Smiling, I put the card back. “Ken.”
“Coffee shop guy? Nice!”
The day passes quietly after that. At least until Tyler stops by as everyone packs up. “Nice flowers.”
“Thanks.”
“Who sent them?”
His tone makes me uncomfortable.Is he jealous?
“A guy I had dinner with.”
“Nice.”
He turns on his heel and storms into his office. Mona giggles as she comes back to my desk. “That was not the face of a happy man.”
“This is ridiculous. This is why hooking up with someone I work with wasn’t a good idea. But I thought he could be professional. Of anyone here, you’d think he’d be the one to pull that off, right?”
“Well, he is a guy—”
“I have to talk to him. This can’t keep happening.”
“Good luck,” she says.
I wait until everyone else leaves before storming into his office and shutting the door. The blinds are all drawn—like they have been all week—and I cross my arms. “What the hell, Tyler?”
“Excuse me?”
“You don’t get to act jealous when I get flowers from someone after you’ve gone out of your way and made it obvious you’re avoiding me like we’re in elementary school, and you think I have cooties.”
Tyler sighs and stands. He stops in front of me looking… remorseful, maybe. At least, I think that’s what he’s going for.
“I’m sorry. You’re right.”
“We never should have—”
His lips on mine kills the sentence, and he presses me back against the door. His hands slide up my belly and under my shirt to cup my chest, his excitement poking against me through his slacks.
“This is what got us in this mess in the first place,” I whisper as he moves to suck on my neck.
He hikes my leg up to his hip and grinds his bulge against my core. “It’s a new situation for me, and I don’t really know how to act. I didn’t want people to think something was going on, so I thought it’d be easier if I stayed away.”
The friction as we dry hump sends a hot rush through me, and I can’t stop the moan. “That plan backfired. Everyone noticed you were—” His hand slips up my skirt, rubbing me over my panties. “—acting weird.”
“I want to taste you so badly, Holly,” he growls, dropping to his knees.
“Wait.” I push him back gently. “We can’t do this.”
Standing, he runs his hands through his hair before nodding. “You’re right. Doing this here isn’t—”
“No, this.Us. You’re my boss, and I think this is too complicated.”
He swallows and stares. “I like you.”
“I like you, too. I think that was pretty obvious this weekend.”
I’ve always liked Tyler, but until this past week, I’ve never seen him as much more than my boss. I think he could be a great boyfriend, but I also like working for him. He’s a really good manager.
