Getting Down to Business by Allison B. Hanson

Author:Allison B. Hanson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Doug tried not to smile in the middle of the meeting, but he’d just gotten a text from Chanda, and smiling was an involuntary reaction to seeing her name on his phone.

I’m off today. Can you come over when you get off work?

He was already looking forward to it. He had something planned, and was even going to get her flowers. Not that flowers were any guarantee that this would be a success.

He’d gotten a bit of good news on the money front and was happy to spend some of it on her.

I have a surprise for you. Her next text came in, complete with a smiley with heart-shaped eyes. In addition to the large smile on his face, he was also hard as a rock.

“You okay?” Gray leaned over to whisper.

“I think I’m going to take half a day off.”

“Good for you. Chan’s off too?”

“Yeah.”

“I think I’m taking a long lunch.”

Doug noticed his friend’s gaze move across the table to the blonde he lived with.

“And you balked about going out on a Wednesday night.” It seemed their mid-week adventure to ladies’ night was paying off for Grayson.

They laughed and then nodded in unison to something Randy said.

The second the meeting was over, Doug was out of his chair and heading to his office. Using his tablet to hide his hard-on, he closed his office door and hurried through his emails.

I’m just wrapping up a few things and I’ll be leaving early. See you in a half hour?

See you then. I can’t wait, she answered.

Neither could he. But he had a stop to make, and things to tell her before he carried her off to bed.

“Don’t fuck it up,” he muttered to his crotch as well as to himself.

* * * *

Chanda opened the door before he even knocked. She’d been out on the balcony waiting for Doug to get there.

Her earlier excitement over her surprise had turned to throat-closing doubt. What if it was too much? What if she was reading too much into their relationship?

It was too late now. He was standing at her door. With flowers.

“Hi.” He held them out. “I could barely wait long enough to finish my work. I think I may have sent an email to the wrong person, but I don’t even care. I’ll deal with it tomorrow. I’m here now, and I have something to say.”

“Do you want to come in first?” He was still in the stairwell that led up to her loft.

“Yes. Okay.”

She took the flowers from him and stepped back so he could come inside.

“These are beautiful. Thank you.” She knew he didn’t have a lot of extra money. Thanks to his ex-wife. Doug was happy to support his daughter and pay for the house where she lived as well as his apartment.

Though he stepped inside, he didn’t move any closer. He looked nervous.

“What is it?” she asked, unable to move. Surely he wouldn’t have brought flowers if he wanted to break up with her. But he wasn’t smiling.

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