knew I wanted to see her again—more than once.
“You know what I mean.” She laughed again, and it hit me in the right spot. Unlike a teenage boy, it was in my chest rather than my dick. That surprised me, because sex had always been my natural instinct when I was attracted to someone. My dick was a bit like a divining rod, but instead of twitching when water was around, mine stood to attention at the sight of a great pair of tits or a perky arse. Butterflies were not my usual reaction.
“I agree. There was nothing gory about it,” I assured her. “I had a great time, and I hope you did, too.”
“I think you know that I did. I wouldn’t have called you otherwise.”
“To be honest, I was beginning to think you weren’t going to bother.” I grimaced wondering if I sounded whiny and needy. “I mean it wasn’t like I was waiting or anything.”
I closed my eyes and groaned silently. I sounded pathetic, like I’d been crying into my hankie for the last twenty or so hours. Admittedly, I’d had my phone stuck to my hand, but I didn’t want to sound desperate.
“I hope you were,” Maya replied with a laugh. “I did something wrong if you weren’t.”
Laughing felt good. Laughing withherfelt better. It was stupid, but it felt like I’d never laughed before.
“I can promise you, you did absolutely nothing wrong.” I ran my hand through my hair, wondering what the hell had come over me. Why was my heart beating out of my chest? Why was I struggling to breathe? Why the hell was my mouth so dry?
“That’s good to know.” Maya exhaled, and I wondered whether it was from relief. I hoped it was and not frustration or boredom from talking to me. “Anyway, I was erm…”
“If you need to go then it’s fine. Thanks for checking in.” I didn’t want her to go. What I really wanted to do was yell at her to just talk to me for a little longer.Thenshe could go back to her own life and forget about me.
“No. No. I have nothing to do except watch last night’s telly that I recorded and eat a bar of Dairy Milk chocolate.” She cleared her throat. “No, I was wondering whether you’d like to meet up.”
I sat up straight, gripping my phone so tight I thought I might shatter the screen. It was not what I’d been expecting. The brush-off yes, but definitely not the suggestion we meet up.
“When?” I shook my head at how quickly I’d responded.
Maya didn’t pause, though. “I happen to be off work for the next week.”
“A software developer, right?”
“You remembered?”
