“Um…nothing! Everything’s okay!”
I stared down at Flash, who lowered his head. “You are in big trouble if he sees his new roommate peeing on his floor!”
Flash whimpered and lay down. I quickly headed into the kitchen. Opening the cabinet under the sink, I smiled when I saw Pine-Sol. A man after my own heart.
Grabbing some paper towels and the cleaner, I made fast in wiping up the small amount of pee. I took Flash’s face, in my hands and looked into his big brown eyes. “I get the need to mark your territory, but I’m pretty sure Finn likes his pad clean, buddy.”
The dog reached up and licked me, causing me to giggle. “Let’s get you some water. I have a feeling your daddy is going to need to go get you food.”
After I tossed the paper towels in the trash and put the cleaner back under the sink, I got out a bowl. Filling it with cold water, I placed it in the corner of the dining area. “Here. This is a perfect
spot for you.”
“Did you clean something?”
I screamed as I spun around. My eyes were immediately drawn to Finn’s lower lip. It was swollen, and dang it if I didn’t want to kiss it.
“I uh…no…I…Your…your lip.”
His fingers lightly ran across it. “Is it still bleeding? My tongue was the thing that wouldn’t stop bleeding.” He shot Flash a dirty look. “Damn dog.”
It was like there was a force of nature that was pulling my eyes to that lip. That soft, plump, kissable lip.
Spinning around, I attempted to get myself under control. Jesus, am I that horny that a lip is turning me on? A busted lip to top it off!
My body trembled when he touched my shoulders. “Hey, are you okay?”
I was frozen. There was something about this guy that made me want him—badly. When he turned me, his finger lifted my head to meet his gaze.
“Rory? What’s wrong?”
My gaze fell to his lips, and I swear I heard my heart pounding.
“I feel so stupid.”
Lifting my eyes to his, I let out a chortle. “I’m never like this. Ever. It’s just…I want…I want.”
His eyes turned darker, and I had the feeling I wasn’t the only girl to turn to jelly around him.
“You want what?”
My gaze drifted past his shoulders to his mantel and landed on a picture of him standing outside his station.
Engine 33.
No!
That’s why he has Flash. He’s at Daddy’s station. Why, cruel world? Why?
Snapping out of my temporary moment of sanity, I looked back at him. “I want to go get Flash dog food. I mean…you should go get him dog food, and I want to come. Well, only if you need me to come. I’ve had dogs before. Well, not that you haven’t. Have you? Of course you have. Everyone’s had a dog at some point in their life. Right? Well, that might be a general assumption that everyone’s had a dog in their life. You might have had a cat.”
Dear Lord. Someone take the shovel from me. I’m going on and on. For the love of all things good, shut up, Rory.
His brows lifted. “Are you finished?”
Sinking my teeth into my lip, I nodded. “I think so.”
When his thumb brushed across my lip, my breath hitched.