Chapter 26: Over The Phone

Orlando chuckles again, and my heart speeds up. "You're not going to make this easy for me, are you?"

"No." My courage is building again. After all, I've already embarrassed myself plenty in front of this man - what more do I have to lose?

"Maggie..."

He says my name like a caress, and I'm glad I'm sitting down. I'm not sure my legs would support me.

"Maggie, if you weren't working on my film, the devil himself couldn't keep me from kissing you again."

"Just kissing?"

Another wicked chuckle. "Far more than kissing. But we'd start there."

I tug at the corner of one of the sofa cushions. "And then?"

He pauses. "Where are you right now?"

"At home. On the couch."

"Are you alone?" His voice is thick, even a little rough.

"Yes," I tell him. "All alone."

Another pause. "You can still hang up, Maggie."

"No," I tell him. "I'd rather hear what you'd do to me after the kissing."

I can sense him struggling with himself, even though his end of the line is silent. I didn't mean for thi