I didn't mean them like that, but they sound like that. I can hear the snootiness ringing in my ears.
But I don't want to be going all soft over him. I don't want to be friends with him. He is fodder, nothing more.
And the word fodder needs to go, too.
I just don't want him knowing...
"I was, and now they're done." He flips his wrist and glances at his watch. "It's just on four, and you got that project finished."
"It wasn't hard." In fact, anyone could have done it. But I keep that to myself. "Just me, loving my job."
The corner of his mouth lifts.
And boy, do I want to kiss that corner.
Like some kind of sex-crazed lunatic.
At least, it is almost home time, and then I will have the weekend to forget him, and I will?—
"I wanted to ask if you can help me with another project after work... Unless you have plans."
I narrow my eyes. "What kind of project?"
"One with clothes on."
"I didn't ask you that. I just..."
My words wither under his hard stare. "Lola, I'm not trying to get you alone or anything like that. It is just a last-minute job that's come up, and I need to get it done quickly because Lyndall, my sister, is staying with me this weekend."
My cheeks burn like an out-of-control fire. "I certainly wasn't thinking you wanted me alone for nefarious reasons."
His brow lifts. "Nefarious?"
"Yes."
"Like...what?"
"Nefarious things. You know."
"I don't." But he looks at me like he very much does know. "And I'm sure you weren't thinking that."
"I might have plans."
He takes a breath. "That's fine. But if you don't have plans, I'd like your help."
Enzo says this in such a way that it sounds like it isn't fine at all. He sounds like a man who is used to getting his own way.
And though I want to say no, though I know I should say no, I can't.
This is how I'm paying my bills, and Silas hasn't found anything on Enzo... at least not yet. And I'm not sure he will.
Maybe Enzo doesn't have anything to do with his father anymore. Or...it doesn't matter. Right now, he is my boss.
"So, do you have plans?" he asks.
I shake my head. "No."
"It's not much. And I did mean what I said last night."
