Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
My breathing was fast and hard. Finn held on to me and smiled. “How was that?”
The only thing I could do was smile. I was feeling so many different emotions. High from the orgasm, a rush from having had it in a public place, and something else I’d never experienced before and wasn’t so sure I wanted to evaluate at that moment.
I gazed into Finn’s eyes and moaned, “The most…amazing…orgasm…ever.”
The corners of his mouth rose, and his dimples popped out on both sides.
“That’s only the beginning, sweetheart. Only the beginning.”
My body was still humming as I leaned against the checkout counter and listened to Finn read a story to the kids. How he’d simply morphed into the zone of reading to a bunch of four- and five- year-olds was beyond me. I was a mess, though a good mess. He on the other hand was as cool as a cucumber. I was sure my face was still flushed, and the way Jessie looked at me, I swear she knew what we had snuck off and done. If looks could kill, I would have been flat on the floor here in the kids’ section of the library.
When I heard clapping, I jumped and glanced over to Finn. He was high fiving each of the kids. A few of the boys told him they were going to be firefighters like him when they grew up. My heart swelled with pride as I stood there and took it all in. Then I thought about Robert Long, and how much he loved volunteering with kids.
An idea popped into my head as I walked over to Jessie. “Jessie, may I ask you a question about volunteering to read here?”
She grinned, but I knew it was fake and that she was only attempting to be nice for Finn’s sake. “Sure you can. Are you interested?”
“Um, yes, I would love to, but my problem is finding the spare time. I’m a lawyer, and a new one at that, so I put in long hours trying to work my way up the ladder, so to speak.”
She flashed me a smirk.
“Anyway, I was wondering, do other firefighters come and volunteer to read here?”
“Oh yeah. Several of them do, but only a small handful do it each week like Finn does.” She turned to him, and a dreamy expression covered her face. “Finn’s an amazing guy.”
Oh brother. She has a serious crush.
“Yeah, he is. I’m a lucky girl.”
I pressed my lips together, not really sure where that had come from.
She inhaled a deep breath and slowly blew it out. I reminded myself I wasn’t going to get anywhere if I pissed her off.
“Do you know if a Robert Long has volunteered here?”
Her eyes lit up. Okay, clearly the librarian had a thing for firefighters. “He did, yes. But he had to stop coming when one of the moms started to get a little too…attached to him.”
My brows lifted. “Attached? What do you mean?”
She looked around and motioned for me to step farther away from the kids. “There was a mom who used to bring her son in here. Mark was his name. He adored Robert and always told him he wanted to be a firefighter like he was. Kind of like what you saw today with Finn. Everything was fine at first. Then Mark’s mother started asking Robert for things.”
Leaning in closer to her, I asked, “What kind of things?”
“Like would he be able to take a look at her car, it wasn’t starting very well. Then she asked him if he would like to join her and Mark for dinner one night. Robert turned her down and told her he had a girlfriend. She wouldn’t take no for an answer. He finally approached me and said he felt like she was stalking him and that he would be going to a different library to volunteer. When she asked me where he was, I didn’t tell her. I’m not sure if she ever found out which library he went to.”
I chewed on the corner of my mouth and glanced over to see Finn still talking to the kids.
“Jessie, you wouldn’t happen to remember her name, would you?”
She shook her head. “No. I’m sorry. I talk to so many parents it’s hard to keep track of them all.”
With a warm smile, I nodded. “That’s okay. Have she and her son been in lately?”
Tilting her head, she thought about my question. “No. She hasn’t. Not for a few months. Do you know Robert?”
“Yes. I’m his lawyer.”
She gasped. “Is everything okay? Oh gosh, he didn’t get in an accident, did he?”
Before I had to chance to say no and change the subject, Finn walked up and took my hand. Bringing it up to his lips, he grinned, kissed me softly, and asked, “Ready?”
Turning back to Jessie, I said, “Thank you again. It was nice meeting you.”