On the Line (A Line Cook Romance) by Naomi Loud

Author:Naomi Loud [Loud, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

20

JAMES

It must be around five when we get to my place. Walking up the stairs to my apartment with Ozzy trailing behind me feels like walking through an echo of a memory. Of when Zachary helped me move in, his petty remarks still stuck in the corners of the halls like some kind of permanent cobwebs.

Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so quick to remember the past.

But it’s just the way I am. And I don’t think I’ll ever change.

Today, I choose not to dwell on the memory. Especially when the present looks, smells, feels like Ozzy. I simply acknowledge it and continue to climb up the steps.

When I unlock the door, he strolls in, looking around, hands on the back of his hips, and whistles. “Reminds me of my first apartment.”

I cross my arms, a side-smirk on my lips. “That sounds like an insult.”

Ozzy barks a laugh. “Not at all.” He plops himself on the ratty couch looking almost more comfortable here than I am—despite having lived here for months now. “Everyone needs to start somewhere. You’re just paying your dues.”

“Yeah well,” I mumble while walking up to the couch. “I’m so broke I can barely pay those dues let alone my real bills.”

I shriek out a laugh when Ozzy pulls me down to the couch, pushing me onto my back. Undulating his hips over mine, he whispers in my ear. “Is your roommate home?” I shake my head. “Good,” he rasps, pulling me into a kiss.

His tongue is so soft, tracing my lower lip, so unlike his hard body grinding against mine. It slips into my mouth, hungry, needy. He groans and my skin pulses with need. But after a minute-long freefall, I gently push him away, gasping for air. Straightening back up, he settles into the opposite corner looking like the cat who got the cream.

“I should shower,” I say, slightly out of breath.

“Great,” he says with a clap of his hands, jumping up from the couch. “I’ll come with.”

“No.” The word morphs into a giggle. “There’s nothing sexy about my shower, trust me.”

I stand up and lead us to my bedroom. Aside from the bed and furniture I bought when I moved in, like the desk near the closet and the dresser stuffed full of clothes, it’s still pretty bare. The apology for the sad state of my room is on the tip of my tongue, but I swallow it back down. I don’t have anything to apologize for.

“Give me fifteen minutes, tops. I’ll be right back,” I tell him while I gather a change of clothes and my towel.

“Hurry back.” Ozzy gives me a quick slap on the ass and I yelp in surprise. The sound of his laughter follows me into the bathroom.

I shower as fast as I can, keeping my hair up in a bun and out of the water. After drying off, I step into white cotton shorts, chosen specifically because they ride up my ass, and a tank top, no bra.

When I

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