Page 121 of Sexting His Assistant

I frown.

Then I realize she is teasing.

Good.

She is getting comfortable enough to bite back.

Luka: No.

Nina: No?

Luka: I do not text women from the car after leaving their beds.

Nina: That sounds fake.

Luka: It is true.

Nina: Then what do you usually do?

Luka: Leave.

Her reply does not come for several seconds.

When it does, it is softer.

Nina: But you’re still here.

I look at her building through the windshield.

Yes.

I am still here.

Like an idiot.

Like a man who should know better.

Luka: Yes.

Nina: Why?

Luka: Because I can still taste you.

There is no reply.

The silence stretches.

Then my phone vibrates.

Nina: You cannot text me that when I have to look normal in five minutes.

Luka: You will not look normal.

Nina: Excuse me?

Luka: Your mouth is swollen. Your hair is a mess. There is a mark on your neck.

Nina: There is not.