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“This is my car.” She pointed to the vehicle in front of them in the parking garage. “Thank you for a very nice evening, Noah Rodgers. Well, besides assuming I’m too high-maintenance to take public transportation,” she teased. “And FYI, running late doesn’t mean I’ve ever actually arrived late, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
Noah chuckled nervously. Had he ruined the whole evening with one stupid comment? “I didn’t mean?”
“I know.” She laughed. “I’m just teasing you.”
He let out a sigh of relief. “Good. And I hope you really did have a nice time, because I did.”
“I did.” Her gaze locked with his. “Best evening in a long time.”
Memorizing her face, all he wanted to do was kiss her. As he closed the space between them, he expected her to pull away. Instead, she stared at him, her eyes shining.
There was undeniable heat between them. Her hazel gaze slid to his lips, before flicking back up to meet his stare.
Cupping the back of her neck, he slowly pulled her closer to him, giving her plenty of time to change her mind. Her chest slowly rose and fell, and her eyes trained on him, as if she couldn’t believe this was about to happen. He half expected it, but she didn’t stop him.
Her lips parted as if she was going to speak, but no words came out.
Noah covered her mouth with his, and his tongue swirled around hers as she reciprocated. Warmth raced through his body. His brain tried to tell him that this was a bad idea, but his body had taken control.
When he pulled away, he couldn’t help but gaze at her. She was so beautiful. Her cheeks were flushed and her lips were puffy from their kiss. He didn’t want the night to end here.
But her palm flattened on his chest. She must’ve come to the same realization as him—this was a mistake. His heart hammered against her hand.
Jordan took a step back, her breathing still ragged. He reached for her hand, and she didn’t pull away.
“I should go,” she said. She moved her focus to her car and unlocked the door.
“How about dinner at my place tomorrow?” he suggested. He’d use any reason to see more of her.
Jordan nodded slowly. “Sure, dinner sounds nice.”
“Great. See you tomorrow morning then?”
“Bright and early for a team meeting. I’ll bring the coffee.” She gave him one last look before she drove off.
He had to take a minute to calm himself, before walking slowly out of the garage. Breathing in the cool night air, he strolled back to his building. Maybe that kiss shouldn’t have happened. He’d tried to simply be thankful that she was working for him, and to understand that he had no right to push for more. He’d told himself over and over not to risk ruining things by clouding their working relationship, not to give in to his feelings. But he had. And now he had a huge problem. He was hooked, and he wanted more.
CHAPTER TEN
Jordan
The next night, Jordan knocked on his apartment door. A delightful aroma greeted her, which was curious, since she knew he didn’t cook. At all.
The door opened and there stood handsome, smiling Noah. “Glad you made it. Dinner is almost ready.”
She stepped into his apartment, and it smelled wonderful. Not at all like mac and cheese or scrambled eggs. She searched the room, trying to figure out who was cooking, because it certainly wasn’t him. She had to hold in a laugh when her eyes landed on take out bags from The Sin Bin on his kitchen counter.
She giggled as she entered the kitchen, pointing out the tell-tale bags. “You said you were making dinner.”
“No, what I said was, dinner was almost ready.”
She tilted her head, waiting for more explanation.
“Talia told me to heat it up for twenty minutes. It has about five more minutes.” He looked at her. “I can handle those kind of cooking instructions.”
She had to laugh. “I’ll oversee the food, just in case,” she teased. “So, how do you think the meeting went this morning? Everyone seems excited and ready to open.”
“I’m going to defer to your expertise on that. And honestly, I was too busy thinking about our kiss last night to concentrate on anything else.”
