The Fireman Who Loved Me by Jennifer Bernard

Author:Jennifer Bernard
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062088994
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter Fifteen

“Holy mackerel,” Melissa said, when she could speak.

“Yep,” agreed Brody. They lay still, panting, for another moment, then Brody rolled off her and sat up. Melissa ate him up with her eyes. His body was bruised and battered, his eyes bloodshot. He looked sore and exhausted. And satisfied. The thought inspired a small, feminine smile. Satisfied, yes . . . so was she. She’d never felt like this in her life. That thought terrified her.

“I guess it’s true what they say about extreme circumstances,” she said, pulling the sheet up over her.

“How do you mean?”

“You know, about sex under extreme circumstances. It’s the only explanation.”

“Explanation for what?” He sounded irritated. “Here, drink some more water if we’re going to talk.”

He handed her a glass. She drained it, appreciating the coolness on her throat.

“We don’t have to talk. It’s obvious what just happened. We got carried away. We already know we’re not compatible.” There. It had to be said. So why did her words sound so wrong?

Brody grunted and rolled out of the bed. He grabbed the glass and walked to the kitchenette. Riveted by the sight of the muscles in his naked rear, her throat went dry all over again.

At the sink, he drank for a long time, then refilled the glass and brought it back to Melissa. “Drink,” he told her.

Bossy man. Then again, she didn’t mind the way he took charge in bed. Color flooded her face. Time for a subject change.

“Brody, what happened in there? How’d you find Hoagie?”

He leaned against a dresser. “Stroke of luck. I was about to turn back when I heard someone yell. It was Hoagie, trying to get that janitor to wake up. Never did, far as I know.” Brody’s face darkened. “Did you hear how he’s doing?”

“Last I heard, he was still in critical condition. Do you think he’ll be okay?”

“I don’t know. He looked pretty bad. A beam had fallen on his leg, and he couldn’t move. His clothes were on fire when we found him. He was already passed out from the smoke. Or plain terror.”

“My God.” She shivered. “I thought you weren’t coming out. You and Ryan. It seemed like you were in there forever.”

“If that poor man survives, it’s thanks to Ryan.”

“If Ryan survives, it’s thanks to you.”

Brody shrugged. “We were both extremely stupid.”

“Probably. But could you have lived with yourself if you didn’t go in after him?”

A long silence. “You can’t save everyone.”

Melissa finished her glass of water. Her throat already felt better. “The firemen say you’ve never lost anyone in a fire.”

“I haven’t.”

“How is that possible?”

“Maybe I’ve made a deal with the devil.”

She frowned at him skeptically. With that poker face of his, she couldn’t tell if he was teasing. “What’d you have to give up, your firstborn child?”

Brody’s face slammed shut, and he turned his back to her.

What had she said? “Brody . . . I . . . I’m sorry. It was a dumb joke.”

He didn’t seem to hear. He rummaged through a pile of clothes on the dresser.

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