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“This is scary, any new relationship is. It means putting yourself out there when there’s a chance you might get burned. Having a child only adds to this risk, but Wyn, what if you’re denying both Jake and you the most precious thing ever?”
“What?”
“Love.”
She snorts. “You don’t love me.”
“Why don’t I—why couldn’t I?”
“Because…because…I don’t know! All I do know is that I can’t work here anymore.”
“Deoring, you’re essential to this company, and I promise that when you’re on the clock, I’ll adhere to our work roles. But don’t run from me—from us. You think I couldn’t love you because you’re still learning to love yourself, but you’re wrong.”
Wyn trembles when I back her into the wall. I cup her face, staring into her eyes.
She licks her lips, and all I want is to kiss her senseless.
“It won’t work out,” Wyn whispers.
“Bullshit. Your mind is steel. It doesn’t bend. If you decide to make this work, it will—just as if you decide it doesn’t, it won’t.”
“But what about our jobs?”
“We’ll set boundaries. You’re all about the rules.”
“And you’re all about breaking them!”
“Guilty as charged, but you’ll keep me in line, won’t you?”
“This isn’t a game. If this blows up in our faces, you have money to make your problems vanish.”
“I said this before, and I’ll say it again—I’m just as accountable as anyone at this company, regardless if I’m the CEO and owner. If this ‘blows up in our faces’ as you suggest, I will not let you take the brunt of it. I will take responsibility for my actions.”
Wyn bites her lip. “Fine…we can try.”
“Excellent,” I purr, snatching up her two weeks’ notice letter before vanishing it in a puff of smoke.
“How in the world—”
A playful smirk lifts the corners of my lips, and I wink.
“Magic—and don’t ask. Neither a magician nor a Boggart ever reveals their secrets.”
“I’ll figure it out.”
I snicker. “Good luck. Before you go, I do want you to know I’ve emailed the head of HR. Since I’m not your direct boss—the CAO is—we’re still within company policy. I simply can’t promote you to a position where I would be your direct superior.”
Wyn sighs, running a hand through her braid.
“I suppose that was smart of you, even if I hate the idea of someone knowing.”
“Don’t worry. Toni is almost as professional as you. She won’t breathe a word about us.”
My sawolkeh rolls her eyes. “Well, considering how I let you make me come in the stairwell at work, I won’t hold my breath about Toni’s ‘professionalism’.”
I pinch her chin. “Smart alec. I prefer it when you’re my good girl.”
Wyn’s cheeks darken.
