Yes, You by Carla Ryan

Author:Carla Ryan [Ryan, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ButterflyTattoo
Published: 2020-06-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Marigold holds out her hand to Raj. "Marigold Je--"

"Jemison!" you say at the same time. "I'm so sorry. I don't know why --"

"It's fine," she says, in a way that tells you it most certainly is not fine.

Raj, glancing back and forth between the two of you, finally settles her piercing stare on you. "Why didn't you call me?"

"I didn't want to bug you on such short notice."

She nods, the slow I-don't-believe-you kind of nod. "Do you fly back tomorrow?"

Fly back?

There's something else you forgot. You were having such a good time with Marigold that you completely forgot to tell her that you're staying in town.

"Actually," you say, talking to both of them, "Jabir and I decided to adjust the growth strategy and establish a presence here before expanding on the East Coast, and I'm going to build up the West Coast operations, so I'll be staying out here for the time being. We're telling everyone at the board meeting," you add quickly to Raj.

Her keen gaze quickly takes Marigold in again, then locks back onto you. "I look forward to hearing your rationale at the meeting." It's a harmless enough statement, but it's obvious she's not pleased with the sudden change.

"It was nice meeting you," she says to Marigold, before rejoining her family as they head into the garden.

"I am so, so sorry," you say to Marigold.

"Why were you trying to hide from that woman?" she asks.

"Hide? I wasn't --"

"Are you seeing someone else? Are you dating her?"

"Raj? She's almost thirty years older than me!" You swallow your laughter at the pain in Marigold's eyes. "Raj was the first person to invest in Spare, and she's been my mentor ever since. I've known her for years and I have never, ever thought of her as anything but a friend. Well, maybe a kind of mother figure, I guess, but definitely not as a girlfriend."

"Then why were you hiding?"

"I wasn't --"

She spins on her heels and starts walking to the driver's side of her car.

"Okay, maybe I was hiding," you confess, chasing after her, "but it was because I didn't want Raj to feel bad that I didn't meet up with her already. And she told me earlier this week that I needed to focus on Spare's needs, so I knew she'd be miffed that I took a week off unexpectedly."

"I've been cheated on twice," Marigold says, unlocking her car. "I'm not going to be that idiot again."

You insert yourself between her and the car, forcing her to look at you. "I'm not seeing anyone else, I swear."

"When you told me the truth about how you don't like jazz, I thought, 'Wow. She might actually be an honest person.' What you just did..." Her lips press together and she shakes her head. "It was like deja vu. You couldn't even remember my name?"

No. No no no no! Things can't fall apart now, not after all this!

"It's not like that," you say. "I was freaked out about seeing Raj and my mind went blank.

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