I didn’t say you could leave.
I’ve never been a good listener. Wren’s goons are following us. I know how to kick someone’s ass if they try to kidnap me.
We’ll see about that tomorrow.
Fine. At the risk of me losing my job, you can go.
I want you to text me when you get there. And on your way back. And the beast outside is leaving to meet me, so please don’t do anything unnecessary. I’m trusting you.
I didn’t realize you were so overprotective.
Only when it comes to my things.
I’m fighting a smile.
Wow. You’re already claiming me? Take a girl to dinner first.
Ha. That’s probably a bad idea.
Why’s that?
Because you’re my client.
And because I don’t know that I’d make it to dinner with you.
It wasn’t my intention to have a full flirting session with her, but now that it’s happening, I can’t stop. I squeeze my thighs together to stifle the need for friction and curse myself for opening this door.
Shit. I won’t be able to look at her without thinking about this exchange from now on.
We could skip to dessert.
Enjoy your donuts, Bonnie.
I’ll see you tomorrow.
“That’s a new smile,” I hear Andi say.
I push my phone back into my pocket and grin crookedly at her. “Ah. It’s nothing. Funny jokes from Darcy,” I say about my sponsor.
“Yeah fucking right,” Andi says knowingly as we start out the door of the apartment. “That’s not the smile you use when you’re talking to Darcy.”
“It could be,” I brush her off.
“Yeah, okay. You said they were coming on Thursday to go to a meeting with you?” she asks about Darcy.
“Yeah, the community center down on eighty-seventh has a weekly time. I found it when I was staying here a few weeks back. It was a nice place,” I say, stepping onto the elevator.
“One more reason you should take the vacant apartment below us,” Andi says pointedly. “It’s a whole floor suite like ours.”
“I need to stop at my place really quick,” Wren says, hitting her apartment floor number.
“Seems like a lot of room for just me,” I say.
“Come on, Bon. You haven’t upgraded since you guys made it big. It’s time,” she goes on.
“You just want me here for more dates,” I joke.
“I mean, it’s not the only reason.”
