Hot Nights with the Fireman by Lynne Silver

Author:Lynne Silver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I slept with him,” Valerie whispered into the phone, glancing again at her closed office door.

“What?” Arianna sounded shocked.

“I said, I slept with Jason, the firefighter.”

“I heard you, I just couldn’t believe it. I thought I had big news, but yours first. It’s huge. Was it good?”

She tried to process the amazing night and come up with an adjective. Good wasn’t it. What was a word for “better than good”? She pulled her midmorning snack out of her upper desk drawer, but the whole wheat crackers weren’t appealing today. She wasn’t particularly hungry. She shut the drawer with the crackers inside.

“Val, you’re too quiet. Tell me about your firefighter. Was his hose an acceptable length?”

She giggled and felt her cheeks get hot remembering how his hose had gone exploring this morning while she’d still been mostly asleep. They’d made love furiously before he walked her to her car so she could go home, shower, change, and get to work on time this morning. “His hose was…well, he was fabulous.”

“Oh my God, you’re glowing.”

“What are you talking about?” She peered at herself in her computer monitor, but only saw glare, not her reflection.

“Don’t deny it. You’re practically radiating glow through the phone. This firefighter wowed you. And about time, too. I was worried you were going to call me from a convent one day.”

She rolled her eyes at Ari’s usual dramatics. “It was an amazing night, and now I’m shutting up because I’m at work and the last thing I need is my boss to overhear me giggling about firemen’s extra-long hoses.”

There was a shriek from Ari’s end, forcing her to pull the receiver away from her ear for a moment. “Extra long? Holy shit, Val. When do I get to meet this hunk of hotness?”

Hunk of hotness? Honestly, who talked like that? Her best friend, Arianna, that was who. “Um, I don’t know. I kind of told him it was a one-time thing. I don’t know if I’ll see him again.”

“Are you kidding me? After six years you let a man into your bed. A man who knocked your panties off and has you glowing, and you’re going to let him go? Give me his number. I’m calling him.”

“No,” Val said sharply. She took a breath. “I mean, maybe we’ll see each other again. I don’t know.” Point to Jason for knowing one time wasn’t going to be enough. “Do you think I should call him or wait for him to call me?” It was the first time she’d ever asked for dating advice from Ari, who’d never been in a relationship longer than the heels on her stilettos.

“Wait for him to call you. If the sex was as good as you say it was, he’ll call.”

“You think? But Ari, the man was caught partying naked with sorority girls. Do you think there’s even a chance of a relationship? Not to mention he’s a client; well the county is.” More and more, she was delineating the difference between a client and someone who worked for her client.

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