“Are you guys going to get her fired?”I asked, wanting to know.
Mrs.Wilder shook her head.“No, not at all.However, I can see us eating at home more now.”
Yeah, the Wilders were turning out to be really good people.
Chapter 22
Koen~
Not one to give up, after lunch, I had suggested that Rya and I go back to my place once again, and to my surprise, she had agreed, and it’d had me wondering what my mother had told her.For the past two weeks, Rya had been happy to pretend as if my money didn’t exist, so this was new.
Now, while I didn’t live in a penthouse, I did live in a very upscale condo, and it was on the more expensive side of town, but that was only because it made the commute to Wilder Tech easier.Traffic was a bitch in the morning, and though I usually got into the office around six, if I wanted to stop for coffee or anything like that, then it was easy to get stuck in the morning rush.
Rya also hadn’t said much on the way over, but with lunch turning out to be a disaster, I wasn’t sure what I had expected from her.Granted, when she and my mother had come back to the table after their walk, Rya had seemed in better spirits, but it was clear that the country club was no longer an option for us, which wasn’t all that of a loss, truth be told.
When we finally reached my building, I parked in the underground parking garage, and as I opened the door to help Rya out of the car, I said, “The code to the gate, garage, and elevator are all the same.”
“Why would I need to know that?”she asked warily, and I really wanted to go back to the country club and burn the place down.
“Because it’s something that you need to know, baby,” I told her as I led her to the elevators.“Should be able to come and go from my place as you please.”
“Oh, okay,” she muttered quietly.
The rest of the way up to my condo was in complete silence, but since Rya was letting me hold her in the elevator, I was okay with that.I wanted her to be comfortable around me, and I wanted the same for myself.Again, even though we were making progress, we still had moments when Rya was unsure of me, herself, and what we were doing together.
Once we finally got to my condo, I unlocked the door, then ushered her inside, and luckily for me, my condo wasn’t decked out in expensive furniture or whatnot.Yeah, my place was definitely nicer than most, but it wasn’t ostentatious in the least.
“Would you like something to drink?”
“Yeah,” she answered.“A water is fine.”
Rya made herself comfortable on the couch as I grabbed us something to drink, and it was crazy how much I loved having her here.In fact, it was crazy how fast and how hard I’d fallen in only a couple of weeks.Maybe it was because all of Rya’s emotions were pure.Whether she was happy, sad, wary, vulnerable, or whatever, she was open about it when it was just me and her.
Handing her the bottle of water, I sat down next to her as I asked, “Do you want a tour?”
She immediately shook her head.“No, I’m good.”
