Just One Spark: A Black Alcove Novel by Jami Wagner

Author:Jami Wagner [Wagner, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

Maverick

Her heels click against the floor as she walks into her office. I hear as she walks to her desk. I listen for the noise from the wheels of her chair, but it doesn’t come. Instead, the clicking only gets louder.

I sit up straight and adjust my tie. I shouldn’t have fucking left the way I did. But I didn’t know what to do. I hadn’t slept. I only lay there and watched her sleep. I thought about what she would do in the morning, and I’ll admit, I panicked. But right now, I have a pretty good feeling she’s about to tell me how wrong my decision was. And I deserve it because I’ll be the first to admit what a jerk move I made.

“Good morning,” she says.

Her tone is cheerful.

This can’t be good.

I don’t move as I watch her step farther into my office. Yesterday morning we weren’t on speaking terms because she thought I was an ass. Last night we were having sex and now today … today it’s like everything is back to normal. To before she thought I was an ass. I don’t exactly want to ruin it, so I don’t say anything.

“We should set up a time to go over a few of the slides this afternoon. We are a bit behind, so we have some time to make up. We also need to figure out the final arrangement for the Fourth of July event. That way we already have the schedule together for Bart at our meeting at the end of the week.”

She smiles at me, and, honestly, it looks so … natural that I might be more freaked out than if she had come in here demanding answers. She’s not mad at me for leaving? She just wants to get to work? The woman who has always called me out for my crap. I have got to be missing something here.

“Mav, are you okay?”

Am I? Shit … is she? She just used my nickname.

“Yeah, sure, let’s see what you have on your slides,” I say, playing along with whatever she is up to.

Fooling around with her was a bad choice on my end. If anyone finds out about it, it will cost me my job. I should be glad she isn’t bringing it up, but I’m not. I’m irritated as hell that she’s acting like it never happened. I’m fucking good in bed. We were fucking good in bed. There should damn well be something to talk about.

She’s talking about the event, which is what I should be focused on, but still, I’m not.

“What do you think?” she asks.

“I think we need to talk about last night.” I have no idea what she really wanted an answer to.

Her tongue glides over her lips as she stares at the computer screen, and her chest rises slowly before she twists to look at me.

“What about it?”

“Well, to start, you’re acting real unusual about it.”

“I’m acting like it didn’t happen, Maverick. You know, kind of like you did by leaving before I woke up.

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