An exasperated Dan muttered, “I thought I asked you to stay in my office.”
“Come on, Daniel. You knew that wasn’t going to happen.”
Arden laughed softly.“I swear, her timing is a weapon.”
Gideon sighed, dragging one last kiss from her lips. “This is not over.”
“I’d be disappointed if it was.”
He stepped back, barely enough to let her slide off the desk,
She smoothed her clothes with the kind of composure that nearly ruined him.
When the door opened, Dan looked mildly traumatized. Penny looked smug.
Arden breezed past them like nothing had happened.
And Gideon?
He wanted to cancel every meeting for the rest of the year.
Penny didn’t wait longto start in.
“So… how’s Gideon?”
“Fine,” Arden said tightly.
“Uh-huh. And how’s your blood pressure?”
Arden leveled her with a look. “Penny.”
“What? I didn’t say anything,” Penny said innocently.
They stepped into the elevator. Arden hit the lobby button and tried to ignore the way her body buzzed from everywhere Gideon had touched.
“You were going to.”
Penny clasped a hand to her chest. “I would never.”
The doors opened.
Arden walked fast.
Penny caught up faster and was practically radiating glee. “Well, you do look a little… undone. Was that a lunch delivery or a hostile seduction?”
“Coffee,” Arden muttered. “We’re getting coffee. Not having an interrogation.”
“I can multitask.”
?
By the time Penny had an oat milk latte and Arden had something… a bit stronger, the conversation had shifted to weekend plans.
“We should do karaoke again,” Penny said, stirring her drink. “It’s been too long since you belted out something tragic and sexy and had an entire room fall in love with you.”
Arden snorted. “That is not what happens.”
“It’s literally what happens every time. Rachel has a conspiracy theory about it.”
