Still muddling things over when she reached the school, Luna crossed the parking lot to where she’d left her car, so lost in her head that she didn’t see the long black car idling in the next aisle. She didn’t see the back door open and the man skirt around the cars between them. She was so caught off guard when he approached her at a jog that she screamed.
She clutched her heart. “Fuck’s sake, Davis!”
“Are you hurt?” he thundered.
“Hurt? Why the hell would you think that?” she fired back.
“I’ve been calling you for an hour. I know school has been out longer than that, and I was worried about you!”
Luna leaned against her car door and regarded him carefully. His tie was dangling, the top two buttons of his shirt were undone, and his hair was in disarray. She realized he was genuinely worried about her well-being.
“Why would you go straight to freak out mode if I don’t answer my phone? What if I had a parent-teacher conference? What if I had a staff meeting?” She crossed her arms over her chest when she felt her nipples harden.
“You usually tell me these things.” He turned away for a second before looking back at her, his expression much more calm. “I wanted to share good news with you, and I panicked a little when you didn’t answer. I know you haven’t forgiven me yet.”
“Forgiven you?” Is that how he felt about what they’d done? Something that required absolution?
“It was inexcusable for me to take advantage of you, and in my office of all places.”
“No, Davis.” She shook her head for emphasis. How could he think that? “I’m not upset. We both wanted—that. It’s not like I said no and you did it anyway.” She shivered at the memory.
“I know, but . . .” He moved closer, resisted touching her.
“What’s your news?” she breathed before she lost all track of her thoughts.
“I . . .”couldn’t remember.
“Yes?” Her heart was beating entirely too fast. His closeness was affecting her in the best and worst way.
“I talked to my dad today. We had the same conversation we always do, and then I said that I was going to go work for Pfizer if he didn’t let me at least give real estate a try.”
“How did it go?” She leaned forward without even thinking about it.
Davis pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. “He agreed to let me give it a go.” He flashed a big grin. “I filled out the paperwork and I have a horrible little office in the back of nowhere. I know they wanted to push me into a cubicle, but they were afraid to put the boss’s son in anything less than a private office.”
“You got a promotion!” Luna threw her arms around him. “I’m so proud of you for convincing your father to give you a chance.”
“Yeah, well.” He pulled back but didn’t release her. “He swore that if I screwed up in any way, he would fly here and fire me in person.”
Luna frowned. His parents were so hard on him sometimes. “That’s not very friendly.”
“That’s my dad for ya.”
She already knew that. “I know you can do it. You just have to prove to him that you can.”
“Let’s hope that it works out that way.”
