Page 3 of Our Bodies, Our Choice

“It took me a while; this guy has a firewall like I’ve never seen, but I finally managed to get into everything. Bank statements, his real address, where he works. I even have his social security number and where he really went to school. The same goes for all of his friends.”

“Good job. You’ve done amazing with this,” I praise her. A light blush creeps up the side of her neck before it travels to the highest points of her cheeks. I lean in a little closer to her, reaching my hand forward and pressing the tip of my finger against the computer screen.

“What’s this? I thought we checked there for him already.”

Clearing her throat, she readjusts her seated position before answering. “This is where he plans to stay when The Coursing starts. Usually it’s empty, but he’s made sure it looks that way so nobody suspects him and his friends of being there.”

I angle my head towards her, our faces a lot closer than before, and I swallow—heavily—because my mouth is so fucking dry. It always is when I’m with her. “Does CCTV footage prove that?” I ask before looking back at the monitor and trying to internally compose myself.

“Yes.” She nods, and I can’t help but stare at her mouth as she talks. Even though I should really be paying attention to what she’s telling me… I can’t.

She’s so beautiful.

Really? You’re ridiculous.

Uh, the fuck I am.

You and your googly eyed bullshit.

“He doesn’t hide it very well, either, mainly because he’s so cocky now, he doesn’t think anyone would dare to come for him. I managed to track his cell phone location, and at least three or four times a month he comes here, either early morning or late at night.” Sky leans back in the chair, the back of her shoulder resting against my thumb, and I can’t help myself. I lift my thumb and gently dance the pad of it over her exposed skin.

“This is great.” I glance at the screen once more, smiling before turning back to face her. “You’ve done brilliant as usual.”

I need to learn to assert some form of control on my actions.

Fuck, those eyes of hers.

My heart flutters every time Nora looks at me that way she does. The small touches, how gentle her voice is when she speaks to me. Even down to the way she speaks. All the times I’ve caught her staring my way and never said anything, because she’s my friend.

My best friend.

And there would be nothing worse in this world than losing her if she didn’t feel the way I do.

The most annoying part about this whole situation I hear you ask… I’m straight. Well, at least I thought I was. At least that’s what I told her when we first met. I was taken aback by how utterly gorgeous she was, unable to understand why I was looking at her in a way I’ve never looked at another woman before in my life. I’ve always been into men—I have no idea why, because who the fuck would choose to be into those oxygen bandits?

But here I am, yearning over a woman that… doesn’t want me the way I want her, and it’s killing me.

Nora. Is. Stunning.

No, she’s more than that.

She’s everything.

Hazel eyes and beautifully plump lips. Smooth looking, tawny skin covering every inch of her phenomenal body. Tall, and lean from years working out to get herself in perfect shape. Her soft hair is styled into a short pixie cut that helps accentuate all her perfectly angled facial features. Especially those intoxicating high cheekbones of hers.

I’ve tried everything I can to fight the feelings I have for her, but since everything has gone to shit in Missouri, and the way she’s protected me every single time... They’ve only grown stronger.

I swallow hard before clearing my throat once more. “So… I think… um, this is the best place for the three of us to hit tonight, because—”

“You’re staying here,” Nora counters, cutting the end of my sentence off before standing up.

I spin my chair slightly to face her better. “I’m sorry?” I frown in utter confusion and point to my right ear. “Can you repeat that again for me because I think I’ve gone deaf.”

Rubbing both hands over her face, she releases a deep sigh. “Sky, please, can we not do this right now. I need you to stay here so you’re—”

“Safe?”

“Exactly. Look, I—”