Chloe: Alone?
Dean: Is this a booty call?
My fingers move of their own accord.
Chloe: What if it was?
Dean: I'd ask what color panties you're wearing.
Chloe: You can probably guess.
Dean: Black?
Chloe: Yeah. I only own black panties.
I wipe my hands on my jeans. Stand. Move to my underwear drawer. Pull it open.
It's a dozen pairs of the same thing—the black bikinis with cream trim. The ones I bought on sale at American Eagle.
And the lacy thongs I bought at Victoria's Secret.
I grab my phone. Snap a picture of the drawer.
I must be going out of my mind. I shouldn't send this to Dean. It's a yes. A please continue your flirting. A please come over and fuck me senseless.
But that is what I want.
He makes me feel good.
And, God, I need that. I need my body aching for his. I need him touching me.
There.
I hit send.
My blush spreads to my chest. Heat goes with it. Down my torso. Straight to my core.
Dean: Fuck, Chloe. You trying to make me hard?
Maybe I am. I don't know. I have no idea how to do this flirting thing. If I can even do this flirting thing.
I'm opening Pandora's box here.
But I have to do it.
Chloe: Are you?
Dean: Yeah.
My tongue slides over my lips. We can't do this. He's my boss. I need the job.
But I need this too.
Chloe: Can we talk like this?
Dean: Can we? Yeah. But we shouldn't.
Chloe: Oh.