“Okay, wow.” He held one hand up in surrender. “To be clear, you also look beautiful, you’re just carrying yourself like you’re tired this morning.”
“I’m nervous for dinner with Kayden. I’ve been trying to decide whether we should just be honest with Kaylee about who Kayden is from the beginning but I keep going back and forth and I’m going to drive myself crazy if I don’t decide soon.”
“What does Kayden think?” Jace asked, leaning forward.
“I haven’t asked him,” I said, clicking into Jace’s schedule for the day.
“Well maybe you should start there.”
“I haven’t seen him since we left his place together last week.”
“Hey, Liv,” Jace said, looking proud. “You should check out my schedule for the day. I think my two o’clock might be convenient for your current dilemma.”
“So you do know your schedule?” I said, feigning shock. “Was I wrong before? Are you maturing as a professional, Jace?”
“Hardly,” he scoffed. “I just know when Kayden comes in because it means I get laid in the middle of the day.”
I sighed.Of course that’s why he knows.“Your first meeting is at ten and are you two seriously having sex in there?”
“Yep. Why do you think we need ninety minutes to look at schematics every week? I get very distracted by his cologne. Listening to him talk about blueprints is hotter than you’d think.”
My face flushed. “Trust me, I get it. He is extremely attractive, and his intelligence is a major turn-on,” I said, feeling bold.If Jace and I are going to try this new radical honesty thing, I should just dive in. Whateverwe decide to do about our love confessions is going to require it, that’s for sure.
Jace smirked at me like he liked my admission very much. “Feel free to listen if you want, Liv. I’m guessing you enjoyed it the last time and he won’t mind.”
“What?” I sputtered. “No! I mean. Maybe, a little. This is so not appropriate work conversation.”
Jace cackled, walking to his office. “You’re right, Ms. Riley, I suppose at this point in our relationship we might as well start trying to act more professional. I’m going to be busy with my two o’clock meeting for a while later so you should feel free to take a long break, unless…” He raised his eyebrow and smirked again.
I rolled my eyes.
He chuckled and adopted a more serious look. “In all honesty, I think you should tell Kaylee who Kayden is from the beginning. The more I get to know Kayden, the more I understand how Kaylee’s brain works. She’s really smart, Liv. You are too, but I think she might have his super fancy, genius brain. If she does, she’d appreciate all the information from the beginning.”
“You’re right. I’ll talk to him when he comes in,” I said. “I’ve long suspected that she got his fancy brain. Lucky me. She’s going to be smarter than me by the time she’s ten.”
“Nah, she’ll have the three of us in her life. Three adult brains are smarter than one super-smart, ten-year-old brain.” He disappeared into his office, leaving me wondering about what he’d just said.She’ll have all three of us in her life.Jace seemed so sure of that fact, I was starting to believe it myself. Though exactly what that looked like remained to be seen.
“Tell Jace that Iexpect him tomaketime for this phone call or I’ll be talking to Sutton about his refusal to cooperate,” Martin yelled.
“Of course, Martin. I will let Jace know,” I said. “He’ll be in touch.”
I hung up the phone and groaned as I walked to Jace’s office.
His door was open, and he was typing on his laptop. I leaned against the doorframe and waited for him to look up. When he noticed me, his eyes slowly traced over my entire body and I shivered at the lust in his eyes. Jace Cohen was not holding back on me anymore and I fucking loved it.
“I figured out why all your assistants quit,” I said when he finally met my eyes.
“Is it me?” he asked with a wrinkle in his forehead.
“No,” I said, walking in and sitting across from him. “It’s Martin. It’s one hundred percent Martin.”
“I thought you said he wasn’t on my schedule today,” Jace said, dropping his head in his hands. “I don’t want to talk to him.”
“Have you reconsidered telling Sutton what a royal fucking pain in the ass this guy is?” I asked.
Jace lifted his head and ran both hands through his slicked-back curls. “I’m not going to go whining to my aunt because my boss is a jerk. Other than his temper tantrums, he’s not doing anything to negatively impact the company as a whole.”
“What happens when you take over control of the company in a few years? What are you going to do about him?”
