Page 19 of Off Her Game

No witty comeback popped into his mind. Making out on a fake first date in the janitorial closet of a restaurant? Total turn-on, but a first for him to be tempted by a woman to move so fast. Something about Tori challenged him. Everything with women in the past, although enjoyable, had been premeditated, almost to a predictable tee. Definite yawn-fest in comparison to what hijacked him minutes ago with her. He also didn’t geek out and go all clumsy with her.

But he didn’t want to admit that. For a brief moment he reveled in being wanted.

As they stared at each other in awkward silence he realized he wanted to know more about Tori. To see if they clicked as he suspected they would on more levels than just physical. Beneath her beautiful exterior, which it seemed she rarely let shine, she was a techie nerd. A programmer. He could talk things with her he’d never been able to with the other women he’d dated. His conscience crashed in. This was about Kaleb and freeing Tori from the dangerous eGaming underworld. Not actually dating.

Tori’s glanced beyond him and stiffened.

“This isn’t working,” he finally said.

“What, us dating? We already knew it’d be a shit show.”

“No, us trying to have a conversation with John over there. Let’s get out of here.”