Sweet Temptation (Temptation Series Book 1) by Spencer Pearson

Author:Spencer Pearson [Pearson, Spencer]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

16

Lauren looked up from the paper she was grading when there was a knock on her office door. “Come in.”

“Hi,” Brian said, poking his head into the room. “Is now a bad time?”

“No. Not at all.” She leaned back in her chair, motioning for him to come in. “Have a seat.”

Lauren tossed the paper she was reading onto the stack of all the unread assignments she still had to get through today if she wanted any chance of getting to the casino tonight.

“So,” he said as he sat down in the chair opposite her desk. “How are you?”

Lauren knew that tone. He was after something. “I’m good. You?”

“Just great.” Brian combed his hand through his thick hair. “I’m just checking in. I haven’t spoken to you since you uh... Since you told me about Riley.”

“Yeah. Everything’s good.” Lauren managed to keep the smile off her face. Since that night that Riley nearly walked out on her, they’d fallen into an easy routine, and the last two weeks had proved it could work.

They were keeping their professional and personal lives separate without a problem. They rarely sent texts, deciding that it would look better if they kept contact to a minimum and just met up every Friday night before the poker tournament and then again Saturday or Sunday depending on their schedules. They didn’t see each other outside of college during the week, and there were no after hours meetings in her office as much as she would have loved to have Riley up against this desk.

“Lauren?”

“Hmmm.”

“I said are you sure about that?”

Lauren’s eyes narrowed. “About what?”

“That everything’s okay between you two, because I was on my way over to my office, and I saw Riley and Nicole sitting on a bench outside the library. Riley was really upset. Nicole had her arms around her. I didn’t want to stare. I was just walking by, but I know she was crying.”

Lauren swallowed the lump that had suddenly appeared in her throat. “Uh, well. I mean, I haven’t seen her since Sunday, but yeah, things were fine.”

“You haven’t done or said anything?” Brian asked.

“Why would you assume it was my fault?”

Brian shrugged. “No reason. I just hope she’s alright. So, you don’t... Talk?”

Lauren reached for her bottle of water. “We talk.” She knew that had come out defensively, but the truth didn’t sound great, and she wasn’t going to get into the ins and outs of her relationship or non-relationship with her brother. The only reason he knew about Deirdre was because she’d gotten herself backed into a corner, and she didn’t know how to get out. This was different. In so many ways.

“Okay,” Brian said, standing up. “I’ll let you get back to work. You still okay for dinner on Sunday?”

“Yeah.” Lauren gave him a smile. “Of course.”

“Alright. See you then.”

Lauren picked up her phone when Brian had closed the door behind him. She started typing a text to Riley, but stopped. How would she explain the sudden interest? Lauren wasn’t supposed to know that something was wrong.

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