‘So?’ Ryker asks after a few minutes silence, ‘what do you say Eli, will you give me the week? No strings, no expectations, just the two of us having fun together?’
My ability to speak seems to have left me, my mouth opens but nothing comes out, my mind in turmoil as the firefighter watches me emotionlessly.
Finally, a shrill laugh erupts from my lips, you are insane’ I mutter, pushing myself up the couch and swinging my legs over the edge, holding the blanket tightly around my body as I stand up and head toward my clothes that are strewn across the floor.
‘Why am I?’ Ryker asks, pushing up from the couch and following me as I grab my jeans, underwear and top before looking around me hastily. Other than the opening to the kitchen, there is only a set of stairs leading upward in the far
