Workplace Romance Collection 1 by Jade Winters

Author:Jade Winters [Winters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Winters Books
Published: 2020-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Carissa had spent most of the previous night trying to figure out why Teal had rejected her. It wasn’t as if Carissa had made the first move. All she had done was welcome Teal’s kiss with great zeal. With a jolt, Carissa realised Teal might have just been taking pity on her. She chided herself. Hadn’t she sworn that she was going to keep her business to herself? She had no right to dump her emotional baggage on Teal. After all, Teal was her boss, not her therapist. Nor was she her friend and the sooner Carissa got that into her thick skull the easier things would be for her.

Carissa poured hot water over the coffee granules in her mug. She needed as much caffeine as her body would tolerate as she’d barely had any sleep.

Just as she was about to add a teaspoonful of sugar to her mug, the kitchen door opened and Nicole swaggered in as if she owned the place.

‘Is Teal back yet?’

‘Nope.’ Carissa took a quick sip of her coffee, relishing the jolt of energy it supplied.

‘Do you know where she’s gone?’

Yes, I do. As far away from me as possible. If Carissa didn’t know better, she’d have started to think there was something seriously wrong with her by the way women seemed to want her one minute and run the next. ‘No idea. Is there a problem?’

‘Not really. I just want to take a look at Teal’s room to get an idea of what needs to be done.’

‘Oh,’ Carissa said hoping her facial expression wasn’t revealing her own desperate need to find out where Teal had gone. Earlier, as Teal had started to make her way along the public footpath, Carissa had been tempted to run after her. To confront her about the elusive kiss. But seeing the way Teal’s shoulders were slumped and how her head hung downwards, Carissa acknowledged that she just wanted to be alone.

‘Teal said I could go on up whenever I wanted,’ Nicole said. ‘But I don’t feel comfortable not having someone else present.’

Nicole, Carissa concluded, was not the sort of woman who hid her intentions well. The sheepish grin on her face said it all. She wanted Carissa to accompany her upstairs. Carissa just hoped that was all she wanted and there wasn’t an ulterior motive.

‘Well … if that’s what she said I’ll come with you.’

Nicole rubbed her hands together. ‘You’re a star.’

Carissa ignored Nicole’s wink and the quick flash of her teeth as she put down her coffee. She also ignored Nicole’s hand on the small of her back as they left the kitchen and went upstairs to Teal’s bedroom. Carissa was aware the room was only Teal’s temporary abode, probably devoid of anything personal or intimate, but entering it still made her feel like an unwanted intruder.

Nicole walked into the room without hesitation and Carissa reluctantly followed. The room was slightly bigger than hers but there was less space because of the bulky furniture. A heavy

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