back to your office?”
“Can I ask you a personal question?” Okay, that was an interesting non sequitur.
“Yes,” I answered, trying to keep my voice steady.
“Is it my imagination, or does there seem to be some attraction between us? I mean, I know that I find you attractive, and I sense that it’s mutual. Am I wrong about that?” He was still staring out the windshield, which definitely helped. I think that if he had been looking right at me I might have passed out. That’s why he had been staring at me at the press conference and in court that day. That’s why he wanted to meet with me. Not because I was the weakest link. He wanted me. Well, hot damn .
“I think you know that it’s not your imagination,” I said trying not to gulp. There was nothing more embarrassing than the loud swallow. Okay, there were some things that were more embarrassing, but the loud swallow was definitely up there. He breathed out heavily and seemed to wrestle with something for a moment.
“I do admire your obvious intelligence and your legal skills, but we don’t know each other very well. So, realistically, this is probably mostly physical.”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.”
“I’m not even sure that I have time to have a girlfriend to be truthful,” he went on, still explaining. Maybe he hadn’t heard me. “I’m very focused on my career. I work around the clock. I haven’t been involved with anyone in quite a while.”
“That would be a problem because I refuse to make my life about work.” I saw him flinch out of the corner of my eye. Okay, maybe that had sounded a little judgy.
“It’s not that I just love working 24/7,” he said defensively. “I’ve wanted to be appointed to federal bench since I was a kid. To the Supreme Court, to be exact.”
“I think you’ve got a real shot,” I said honestly and I saw him give me a warm glance. “And I’m not questioning your choices. I’m just saying they don’t fit that well with mine. That’s all. I used to work 24/7 too and I hated it. But then, I will admit that the work I was doing was hardly fulfilling. If it had been, who knows?”
“I like that about you, and about us, the fact that we’re upfront with each other. So, back to this attraction between us,” he went on.
“We’re both adults,” I answered. “If we’re attracted to each other physically, we should have a physical relationship.”
“I like how you think, but a position with the federal judiciary is based on political appointment and approval and that includes votes from Conservative senators. If it seemed that I were too casual ... ”
“I understand discretion,” I said. “Of course, if I met someone who I felt an actual romantic spark with...” I added, keeping in mind that I did want to find that eventually.
“I would understand,” he said quickly. “Until this DocuKeep thing is resolved though, we should probably play it safe and hold off on a physical relationship.”
“Until then we’re two lawyers working together” I replied.
“Just for the record, you’re really cool,” he said, making me smile. We sat silently for a moment, both of us staring out the windshield, or rather at it, as it had now become completely fogged up.
“I really want to kiss you now,” he said.
“Yeah, I really want you to kiss me.”
“That’s all it could be though. Just one kiss.”
“Just one,” I agreed.
“Okay, so then, I’m going to do that.”
“Good.” I replied breathlessly and we both turned to face each other.
And then we leaned in and met each other half way. We brought our lips close together, but we didn’t quite let them touch, not yet. I felt his warm breath against me, and ironically, it gave me chills. He leaned in closer first, pressing his lips against mine gently for a second, and then firmer. His hand went to the back of my head as he increased the pressure and I opened my lips to let him in. Even though he started
“Can I ask you a personal question?” Okay, that was an interesting non sequitur.
“Yes,” I answered, trying to keep my voice steady.
“Is it my imagination, or does there seem to be some attraction between us? I mean, I know that I find you attractive, and I sense that it’s mutual. Am I wrong about that?” He was still staring out the windshield, which definitely helped. I think that if he had been looking right at me I might have passed out. That’s why he had been staring at me at the press conference and in court that day. That’s why he wanted to meet with me. Not because I was the weakest link. He wanted me. Well, hot damn .
“I think you know that it’s not your imagination,” I said trying not to gulp. There was nothing more embarrassing than the loud swallow. Okay, there were some things that were more embarrassing, but the loud swallow was definitely up there. He breathed out heavily and seemed to wrestle with something for a moment.
“I do admire your obvious intelligence and your legal skills, but we don’t know each other very well. So, realistically, this is probably mostly physical.”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.”
“I’m not even sure that I have time to have a girlfriend to be truthful,” he went on, still explaining. Maybe he hadn’t heard me. “I’m very focused on my career. I work around the clock. I haven’t been involved with anyone in quite a while.”
“That would be a problem because I refuse to make my life about work.” I saw him flinch out of the corner of my eye. Okay, maybe that had sounded a little judgy.
“It’s not that I just love working 24/7,” he said defensively. “I’ve wanted to be appointed to federal bench since I was a kid. To the Supreme Court, to be exact.”
“I think you’ve got a real shot,” I said honestly and I saw him give me a warm glance. “And I’m not questioning your choices. I’m just saying they don’t fit that well with mine. That’s all. I used to work 24/7 too and I hated it. But then, I will admit that the work I was doing was hardly fulfilling. If it had been, who knows?”
“I like that about you, and about us, the fact that we’re upfront with each other. So, back to this attraction between us,” he went on.
“We’re both adults,” I answered. “If we’re attracted to each other physically, we should have a physical relationship.”
“I like how you think, but a position with the federal judiciary is based on political appointment and approval and that includes votes from Conservative senators. If it seemed that I were too casual ... ”
“I understand discretion,” I said. “Of course, if I met someone who I felt an actual romantic spark with...” I added, keeping in mind that I did want to find that eventually.
“I would understand,” he said quickly. “Until this DocuKeep thing is resolved though, we should probably play it safe and hold off on a physical relationship.”
“Until then we’re two lawyers working together” I replied.
“Just for the record, you’re really cool,” he said, making me smile. We sat silently for a moment, both of us staring out the windshield, or rather at it, as it had now become completely fogged up.
“I really want to kiss you now,” he said.
“Yeah, I really want you to kiss me.”
“That’s all it could be though. Just one kiss.”
“Just one,” I agreed.
“Okay, so then, I’m going to do that.”
“Good.” I replied breathlessly and we both turned to face each other.
And then we leaned in and met each other half way. We brought our lips close together, but we didn’t quite let them touch, not yet. I felt his warm breath against me, and ironically, it gave me chills. He leaned in closer first, pressing his lips against mine gently for a second, and then firmer. His hand went to the back of my head as he increased the pressure and I opened my lips to let him in. Even though he started
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