I smile. Of course, he’s a nice guy. Or hecan bea nice guy. “I guess it’s better he misses a few flirtations versus being a prick.”
“Yes. Except this woman needs to cool it. So this is perfect. You and Evelyn here should make the point perfectly.”
I think about that.
No matter how Grayson and my relationship would be defined, or all the details around it, we are friends. I can help him out.
I don’t want some woman harassing him. And I don’t want some pushy woman thinking she can cozy up to Evelyn to get close to Grayson.
“We’ll be there soon,” I tell Andrea.
“Great. I can’t wait to meet the woman Grayson can’t stop talking about.”
My eyebrows lift. “He’s been talking about me?”
Andrea laughs. “He’s said your name even more than Evelyn’s and he has talked about her even more than the stock reports, the operations report from the Seattle office, or the new marketing director in Chicago. And those were his favorite topics just a few weeks ago.”
I smile. “Oh.”
“See you soon,” Andrea says.
We disconnect and I prop Evelyn up on the bed. “Okay baby girl, we need to find something to wear. Something that says ‘I’m not worried because I know exactly how my man feels about me’ even though I don’t really know.”
The thing is, I might be getting an inkling of how Grayson might feel about me.
And if it’s what it sounds like, that is going to make things really complicated.
CHAPTER27
Grayson
“Mr. Ross,there’s someone here to see you.”
I swivel my chair toward the conference room door where my executive assistant Andrea is poking her head in. I smile. Andrea knows better than to interrupt me during this meeting unless it’s really important.
Since I’ve been gone for several weeks, this meeting is really big.
But this interruptionisimportant. Caroline and Evelyn are here. And I can’t deny the way my heart trips, knowing they’re in the office.
Andrea suggested they come in for lunch and I readily agreed.
So readily that she gave me a knowing smirk.
The funny thing is, typically I would have called her on that smirk. I would have denied that I was eager to see them.
But I am eager to see them.
I’m eager to show them off.
Why would I deny that?
And yes, I’m even willing to admit that it’sthem—not just my adorable baby girl who is officially mine and who Andrea cannot wait to see again, but the gorgeous woman who has traveled to New York with me.
Caroline hasn’t asked if she is my employee on this trip. I would happily pay her for her time with Evelyn, but I am aware that makes things a little weird between us, considering I referred to her as my girlfriend to Andrea without even thinking.
I can’t have sex with her while we’re in New York because I promised Cas and James, but she is definitely here as more than a nanny.
“Okay, everyone, that wraps it up.” I close the folder in front of me and push back from the table.
