I cleared my throat. “Hey, Drea… it’s Blair.”
The line was quiet for a minute, and I thought she hung up. “I do have caller ID, you know. Can I ask why you’re calling me after hours, which is against our contract, by the way. You’ll be lucky if I don’t call Cara and?—”
“I know, I know. I’m sorry, I just… I was hoping we could talk about what happened in your office.” The line went quiet again, and I checked to see if she’d actually hung up. Nope, still there.
“I apologize for that. It was extremely unprofessional. I shouldn’t have kissed you.” Gone was her previous irritation. She became soft spoken, and I didn’t know what to make of the drastic change.
I blinked. “What? There’s nothing to apologize for, Drea. I kissed you back, so clearly it wasn’t one-sided. I wanted to apologize for running out like that. I…” I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t expect any of this to happen.
“It’s okay. I should’ve stopped it, but you were right, I was going to kiss you that night. I didn’t think it was a good idea and I did it anyway. I realized after I kissed you that I made a mistake.”
I frowned and spoke softly. “Oh. It wasn’t good for you?” God, I sounded so pathetic. I didn’t know why I cared.
So what if that kiss changed everything I thought I knew about the world? So what if it shook me to my core, and I went home fantasizing about her soft lips on other parts of my body?—
“No, no, that’s not it at all. It was good. It was really good.” She laughed. “I just meant… was it not good for you? The way you ran out, I figured you thought it was a mistake.”
I chuckled. “No, it was really good. I… I didn’t know what else to do. I just wasn’t expecting it.” And I wasn’t expecting to like it so much.
“Oh, well, again, I’m sorry. I don’t want it to complicate things further,” she added.
“There’s no need to apologize, and yeah, I don’t either. Anyway, I better let you go. I just wanted to say I’m sorry, and please don’t tell Cara I called. It won’t happen again. I’ll see you tomorrow?”
“I won’t,” she said softly. “Goodnight, Blair.”
“Goodnight, Drea.”
I was heading into dangerous territory.
Chapter Sixteen
Drea
After our kiss, I enrolled in some more classes.I tried tai chi and knitting, and I even took ice skating lessons from Fallon. Anything to get Blair off my mind.
What was I actually thinking? It wasn’t enough to fantasize about kissing her, I had to actually do it?
Fallon would have a field day with this situation I found myself in. Too bad she would never find out. For all the shit I gave her about Mackenzie, I would never hear the end of it.
The woman I complained about even months after our contracts were over—the one woman I couldn’t stand—and I kissed her?!
I blame it on Mackenzie. If she would’ve just let me have sex with a stranger, I could’ve gotten rid of these ridiculous feelings.
Speaking of…
“Mackenzie Thompson, as I live and breathe. What perfect timing. I was just thinking about you,” I said with a mischievous grin.
She narrowed her brows at me. “I’m flattered, but as you know, I’m taken. Which is why I’m here. I came to check in on your ban. Also, Fallon told me Blair ran out of here the other day upset? What did you do?!”
I groaned. “I love Kaia, but she cannot keep a secret from that fiancée of yours for anything.”
“We both know my fiancée. She can get anyone to tell her anything she wants to know.” She winked.
I blanched. “Gross! And yes she can. It’s a gift, really.”
“So…” she pressed. “What did you do?”
“Why do you assume I did something? You know what, don’t answer that. I didn’t do anything. Something came up and she left.”Yeah, your feelings for her!
