Boss Meets Her Match by Janet Lee Nye

Author:Janet Lee Nye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“WHAT DO YOU THINK, Sass? Vietnamese? Thai? Deli?”

Lena scrolled through the list of delivery options on her phone. Sass sat on the coffee table, her head tilted as if she were pondering the decision.

“Sushi?”

Sass meowed at that one and Lena laughed. Oh dear God, you’re sharing jokes with your cat. Dropping the phone, she brought her hands to cover her face. What are you doing? She tried to think of all the reasons she had to turn Matt down this afternoon. Here, now, in the late evening of another Sunday night alone, all her reasons seemed stupid and shallow. She wanted to call Sadie but knew that she was probably tucking Jules into bed and eyeing some grown-up time with Wyatt. Family time.

She sat up and shook her head. “The thing is, Sass,” she said aloud, “Matt is a temptation. I’m done with that. I’m done with going through men like Sadie goes through jelly beans. I had my fun. But it’s time to grow up. It’s time to get serious.”

Yes. Yes. But still. Why did her body remember every sensation stirred up by his kiss? The feel of his mouth on hers. His tongue against hers. The scratch of his beard? The heat of his hands on her back? She let her head drop back. Okay. It was amazing. But you aren’t doing the sex-for-sex’s-sake stuff anymore.

Problem was she wanted him. Wanted to feel his hands on her. Wanted to see what was under that frat-boy facade. Wanted to either shock him or be surprised by him. Wanted to see what the heat of that kiss could ignite.

She left-swiped on her phone. She had a long list of restaurants that delivered. A testament to her success. She didn’t have time to cook. She could afford takeout every night. I am an independent woman. Problem was she wasn’t hungry.

Sliding open the door to the balcony, she learned autumn was finally showing up. Cold air cooled her skin and she took in a deep breath and let it out in a frosty mist. Sass peeked out the door and ran back in to the warmth. Leaning on the balcony railing, Lena looked out over the harbor. Through the oak trees, she could see the lights of the Cooper River Bridge and the Yorktown Memorial Museum. A brightly lit sailboat made its way from the harbor up the Cooper River. Loud voices echoed off the walls from the fountain where college kids had gathered to drink and make out.

And she was alone.

No, no, no, you don’t do this anymore.

She went back inside and closed the door. Slowly. Deliberately. Making sure Sass was inside. Tomorrow, she would be Lena Reyes, the professional. The perfect one. The role model. Whatever other labels people wanted to attach to her. Tonight, she just wanted to be warm.

* * *

“LENA.”

Her denial of her actions crumbled as she faced him. He’d opened the door to her quiet knock, despite her hope that he wouldn’t. And now, face-to-face with him, she thought she would have doubts, come to her senses.

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