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Six
Since we were a block from the dead center middle of the city, there weren’t many places for me to escape to. I settled myself on a stone bench near a clump of trees, set away from the street, and breathed in the exhaust-filled air.
That didn’t comfort me in any sense of the word.
Oz sat next to me, his thigh pressing into mine. “Hey.” He covered my hand.
“Did you hear them in there?” I tried to keep the panic from my voice. People were supposed to forget about what I’d done. This was my chance at a fresh start. A new career. Finally. “They were calling me an idiot. A criminal. Worse.” Things I didn’t want to think about, let alone repeat.
“They don’t know you. I do, and you’re none of those things. Others will feel the same.”
“I don’t want to spend my time explaining myself, over and over. Especially if they’ve already decided I’m the villain.”
“That’s fair.”
Panic was already fading, but it didn’t leave me with any answers as it passed. “I know it’ll be okay, it’s just… It’s a shock. I was putting this behind me.”
“Do you want to leave?”
I didn’t want my time with him to be over.
“Would you rather go inside again?” Oz asked.
“No. Please no.”
“We can camp out here for tonight. I’ll have someone bring a tent and sleeping bag.” He sounded completely serious.
For all I knew, he was, and it made me smile. “I’m having a lot of fun with you. If we go, you’ll take me home, I’ll sit up all night, overthinking things and not coming up with solutions, and I don’t want to go home to an empty apartment and be alone with my thoughts.”
Oz tilted my chin up to look me in the eye. “So I’ll go home with you, and you won’t be alone.” He brushed his lips over mine. “Because I’m having a lot of fun, too.”
Back at my place, I realized just how tiny my apartment was when Oz joined me inside. I should’ve thought this through better.
“What’s with the frown?” He asked.
“It’s a little cramped in here.”
He stepped closer. “I’ll have to snuggle you close, then.” A husky growl ran through his already deep voice. He teased the hem of my skirt, pushing it higher and tickling my thighs. “If I didn’t already, this outfit would make me feel like a dirty old man.”
“What if I like dirty older men?” I certainly did when they looked and thought like him.
“Lucky for me. Speaking of, did you ever fantasize about Graham? Have naughty dreams?”
All the freaking time. No way was I telling the man standing in my apartment, reaching his hand under my dress, that I diddled myself to thoughts of someone else.
“It’s not a trap.” Oz drew his mouth up the side of my neck, his hot breath sending goosebumps racing over my skin. “I want to hear what kind of filthy fucking thoughts you have.”
“So, so many.” Was it okay to say that out loud?”
He dragged a thumb over my bottom lip. “Don’t stop talking now. How about me? What kind of things are you fantasizing about me doing to you?”
My eyes were wide and my imagination was inches away from hopping the tracks to be heard. I shook my head, unable to speak.
He pushed his thumb into my mouth, and I sucked instinctively.
“I’m here because I like the things you say and the way you think,” he said. “What kind of things are you thinking about me with you. Tell me.” There was a distinct thread of command in his tone.
“There is one I have a lot…” If I didn’t say it, it was unlikely I could have it.
