Read Online Fire and Ice (Firemen do it Hotter Book 1) by Cheyenne McCray - Free Book Online

“She’s the friend who was with me the first time you asked me out.”
    Grady nodded. “I remember her. Although I only had eyes for you, so I don’t remember much.”
    Chelsey laughed. “Flatterer.”
    He grinned and took her to one of the buildings in the middle of the complex. He had a third floor apartment.
    She glanced at him as they trudged up the three flights. “Aren’t upper floors a firefighter’s nightmare?”
    “This is nothing.” He gestured in the direction of the tallest buildings in town. “Appleton has nothing on larger cities, but the higher they are, the more challenging.”
    “Putting it mildly, I imagine,” Chelsey said as they stopped in front of a white door with the number 313 in brass on the doorframe. “Lucky thirteen, huh?”
    “Lucky depends on how the night goes.” He held up his hands and winked. “Just kidding.”
    She laughed. “I knew you were.”
    He lowered his hands, keys jangling, and unlocked the door. As soon as he opened it, fifty-five pounds of wiggling, excited, white and black spotted dog lunged itself at Grady.
    “Whoa, Spot.” Grady laughed as he tried to calm the enthusiastic animal.
    Spot caught a glimpse of Chelsey and darted for her. She braced herself for the dog jumping on her, but he sat politely in front of her. His tail thumped on the ground and he cocked his head to the side as he studied her.
    She glanced up at Grady. “May I pet him?”
    “He’s friendly.” Grady nodded as he walked into the apartment with the bags and his equipment bag.
    Chelsey crouched and extended her hand, keeping it low, and putting it beneath Spot’s nose. He sniffed her then looked at her as if trying to decide who she was and why she smelled familiar.
    “He smelled you on me last night.” Grady patted Spot. “Spot, this is Chelsey.”
    Spot licked her knuckles and she grinned. “You’re as charming as your human.”
    “Me being his human is about right, rather than him being my dog.” Grady shook his head. “Come on in.”
    Spot politely trotted at her side and watched her closely, as if cataloguing everything about her. After Grady had kicked the door shut behind him, he took her coat and laid it over the back of the sofa.
    Chelsey sat on the floor and stroked Spot’s head. “He’s such a good boy.”
    “He’s well behaved.” Grady set the burger bags on a round kitchen table and the duffel on the living room floor. “He’s at doggie day care when I’m working, and they have overnight boarding.”
    She looked up at Grady. “I’ve heard those places are fun for dogs.”
    “He loves it.” Grady took a leash off a hook on a wall in the kitchen. “I need to give Spot a quick bathroom break. Make yourself at home. I’ll take him out for a longer walk after we eat.”
    “Okay.” Chelsey watched him clip the leash to Spot’s collar. Grady clicked his tongue and they headed out the front door. She noticed a horseshoe-shaped spot on Spot’s rump. Grady nodded to Chelsey before he closed the door behind them.
    Chelsey picked up the hamburger bags and carried them to the kitchen. His apartment was large and clean. Not spotless, but tidy. She set the bags on the table before grabbing a couple of paper towels and folding them for napkins in front of chairs that were across from each other at the square table.
    He said to make herself at home, and since he’d mentioned having pop at home as opposed to getting some at the burger place, she figured she’d get it out. He had Coke and Dr. Pepper in the fridge, which she put on the table, along with two glasses filled with ice from the icemaker.
    She wandered around while waiting for him to return with Spot. He had what she thought of as a total guy house. A large entertainment center took up one end of the room with a huge flat screen “smart” TV, and just about every electronic device possible. Like her brothers, Grady had all the available game systems. The entertainment center had plenty of drawers and