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I was very unsure of what might be happening now, but I didn’t say anything, Sarai taking everyone’s attention back to her, even as she made tea.
“What were you thinking? I know you usually have grand plans.”
“I thought we could head out on a road trip for the weekend. I’ve got a villa in Boston that’s currently spare, and I can get us a box at the game on Sunday.” Lukas leaned against my desk, looking smug.
Although I liked the sound of spending more time with Lukas, I had no idea what a road trip would entail. I was more than confused. I had been working so hard, and Sarai had talked about going over details for the weekend. Something about meeting up with some other industry people.
“Perfect. Are you inviting certain guests?”
“If you want me to,” Lukas replied, although I thought I saw him look surprised as well for a brief moment before he reined it in.
“Of course. We should do what we can to make them happy. They’re going to have quite the influence.”
I wasn’t sure what any of them were talking about, but I got a sinking feeling in my stomach as Sarai brought me my tea and offered Lukas and Henry the same.
“You’ll come too, won’t you, Kit?” Sarai asked.
“Of course she will,” Lukas replied for me.
Although I tried to hide the frown, I was pretty sure Henry caught it before I could compose myself.
“What exactly will it be?” I asked, trying to sound as neutral as possible.
“A long weekend away. You can come with us and spare the time, right?”
“And we’ll have some of the investors there and other people interested in working with us for the next project. It will be the perfect place for you to pick up more work.” Sarai smiled as if this made it perfect and everything I could want.
She went back to the box with her scarf in and brought it over to compare to mine. “Oh, you did do well, Henry. You knew we’d need these, didn’t you?”
“Well, I wasn’t going to spoil the surprise, but if we have a weekend of road trips and spending time with the rich and famous, you ladies need some spoiling in your attire.”
I gulped as Henry tried to smile at both of us. There was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be yet another occasion where I would be expected to wear clothes way out of my budget and not what I was comfortable in at all. And yet again, there would be no time to go shopping, even if I had some money to get clothes now.
It sounded like my worst nightmare, but I nodded as if I agreed. Networking had always been something I didn’t like. And I had an enormous amount of work left. Could I use that as an excuse to not go? Did I want to go anyway and at least enjoy some time with Lukas?
The whole thing was impossible to know how to handle, but thankfully, Lukas got up, excusing himself to go around the huts with Henry, and Sarai volunteered to go as well.
“I could use being on my feet, too,” Richard said. “And I want to go check over the plans for the restaurant. They’ve been laying the foundations, and I want to make sure no one balls that up. We can’t have a site up and running without the catering and entertainment, even if the huts aren’t all ready right away.”
I was the only one who remained seated, and Lukas looked over at me to see if I wanted to go with him.
“I’m going to stay here. I need a moment, and you’ve got this one covered.” I wasn’t sure I sounded fully like me this time, but it was the best I could do. The whole plan to go away sounded crazy, and I needed a breather.
CHAPTER SIXTY
Lukas
It took all my self-control to walk out of the office without reacting to Kit’s lack of enthusiasm. I couldn’t tell what was wrong, but I was beginning to wonder if she had been blowing me off for the last two weeks when she had said that she was so busy.
I had been missing her, but she hadn’t looked pleased to see me. Or Henry. I’d expected the latter, but she hadn’t reacted to his apology gift at all. I’d expected something warmer after everything we had done together and been for each other. Was she avoiding me?
“You coming, boss?” Henry said, dragging me back into the present moment.
“On my way,” I replied. Even though I had only fallen a few steps behind, it was clear that I appeared reluctant. I wasn’t at all. Seeing more of Kit’s handiwork and the huts coming to life was the highlight of each week now, but normally, she showed it to me.
I quickened my pace to catch up as Sarai started talking about the huts. It was clear she had been to these recent ones already, and she had some snagging she wanted taken care of.I didn’t really need to be there by the sounds of things, Henry already noting down everything Sarai said.
There was no way I could excuse myself to go back to Kit, however, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to. If something was bothering her, I wasn’t sure I wanted to go back and interrupt her thinking process. I was stuck following along and trying not to think about what was going on.
