Unlike Alex, for example, I don’t have time to answer in a group chatall day long.
Alex
Offensive. Not wrong. But still, offensive.
Rafe
It’s complicated. I think that’s the best I can say.
West
Ah. I recognize that.
Alex
Please translate for the others, then.
West
Basically, he’s falling for her but doesn’t want to admit it to himself yet. Or to her. She probably still carries lingering resentment about the marriage and the company. Her uncle is complicating things, clearly, like we saw in Monaco. All of it is more emotion than Rafe has had to navigate for years. Was that correct?
Rafe
Yes. Pretty much. She’s driving me insane, but I think I like it.
James
Damn.
Alex
Good luck, man.
CHAPTER 58
PAIGE
There’s no fever the next day. I feel like myself; better than I’ve felt in days. I spend the morning working, but the sunshine outside keeps inviting me to come out and play. Rafe and I have to sit down for an interview this afternoon with a journalist. But before then… there’s time.
So I text Rafe. He’s upstairs, in his office.
Paige
Tennis court before lunch?
Rafe
Are you well enough?
Yes. I want to move.
Meet you there at one.
I switch into my tennis skirt and top and pull a pair of sunglasses on. I’ve played more in the last month than I have in years. What started as a simple desire to best him has turnedinto a craving.
I have the itch again.
It’s been so long since I felt that way.
