Hearing the relief in his tone, I met his eyes and melted when he smiled gently.
“Stop,” I whispered, looking away again.
“We’ll talk tonight,” he said.
I swallowed, meeting his eyes again. “I can’t be in a relationship with someone who isn’t willing to share information with me, Sundance. My whole world has been built around finding, then burying or spinning secrets, giving me an incredibly lucrative career. Being with someone who can’t, or isn’t willing to, share everything with me isn’t going to work.”
“I’ll bring Chinese and you can ask me anything you want.”
“Will you answer me, though?”
He sighed. “Yeah, baby, I’ll answer.”
I almost asked if he’d answer honestly, but I knew he’d never lie to me. Omit information, outright refuse to tell me things, yes, but never lie. “I’ll come to you.”
“I want you to be comfortable, Wyatt. Will you feel comfortable on my turf?”
No, probably not.
I studied his face, wanting to kiss him so bad my stomach hurt. “If you come to me, will you leave if I ask you to?”
“Yeah.” He stroked my cheek. “Whatever you want.”
I closed my eyes and nodded. “Okay.”
“Gonna kiss you now.”
“Place of business,” I reminded him.
“Right,” he said. “I’m gonna kiss you later.”
“We’ll see.”
“I’m gonna earn your trust, Wyatt. I promise.”
“We’ll see,” I repeated.
“Six,” he said, and with one more panty-dropping smile, he left me.
I stood, frozen to the spot for several seconds before Calvin rushed into my office. “Who wasthat?” he demanded, breathlessly.
“Someone who was hoping to be a client,” I lied.
He gave me a look of disbelief, but because he wanted to keep his job, he said nothing.
“Do you need me to get him intake paperwork?”
“No, I told him we couldn’t help him,” I said, sitting behind my desk again.
“Oh, I could help him,” Calvin countered. “That there’s one hell of a gorgeous daddy.”
“Calvino,” I warned, raising an eyebrow at my assistant.
He dropped his head back with a dramatic sigh, then walked out of my office.
“Insubordination will get you nowhere,” I called.
He grinned at me over his shoulder and I rolled my eyes.
