The Deal Breaker by Cat Carmine

Author:Cat Carmine [Carmine, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-08T18:30:00+00:00

When I get to Wes’s office, Joyce is sitting there like a sentinel, as always. I feel like she’s the sphinx and I’m supposed to answer some kind of riddle before she’ll grant me access to Wes’s office.

“Yes?” she says, raising her eyebrows over her red spectacles.

“Forty-two,” I mutter under my breath. “The answer is forty-two, right?”

“I’m sorry?”

Oops.

“Is Wes here?” I say instead, smiling sweetly.

“Do you have an appointment?”

“I haven’t needed an appointment to see him in the past.”

“Everyone needs an appointment.”

“If you call him, and he says I need an appointment, I will happily come back later.”

I’m still smiling and she finally sighs loudly and picks up the phone. I count this as a success — it’s the first time she hasn’t tried to physically bar me from going into his office.

“Rori Holloway to see you,” she says crisply. Hey, at least she remembered my name. “I see. Yes, sir.”

She sets the phone down and purses her lips, then sighs. “He’ll see you.”

I almost bow — it feels like that’s what you should do when the sphinx allows you to pass. Instead I just say thank you and go past her desk, pushing open Wes’s door.

His face lights up as soon as he sees me, and I can’t help the happy fluttery thing my heart does. When he looks at me like that, all my insides turn to mush. It’s kind of ridiculous, really.

“Rori. This is a nice surprise.”

“I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d drop by and say hi.”

“I’m glad you did. Have a seat.”

I sit down across from him, nestling into the oversized leather chair. I remember the first time I sat in this chair, coming into his office with that contract, my hands shaking as I told him there’d be no kissing, no funny business of any kind. Look how well that worked out.

The thought brings a smile to my lips, and Wes looks puzzled.

“What?”

“Nothing. Just thinking.”

“About what?”

“About our contract.”

“Oh, did you have some concerns with it?” His expression turns serious.

“Not that contract.”

“Oh ... ohhhh.” His concern turns into a wicked grin. “What can I say, I’m a master negotiator.”

“You are. But I was actually thinking that we’re both pretty terrible about holding up our ends of the agreement.”

“True. Don’t let any of my business associates know.”

“I won’t.”

“They might expect me to fall into bed with them too.”

I giggle. “I hope you don’t make a habit of it.”

Wes gives me a funny look, and I clamp my mouth shut as soon as the words are out of my mouth. Why did I say that? I guess it’s not any of my business if Wes sleeps with other clients. It’s not like we’ve had any kind of discussion about … whatever’s happening between us. We’re not even supposed to be sleeping together, and that was my idea, so I certainly have no right to tell him not to be with anyone else.

Even if that’s the thing I really, really, want to do.

But Wes must see the warring go on in my mind, because he shakes his head softly.

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