I'll Show You Mine by Lauren Gallagher

Author:Lauren Gallagher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: prison;ex-con;affair;one night stand;kink
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Alyssa was knee-deep in e-mails and paperwork when Janice came in through her open office door with a stack of folders under her arm.

Alyssa groaned and sat back. “Please tell me you’re just stopping in to say hello on your way to set those on fire.”

Her colleague laughed. “I’m afraid not.” She handed over the folders. “Southern Expediters said they can wait until Friday morning for these.”

“Yeah, right,” Alyssa muttered. “They always say they can wait until Friday, then call screaming for them on Wednesday afternoon.”

“At least they’re consistent.”

Alyssa laughed. “Good point. Okay, I’ll get on them today. And while I do that…” She picked up another stack and held them up. “Have fun.”

Janice scowled. “These aren’t for ExMax, are they?”

“The one and only.”

“Bitch,” Janice muttered.

They both laughed, and Alyssa put the folders aside so she could still get to her keyboard. “Well, it keeps us employed.”

“Yeah, it does.” Janice tucked her papers under her arm. “Do you have lunch plans today, by the way?”

“Actually, no. Is it—” Alyssa checked the clock on her computer screen. “Damn, it’s already that time?”

“Time flies.” Janice gestured over her shoulder. “You want to give that new sandwich place a try?”

“That sounds great, actually. Let’s go before I get caught in a time warp again.” Alyssa pulled her purse out of the bottom drawer of her desk.

“Good idea. Let me just drop all this debris in my office.”

Alyssa locked her own office, and they left for a leisurely lunch at the restaurant that had just opened up a few blocks away.

When she returned almost an hour later, Alyssa realized she’d left her phone sitting beside her keyboard. She hadn’t even noticed—she and Janice had taken a couple of other coworkers with them, and between the conversation and the absolutely amazing chicken panini, she hadn’t had any inclination to check her phone.

As she settled back at her desk, she checked the screen and found a text from Shane. Only one. It was a benign response to her earlier text, and no nagging Are you there? follow-up. That was a refreshing switch.

Her stomach sank a little. Of course he didn’t feel the need to chase her down. He had no reason to make her account for every minute of every day, because he wasn’t aware of her track record.

Best not to think about that. Shane knew she had a past, and he’d accepted the fact that she didn’t want to talk about it, so there was no need to feel guilty for keeping it to herself.

We’ll cross that bridge if we get there. For now, we’re having fun.

Nothing more.

She sent back another benign response to his text, set the phone aside and resumed working her way through the stack of reports and analyses.

That evening, Alyssa held Nate’s hand and let him negotiate the steps leading up to his father’s front door. It was hard to believe he was growing so fast—another few months, and he’d be trotting up those steps with ease. Give him a year or so, and he’d be taking them two at a time.

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