He chuckled. “It was cute. Almost as cute as you. I’ll talk to you later.”
Rohan watched her nod before she turned to go inside the hospital. He turned and headed back to his car. He knew he’d be taking her out again, and he didn’t mind waiting until she was ready.
5
Rohan had been prepared to wait until the next time he could take Jalen out. What he had not been prepared for was it to be almost two weeks later, and him still not having taken her to dinner. Normally, he tried to be a man who exercised his patience well. However, in this situation, it was failing him.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t spoken to her, because he had. Several times, in fact. He sent her text messages throughout the week, and they spoke on the phone at least two days out of the week. It was normally either late at night or early in the morning when she was free. She had apologized to him for keeping him up late and having him up early.
Rohan, however, did not mind that at all. He understood she was speaking to him during times that she wouldn’t disturb her girls. He hadn’t brought up taking her to dinner because he didn’t want it to seem as if he were pressuring or rushing her.
Sitting back in his seat, Rohan twirled a pen between his fingers. After a few minutes of being lost in his own thoughts, he decided he would send her flowers and lunch. He knew she was working because she had told him so when they had spoken earlier that morning.
Looking at the clock on his desktop, he saw it was a little after eleven. He’d learned that she typically took her lunch at around one when she went in later in the morning.
Rohan put the pen on the desk and brought up a search engine on the computer. Once he’d found the shop he wanted to order from, he placed the order for two dozen stargazer lilies. He then ordered her lunch from one of his favorite restaurants. Unsure of what she liked exactly, he figured it would be a safe choice to go with their signature pasta dish. He paid online, including a tip for the delivery driver.
With that done, he got back to work. He was currently trying to come up with a slogan for a company that was starting a new brand of water. The problem was, when you were trying to market something that had so many competitors, it was hard to come up with something that didn’t sound like anything already out there. Rohan was, however, confident in his team and knew that they would figure out something catchy to go along with the visual they were working on.
He had been working for about half an hour when his mother walked into his office. He raised an eyebrow at her. Normally, she called him into hers. The only time she ever came to his was when she was attempting to hide from someone.
Rohan watched as she closed the door, going over to sit on the sofa to the left of the door. She let out a sigh as she sank down into it. Getting up, he walked around the desk, leaning against it.
“What’s wrong?” he questioned. He knew his mother well. So, that meant he knew she was indeed hiding from someone.
“Devon is bugging me about making him a partner.”
Rohan lifted a brow, but he was not at all surprised. Devon had been bugging his mom to make him a partner since his one-year anniversary three years ago. For some reason, he thought that if his mother was going to make someone a partner, hewas the only one qualified. Disregarding all the people who had worked there longer than he had.
At least three times a year, the other man would bring the conversation to his mother and beat it into the ground until she was at her wit’s end. She would then give him a project to work on while letting him know she wasn’t in the market for a partner.
Rohan knew they hadn’t gotten rid of him because he was good at his job, and being annoying was not grounds to let someone go.
“Maybe we should tell him I already have a partner,” his mother stated.
“Let’s not,” Rohan responded, shaking his head.
“Why are you so against their not knowing that you own forty-nine percent of the company?”
“Because it isn’t their business.”
That was honestly the only reason he didn’t want them to know. He liked to keep his financials as just that. His. He didn’t need the people who worked for them trying to be in his business. Rohan was content to let his mother be the face of the company and stay in the background. Helping behind the scenes in private outside of leading his team.
“At some point, you need to stop pacifying and just put your foot down and be stern with him.”
“I know you’re right, and I need to make it sooner than later because it gets more and more annoying each time he brings it up.”
“Just be like you were with us as kids when we wanted our way.”
His mom laughed. “The poor boy would quit.”
Rohan chuckled along with her. She was grossly exaggerating. She had disciplined them like any parent when they went too far, but never anything over the top. She had been firm with them,but loving as well. It honestly made him and his brother the men they are today.
Going back around his desk, he got back to work. He knew his mother would hide out longer. She always did.
He had been working for only about fifteen minutes when his phone rang. Looking at the screen, he saw it was Jalen.
“Hey, Jalen,” he answered.
