Narcissistic Tendencies (Dating by Design Book 3) by Jennifer Peel

Author:Jennifer Peel [Peel, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Note to self. You are not twenty anymore. Do not eat hot fudge sundaes for dinner. On that same note, you are not twenty anymore and you should no longer have fantasies about Nicholas Wells. But what if he’s calling you? Like he was at this very moment.

I stared at his name holding my stomach while I laid in bed not sleeping. Soothing ocean sounds played on James, my hands-free speaker. My twenty-year-old self told me it was okay to believe in magic. My thirty-four-year-old self wanted to believe her, but she argued that there were rules in place for a reason, a valid reason, and he was a client. My twenty-year-old self reasoned that answering his call wasn’t breaking any rules, personal or professional.

I pushed the speaker button. “Hello.”

“Kate . . . Hello,” he made sure to add in.

I smiled to myself. “I had a feeling you would be calling.”

“You are getting to know me better already.”

“I don’t know about that, but you seemed frustrated tonight that we didn’t talk.”

“I didn’t want to cause you any more discomfort. You obviously don’t like it when I pay attention to you in public settings.”

“Thank you for recognizing that.”

“I am sorry,” he had a hard time articulating that last word, “about Tabby today. Even if her assessment was spot on.”

“It wasn’t your fault, though thanks to her and you, I will be the main source of office gossip for weeks to come.”

“I’ve never met anyone like you.”

I rolled over on my back, holding my stomach, but now for other reasons than the hot fudge. “Because I’m a private person?”

“No. Whether you think so or not, I value privacy. What intrigues me about you is that you don’t recognize how noticeable you are.”

“I’m not—”

“Kate, the first time I met you, you . . .”

My heart pounded wildly. We weren’t really going to talk about that day, were we? “I what?”

“You left an impression.”

“Even though you didn’t recognize me again when we met?”

“I couldn’t place you. There’s a difference. And in my defense, you were wearing a hat. The question is why you didn’t tell me when I asked you if we’d met before?” He paused. “I know, you have your reasons.”

I sat up straight in bed. “Nick.” I felt as if I couldn’t catch my breath. “That day . . .” I couldn’t do it. “Ask me any other question,” I blurted without thinking. What did I open myself up to? I swore I could hear his mind working to take advantage of the power I’d handed him.

“Don’t think I won’t come back to the previous question again someday, but for now I’ll settle for a list of your dating rules, beginning with number one.”

“Why do those matter to you?”

“Ah-ah-ah, Kate, you said anything.”

I landed back against my pillows. “You’re probably going to make fun of them.”

“Probably.”

I took a deep breath and let it out in a rush. I was just going to get this over with. “The biggest and overarching rule is no narcissists or those with narcissistic tendencies.

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