Passion Ignited

He made a face, wondering why she was calling him. She was a police detective, and he knew she was working the case of the arsonist. But any official business she had was with arson investigators, not him.

“Hello?” Omar said into the telephone.

“Hey, sexy.”

“What’s up?” Omar asked, keeping his tone businesslike.

About a year ago, he and Kelly had been involved. Their liaison had been brief and casual. Afterward, there had been no hurt feelings, and they’d remained casual friends. He and Kelly spoke only rarely these days, when work required it. Except for the occasional text, which was usually some sort of joke she was passing along.

“I was just wondering what you were doing later,” Kelly said.

“Meeting a friend for dinner,” Omar replied.

“Oh.” Kelly sounded disappointed.

Omar’s brow furrowed. She hadn’t called him to get together in... Well, in a year.

“Why? Something up?”

“I was just hoping that you had some time. Maybe we could do something.”

Where was this coming from? “Sorry. I don’t.”

“All right. I was feeling a little...frisky.” She laughed airily.

“Oh.” So that’s why she was calling.

“When you get some time, call me,” she said, her tone definitely suggestive. Then she hung up.

Omar walked the rest of the way to his car, thinking that if this had been any other time, he would have definitely taken Kelly up on her offer. Especially given that it had been a few months since he had been intimate with a woman. A dry spell for him—at least that’s what the guys at the station would say. But lately, he had tired of meaningless relationships. Scratching an itch wasn’t as fun anymore when he barely had two words to say to the woman in the morning.

Maybe that meant he was getting old. Maybe that meant he was getting lame.

Or maybe, it had just been that he had grown uninspired.

Until now.

No, he would not be calling Kelly at any point to take her up on her offer. The only woman he was interested in getting to know right now was the beautiful Gabrielle Leonard.