I left Gizzy to watch the rest of the movie alone then carried her to bed.
“You don’t want to watch the rest?” Lexi murmured in my arms.
“No, thanks.”
As I watched her sleep there in my bed, red hair spread around the pillows, I wondered how long this could possibly last.
45
LEXI
Iwas on the beach, basking in the sun, letting it warm me as the waves crashed softly on the shore. The sand was deliciously warm, and I snuggled back on my soft fluffy beach towel … all while the sun beat down on me. My sunglasses were no match for the blazing hot ball in the sky …
“Why is it so bright?” I mumbled and sat up with a snort.
Beside me, Grayson was sleeping deeply, peacefully. Unlike me, he did not drool or snore like an asthmatic pug. His arm that had been draped over me fell down to my lap. He murmured and shifted.
My heart skipped a beat as I looked down at him.
I wasn’t sure I had ever seen him that relaxed. Usually there was an undercurrent of tension on his handsome face. I hoped I didn’t wake him, though if the bright spotlight of the sun that was shining through the ten-foot-tall, glass, curtainless windows at six freaking thirty in the morning didn’t wake him, I probably wasn’t going to either.
I gingerly lay back on the pillow, wishing I had my sunglasses.
The studio apartment I shared with McKenna and Grenadine was never this bright. The only thing that was able to grow reliably was the mold in the bathroom.
He seriously needed some plants. I could grow a whole jungle in here—fruit trees, orchids.
I snuck my phone off the nightstand and put it on silent so I could scroll through Pinterest and plan a big breakfast. I’d make pancakes, bacon, fresh-squeezed orange juice—the works.
I frowned when I saw missed calls from McKenna.
Lexi:Sorry! I didn’t get kidnapped.
Lexi:Just banging the CEO *upside down smiley face*
The phone vibrated in my hand with incoming messages.
McKenna:You better hope Anthym doesn’t find out!!!
McKenna:She’s been stomping around here super pissed.
McKenna:She and Brittany Dawn were locked in her office all day yesterday talking about who Grayson is dating.
Lexi:Wait, he gave everyone the day off.
McKenna:Anthym came in just to show everyone she’s dedicated to the job. Not that she was working.
McKenna:You better come in today, otherwise she might get suspicious.
McKenna:I covered for you yesterday and said you were busy setting up Grayson’s penthouseand making it look extra special romantic for his date.
Lexi:So you threw gasoline on a grease fire.
McKenna:Girl, you haven’t been at the company long enough to rack up a full day’s worth of PTO.
Lexi:And yet I work all that overtime …
McKenna:Fucking your boss is not overtime.
