himself together.
“You’re the one who got everyone calling me Camera Girl . I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.”
He started to say something but she interrupted.
“I’m sorry to keep you later than you planned. I’ll just try Jason on his cell again. Well, maybe tomorrow. I’m sure it can wait. I hope you have a good night.”
Laurel’s sweet voice was clipped and professional sounding, and he found he didn’t like that. He could tell she wanted to get off the phone, but he wanted to keep her on the line a little longer. Maybe get forgiveness from her for his actions in the past. He didn’t like her thinking of him as a juvenile ass. Not that she said he had been, but he knew that’s what he had been. There was a burning need for him to give her a better memory of him, hell of them together.
“Wait! You said something about a jump. Is there something I can help you with?”
She hesitated on the other end. He held his breath, hoping she wouldn’t hang up. When he didn’t hear the call disconnect, he continued on.
“Are you interested in jumping? I’d be happy to book you to jump with me if you are. And, just so you know, that isn’t something Jason can help you with. He isn’t qualified for that.”
“Oh no! I could never jump out of an airplane. It’s for the book. I just wanted to know if he had another jump coming up.”
Damn. There went the fleeting thought of doing a tandem with her strapped to the front of him. Of having her tight little body pressed up against his as they sat in the plane waiting to get to the drop zone. He may not have talked to her, but he sure as hell noticed her when she was at the Shack. Her brown hair was typically pulled back into a ponytail. Her face free of make-up and each time he had seen her she sported a tank top that molded to her high, perky breasts and cargo pants that hugged her trim ass. She looked sexy in a completely understated way. Reaching down he adjusted his fly, as thoughts of running his hands over her curves raced through his mind. He cleared his throat and got back on topic. “No. They didn’t book anything when they left. He said he’d call when they figured out their next step.”
“Damn! There goes that plan.”
He couldn’t help the chuckle that came out at her vehement exclamation.
“I guess I’ll just have to seriously think about plan B. I really don’t want to, really wanted to avoid it, but I guess I can’t.”
He couldn’t say for sure, but it didn’t sound like she was even talking to him, more like she was mumbling to herself.
“Laurel?”
“Hmmm?”
The dreamy quality of her voice made his cock twitch again. “Is there something I can help you with? Did you not get a shot of something you needed?”
He wouldn’t mind getting an up close and personal look at her. All evening while everyone partied, Quin found his thoughts drifting back to the quiet woman. He spent little to no time with her when she was out on the drop zone, something he was sorry for now. Plus, ever since it hit him a couple of minutes ago who she was, he felt an overwhelming need to fix things between them. He just needed to see her again. It had to be in person though. This wasn’t something he wanted to do over the phone. He wanted her to see he was sincere.
“Yes and no.” She hesitated again before continuing on. “It isn’t a required shot, just something that would make the book that much better. The publisher suggested shots of the interior of the plane and some of the people when they jumped out, but I didn’t have the nerve to ask. To be honest, the thought of getting in one of those tiny planes, let’s just say I find small places confining.”
So that’s why she was so adamant about not jumping from a plane.
Quin’s brain went into overdrive. What the hell could he do to get her back out there so he could spend time with her, feel things out? It needed to be something that was all business with the possibility of