Our headlights extended over the dusty flats, a dry, cracked plain where even shrubbery refused to grow. A soft breeze filled the car as he stopped the engine and rolled down the windows. Darkness poured into the cabin as the air settled around us, the desert quickly forgetting our intrusion.
“Do you have any more questions?” he asked.
I ran my fingers down the hair framing my face, a fluttery gesture betraying my nerves. “Nothing that we haven’t already covered.”
He looked me up and down, his gaze brimming with a hunger that inspired goosebumps up my arms. His voice was low and thick when he spoke again. “Then you’ve got sixty seconds.”
I giggled – a reflex – then stilled. “Oh. Now?”
He unbuckled his seatbelt. “Fifty-five seconds.”
My heart shot to my throat and I fumbled with my seatbelt. I caught a sly smile on his lips before I kicked open the door and scrambled out of my seat.
The desert air was cool but I was burning up inside, an engine that propelled me to start running without thinking into the flat expanse before us. Read More
“Do you have any more questions?” he asked.
I ran my fingers down the hair framing my face, a fluttery gesture betraying my nerves. “Nothing that we haven’t already covered.”
He looked me up and down, his gaze brimming with a hunger that inspired goosebumps up my arms. His voice was low and thick when he spoke again. “Then you’ve got sixty seconds.”
I giggled – a reflex – then stilled. “Oh. Now?”
He unbuckled his seatbelt. “Fifty-five seconds.”
My heart shot to my throat and I fumbled with my seatbelt. I caught a sly smile on his lips before I kicked open the door and scrambled out of my seat.
The desert air was cool but I was burning up inside, an engine that propelled me to start running without thinking into the flat expanse before us. Read More
