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I was just thankful he was happy to keep that work-life separation, even if hehadgrumbled a little about it last night.
There was no reason for his grumbling. He’d just done it because he wanted to, and he’d admitted as much.
“Oh, good afternoon, Miss St. James.”
I peered up from my laptop and smiled at Lennon. “Hi, Lennon. Are you just starting?”
“Yes, I had the morning off to take my mum to the hospital.”
“Oh, I hope everything is all right.”
“Just a routine appointment.” He smiled warmly. “How are you? Would you like a drink?”
I waved my water bottle at him by way of explanation. “I’m fine, thank you. Yourself?”
“Yeah, good. I wasn’t expecting to find you in here.”
“Ah. Mr Black is in the monthly meeting with the directors of Black Ink Corporation, so I excused myself out here.”
Lennon frowned. “Strange place for him to have the meeting here, isn’t it?”
“Yes, well, it was supposed to be tomorrow, but it was moved up. We were already here when I got the call, so we just had to make do.”
“That explains why Anne-Marie is pouting out there. She can’t knock on the door for unnecessary things.”
“I’m sure Mr Black is grateful for the break,” I said flatly.
Lennon chuckled. “I’m sure it’s not an issue you deal with in London, is it? The constant interruptions?”
“Not particularly. There are three of us in the secretarial office, so everyone who wishes to see him has to go through us first.”
“That seems like an efficient way to do things.” He smiled. “Do you mind if I sit with you?”
“Not if you don’t mind that I’m working.”
“Of course not.” He sat opposite me at the table with his cup of tea and pulled out his phone.
I turned my full attention back to my laptop and my bursting email inbox, but Theo’s words from last weekend fluttered through my mind.
Did Lennon really have a crush on me?
No. That was ridiculous. He’d never once shown any signs of seeing me as anything other than a coworker, so where the hell had that crazy man gotten that idea?
Pfft.
Look at me letting him get to me.
I opened the next email on the list and paused. “Was there something you needed?”
Lennon turned his head and coughed into his hand. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to distract you.”
“It’s all right. If you’ve got something on your mind, I’d rather you just say it.”
“You’re so straightforward.” He chuckled. “Actually, I was going to ask if you were free this weekend.”
Huh.
Theo was right.
