Hot for the Fireman by Gina L. Maxwell

Author:Gina L. Maxwell [Maxwell, Gina L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Select Contemporary, contemporary romance, romance, romantic comedy, Gina L. Maxwell, fireman, firemen, psychiatrist, one-night stand, damaged hero, Boston, Entangled
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Olivia tried to concentrate on the book in her hands, but she’d already read the same page four times and still had no idea what the hell it said. Worrying her lip with her teeth, she pushed the button on her phone to illuminate the screen. Erik was supposed to have showed up an hour ago so they could pick up where they left off the week before. At least that’s what he’d said last night.

Just the thought of their conversation the night before made butterflies erupt in her belly.

Damn, damn, damn… Just thinking about that part of the call was getting her worked up all over again. Where the hell was he? Maybe he had reconsidered…?

No, if he could make it, he would. She needed to stop doubting him every time her insecurities wanted to toss in their two cents. She needed to stop having insecurities, period. Unfortunately, that was easier said than done, but definitely something she’d work on.

The problem was that she was a worrier by nature. So if he wasn’t purposely standing her up, then her mind automatically switched to thinking that something bad happened, which didn’t help her frayed nerves in the least.

Taking a long, steadying breath, Olivia brainstormed a logical reason as to why Erik wasn’t there. She exhaled slowly and decided that after a hard day of training, he sat on the couch at the station to relax for a few minutes and then passed out from exhaustion. Yes, that was it. And that was completely understandable.

She just wished he’d have made it to her apartment first. She’d gladly take care of him as he unwound; maybe she’d rub tension out of his shoulders or let him rest his head in her lap so she could absentmindedly trail her fingertips over his soft buzz cut while they watched TV.

She’d gotten home earlier than usual today and had already taken her nervous energy out on her apartment—it could now pass for one of the model apartments that no one lived in—and then she’d attacked poor Ben and Jerrys with a brush. It was true they were overdue for a good grooming, but judging by the plastic bag filled with black, white, and orange fur, they were lucky they had any still attached to their bodies. Her beloved pets had been hunkered together under her bed for the last two hours, probably fearing for what little fur they had left.

Crap, this was driving her crazy. Her fingers itched to call him and put herself out of her neurotic misery, but she’d managed to restrain herself thus far, and she’d continue to do so, damn it. She needed something that could take her mind off of the waiting and wondering.

That’s when her gaze snagged on the bottle of Jameson she’d picked up for when Erik arrived. Maybe drinking a few fingers of whiskey would take the edge off. At the very least, it would take all her concentration to get it down without choking to death.

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