Quarantine and Cuffs by Regina Wade

Author:Regina Wade
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

5

Dahlia

I take it all back. Miles Turner is the most infuriating, egocentric jerk I’ve ever met in my entire life, cop or no.

He’s also the sexiest, funniest, most charming guy I’ve ever even heard about. There’s something different about actually being alone in an apartment with a guy who looks like he could bench press me with one hand. It’s not at all like what you read about or see in a movie.

“Hey, doll. Look over there, two rows down, third from the left.” Miles points in the general vicinity, and I obligingly swing the binoculars over.

“Oh! Oh. Uh. They seem to be holding up well.” I stammer out as I catch a glimpse of a couple making out.

“Should we say hello?” Miles asks. His voice taunts and teases. Ever since we woke up, Miles has been going at me non-stop.

If only he’d gone at you all night non-stop.

I ignore my utterly traitorous body and roll my eyes at the cocky cop beside me.

“No, I think they’re fine,” I say.

“Eh, them? Six out of ten.” He ponders for a moment, his own binoculars still glued to his eyes. “Ooh, but it just went from PG-13 to R. You’re missing out, doll.”

The entire morning has been wasted on the roof of Miles’ building with two pairs of binoculars, finding interesting things to look at. Our definitions of points of interest, it turns out, are incredibly different.

“Miles, we really need to be noting down vantage points and the locations of things we might need. Drug stores, groceries, that sort of thing.” I say for the third time in half an hour.

“Dahlia, listen. We can do that tomorrow. But if we don’t take care of our mental health, we’ll go insane long before we get sick and die.” He scans the horizon, apparently done with the peepshow across the street.

“Plus, we said hi to our neighbors. That was on your list, right?” His teeth flash in the midday sun, an impossible white that belongs in a toothpaste ad.

“The term I used was ‘establish communication with other survivors’. You know, allies we can band with in case of any hostile forces. Writing “Wassup?” on a piece of cardboard doesn’t really count.”

Miles lets the binoculars drop to hang around his neck. I don’t let my eyes follow the motion, because that would mean looking at his glistening pecs. He never did put a shirt on, much to my chagrin. And delight.

His hands reach out, grasping me by the shoulders and bending down to look me in the eye. Miles is so freakin’ tall that he’s almost bent in half to put his gorgeous green eyes level with my own.

“Trust me, if anything hostile comes our way, I’ll take care of it. You have my word.” He’s utterly serious in the moment, all of the levity draining away from his face. He’s my knight in shining armor once again, the one I fell for instantly.

Then the smirk is back, and he winks.

“Now come on, I bet if we look hard enough we can find a couple of hotties screwing.

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