“Not even then.”
“So if I were the only man on earth, you would not be with me?”
“Nope. Mankind would be done forever.”
“So you wouldn’t want to save the future of mankind?”
“Nope. Not if it meant having to be with you.”
“Why do I not believe that, Katherine?”
“I don’t know. You can believe what you want to believe.”
“Just like I don’t believe your story about the PowerPoint slides.”
“What do you mean?” Her voice gets low and nervous.
“I mean, there’s information in those slides about members of the board you’ve never even met.”
“Google is a thing,” she says quickly.
“Google is a thing, but so are coworkers who’ve been working there for years and know all the gossip.”
“I am not saying anything, and I want to go back to sleep. Is there anything else you wanted to ask me?”
“There are many things I want to ask you.” My voice turns husky.
“I already told you no phone sex.”
“That wasn’t one of them. Though if you were to offer, I wouldn’t say no.”
“I’m not about to offer that. You have one more question, and then I’m hanging up.”
“Did you have fun tonight?” I ask.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, did you actually have fun, or was it all just an act to you?”
“Are you seriously asking me if I had fun pretending to be your girlfriend to your friends?”
“You know my friends didn’t believe it. They know the truth. The only one you were fooling was Raquel.”
“Okay. Well, she obviously believed me.”
“Because?”
“Because you told me she doesn’t want to see you again.”
“Yeah, that’s true. But you still haven’t answered my question. Are you evading having to tell me the truth?”
“I’m not evading anything. Did I have fun tonight? Yeah—because I had a very delicious filet mignon with the most delectable peppercorn sauce I’ve ever had. The potatoes au gratin were crispy and delicious, the broccoli rabe was tasty, and I had three martinis, French bread, and real butter.”
“Don’t forget you also had chocolate cake for dessert.”
“Thanks for reminding me. Now I feel like a piggy.”
“You could never be a piggy,” I say in a low voice. “In fact, you looked absolutely stunning tonight.”
