Page 47 of Sharing Shadow Secrets (High Five Novella #6)

G irl Taylor has an ass, I think, walking behind her into High Five.

Her super short white nurse’s dress is hugging it.

She opens a door and motions me through and into an office.

It’s all wood and smells like the High Five I remember—old like your grandma’s house with the faint smell of spilled beer.

“This is your green room,” she says, gesturing around. I spot a desk, chairs, plus some purses and bags set against the walls. Her voice is soft and sweet, cuter than I was anticipating. “Everyone is keeping their personal belongings in here tonight too.”

“Cool,” I say and try not to stare at her cleavage .

After this event, she won’t be my boss . She was single last I heard, not that I’m looking for anything serious, but I’d love to talk to her about more than my costume. After this, I want to ask her out.

“This might be the longest my hair has ever been,” I say into the silence. “You told me not to cut it three days before my appointment.” I run my hand through my black hair. “I brought gel … Do you want it to be slicked back like Dracula or just how it is?”

“I like it how it is,” she says with a big smile.

“Maybe I’ll keep it then.” I smile back, staring into her blue eyes. “And great wig.”

There’s something about a wig that makes a girl sexier.

Like the alter ego of it all. While Taylor seems like she’s always confident, this costume choice screams I’m sexy and I know it .

I wonder if she’s a good girl or a bad girl.

Like would she go home with someone she just met …

Not that I have any place to take her. I’d rather go home alone than try to sneak a girl into my parents’ house. The thought almost makes me laugh.

“Thanks,” Taylor says, holding my gaze. “Well, I’ll let you get changed. And don’t leave this room until I come and get you.”

“You got it, boss.”

She giggles, then looks at her phone. “Do you want me to bring you water or something?”

“Water would be great, thanks,” I say, pulling off my shirt. Her eyes flick down, checking me out, and yeah, I intentionally did that to see if she was interested, and by the new color of her cheeks, I think she is.