When she looked back my way, I smiled bigger. The moment her teeth sunk into her lower lip, she grinned wider. I was fucked. Then, for some unknown reason, the room felt like it was spinning, and I lost my breath.

What. In. The. Hell. Just. Happened?

I glanced down as I dragged in air. My heart felt like it was sitting on the bottom of my stomach.

“Is it hot in here to you guys?” I asked while rubbing the back of my neck.

“No,” Colton and Zeb replied. My gaze moved back to her. I had to find out her name. Ask her out. Ask her to marry me…

No. Shit. Ask her out. Jesus, what is wrong with me?

All right, Ward, it’s time to get your game on. Play it cool.

When I glanced back at her, she was leaning over talking to the dick next to her. He was dressed in a suit, and I could tell from first look he was also a lawyer. The way he stared at her pissed me off.

“Ward, you look like you’re about to rip someone’s head off. What the hell is wrong with you?”

Pulling my stare off them, I tried to get a hold on these crazy-ass feelings I had.

“Um, it’s been a rough few days. Plus, I have a damn surprise birthday party my mother is throwing.”

Zeb hit my arm. “She still trying to fix you up?”

With a slight moan, I nodded my head.

It was strange how I felt her eyes on me. Glimpsing back over, I couldn’t help but smile at her again. When her tongue darted out and quickly licked her lips, my dick jumped. She pressed her mouth together, and I swear those blue eyes of hers shined even brighter.

Over the course of the rest of the meeting, we exchanged a few flirtatious exchanges. When the meeting adjourned, I excused myself from Colton and Zeb and made a beeline toward her.

“Oh hell, Ward. Come on and leave some for the rest of us!” Colton called out.

Ignoring him, I kept my onward push. When I finally reached her, she was talking to the stiff suit. She turned and looked directly into my eyes.

I opened my mouth to swoon her. “Hey.”

Oh for fuck’s sake. That was the best I could come up with?

She pursed her lips, and her cheeks blushed. Oh hell. Colton was right: This girl was probably still a virgin. Then her eyes turned dark and that tongue ran along the top edge of her teeth. I stumbled back a step and had to adjust my balance, because my entire world rocked.

She finally spoke, and that one word sounded like it was straight from heaven. “Hi.”

Ask her for her name. Her number. Anything. Don’t stand here like a fool.

Before I had a chance to ask her anything, the dick next to her took her by the elbow and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and glanced back at me. “I’m sorry—if you’ll excuse me.”

I nodded. “Yeah. Sure. Sure. No problem.”

Standing there like an idiot, I watched her walk across the room with the asshole. She stopped in front of Clint, one of our dispatchers, and our fire chief, Rick Adams. They quickly got lost in conversation.

“Hey, Finn.”

Shit. I closed my eyes and took in a couple of breaths before turning and seeing Jessica Round standing before me.

“Hey, Jess. How’s it going?”

She worked in the administrative building downtown. We had hooked up once and ever since then she’d been trying to make it something more.

“Any plans tonight?”

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