Saved By The Firefighter
Chapter 92

Anders Point of View.

There is a hole in this ceiling, a small spider crawling out of it, has begun to weave its web. I watched on, as Josie softly snores, laid on my chest. The light from the window reflects on the delicate web, as my mind wanders to the web of destruction my f*****g family have caused. My instant reaction is to hold Josie a little tighter to me, the need to protect her is primal, all-consuming. This girl in my arms is nothing short of an angel. Without a second thought, she dropped everything and came to me, helped me, and never uttered one word of protest. She could not be more perfect if she tried.

Her toes began to twitch, and I cannot help the smile on my face. It is her thing, when she wakes up her toes wiggle against me, and a wave of contented bliss washed over my soul, chasing away the pure undiluted anger I felt when thinking about my family. I let out a deep sigh, holding her even tighter, as her fingers began to stretch out on my chest. Another sign she was waking up. Hell I never thought I would take so much joy from a woman waking in my arms, but here I am, and this feeling is addictive.

She let out a soft groan, blinking open those big baby blue eyes of hers, as she stretched out her long shapely legs.

"Hey." She whispers to me.

"Morning, or should I say evening." I grin down at her, then place a soft kiss on the top of her head.

"What time is it?" she sleepily asks.

"5 pm." I smile at her.

"Humm, okay, well we should get up, get some food and get going." She sighs out, as if she is reluctant to leave the comfort of the bed in the small room we managed to check into this morning.

"When are you back at work?" I ask her, an idea forming in my head.

"Friday night." She whispers back to me, then attempts to leave the safety of my arms.

I hold her closer to me, not ready to let her go quite yet, as she blows out a breath, before snuggling up to me.

"I was thinking," I begin.

"That is a dangerous sport, thinking, leading to all kinds of trouble." Josie let out a small laugh.

"Cheeky." I chuckle at her.

"So, what were you thinking then?" She asks, as her fingers lazily trace the contours of my pecs.

"Well, it is Tuesday, how do you feel about staying down here for another day, go home on Thursday. Make the most of your time off?" I ask her.

"Humm, yeah, I think that would be a nice idea. Make the most of this situation." She smiles up at me.

"Definitely." I smile down, happy she likes the idea.

Josie stretches again, then pulls away from me.

"Where do you think you are going?" I groan at her.

"I need the loo." She giggles slightly.

"I suppose that is okay." I laugh at her, reluctantly letting her go from my arms.

As she shuffles off the bed, I watch as she quickly pulls on her leggings, and throws a t-shirt on. The one downside of staying in this place is the single bathroom at the end of the hall. I watch as she opens the door to our bedroom, then reach over and grab my phone, ringing Lucy.

"Hey Anders, are you all okay?" My sales and marketing director asks, her voice laced with concern.

"Yeah, we are fine, all things considered. Did Ben get home okay?" I ask her, he really had done me a solid last night, going above and beyond the realms of friendship for me.

"Yeah, a little quicker than he should have, in that car of yours." Lucy laughed.

I let out a low chuckle, they all take the piss out of my 'mid-life crisis' car as Josie call's it, but hell if they don't love to drive it.

"How was work?" I ask her.

"Good, team had a great day sales wise, plus some good decisions pending. Looks like they will smash their targets again this month." She replies happily.

I am pleased, not just for my business, but for them, making the well earned extra in commission, is good for moral around the place.

"Great. Listen, I am wanting to stay here with Josie, come back Thursday with her. Make some time for us out of this f****d up situation." I tell Lucy.

"Brilliant idea, work is fine, and there were no 'visitors' at the office yesterday." Lucy tells me.

"Do you know how Davey is?" I ask with a long sigh.

"Yes, he checked in with Ben. Liv was released from hospital this afternoon. He is packing up her stuff, and placing her house on the market, brining her back to Sunderland. I suppose the silver lining in this cloud, is she has finally agreed to leave that wanker." Lucy sighed out with annoyance.

"Where is she going to live, is he going to evict Cal?" I ask, after all they say family first, well that is if you come from a normal family, and not the f****d-up version like mine.

"No, Cal offered when he heard, but Davey said he was not backing out of the agreement he had with him. Liv is going to stay with him and Kathline for a while, then they will work out what to do."

"Okay, well can you tell Davey, that I will contact the police when I get back, give them my statement, hopefully they can pick up the bastards, lock them up and throw away the f*****g key." I growl out.

"Yes, well, we can deal with all that when you get back. In the meantime, enjoy you day with Josie. Work is fine, I have got it all under control." Lucy tells me.

"Thanks Lucy."

I always look for someone to run a business for me after the initial set up period, and I move on to another place. Lucy is that person for the publishing house, but I want to give her more than just a promotion and payrise, so I am thinking about gifting her shares, making her a partner in the business. However, that is a worry for another day, today, I just want to worry about my girl, and the conversation I am desperately wanting to have with her about moving into my place. I can only hope she is more receptive to the idea than she seemed to be last night.

I get out of bed and gather some clothes, along with my wash kit, then as Josie returns, I smile down at her, placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Just going for a quick shower, and to get ready." I inform her.

"Okay, give me two minutes, and I will join you. Save water and all that." She giggles at me.

"Now that is a very cunning plan, but you will need to be quiet, the walls in this place are thin." I laugh at her.

"Who said we are doing anything other than showering?" she raises an eyebrow, placing her hand on her hip, looking sexy as hell.

"You know you cannot resist me." I shrug, my arrogant statement making her roll her eyes at me.

"Whatever." She smirks, then gathers her own wash kid, and clean clothes, following me out the door.

I should know better than to issue a challenge, because my feisty firefighter, did resist me, no matter what I did in that shower, so now I am left with a case of blue balls, whilst we sit in the old stone brick pub eating our surf and turf, and drinking a pint of lager each. The little minx knows what she has done and keeps giving me a wry smile as she lets out soft moan's whilst eating the delicious food.

"You know this meat is so tender. It is not hard meat at all." She tells me with another god damn smirk on her face.

"Remember Josie, revenge is a dish best served in the bedroom." I growl at her.

"Counting on it, big boy." She winks.

I chuckle at her shaking my head at her not able to keep the smirk of my own face.

"Actually, I want to talk with you, a serious conversation." I tell her.

Josie tilts her head to one side, looking at me, and nodding for me to continue.

"I know you wanted space the other night, but honestly Josie, it will be safe for you to move into mine, just till the police get those bastards. I have CCTV, huge gates, and lots of space, should you need to have a night on your own you can use one of the many guest rooms." I begin.

Josie places her knife and fork on her plate and looks up at me.

"Firstly." She says, her voice taking a serious turn.

"Space is over-rated. After not hearing from you as soon as I woke up, I really did regret that decision." She grins at me.

"Secondly, if you only want me to move in because of this mess, then I will refuse. I have other places I can go to." She shrugs.

Hell, what is she saying, that she wants to move in permanently? Or not at all? My heart flips about in my chest, as I stare into her big blue eyes, holding her gaze, trying to work out what she is actually saying.

"So, what is it? Move in because you feel I have to? Or move in and maybe stay?" she asks, with a voice full of confidence, but the small tick on the corner of her delicious lips tells me just how nervous she actually is asking the question.

"To be honest, I was kind of, maybe, using the situation as an excuse to get you to move in, then make it difficult for you to leave me." I admit.

"Wow, kidnapping?" Josie giggles, but the twitching of her lip halts, and I know she is feeling reassured.

"I am not apposed to tying you to the bed to keep you with me." I grin at her.

"Good to know." She laughs.

"So seriously, will you, firefighter Edwards, move in with me? Permanently." I grin at her.

She bites her bottom lip, then slowly shrugs her shoulders.

"Well, if I have to, I suppose I will." She tells me, again with that damn smirk, which I am determined to wipe of her face the moment I get her back to the B&B, turning it into a squeal of delight. "Oh, I think you have to." I grin at her.

"Okay, well, when we get home on Thursday, I will grab my stuff, and move in then." She tells me teasing me with her eyes.

"Damn right you will." I chuckle at her, then thank every GOD I have heard of that this woman belongs to me.