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“A friend who stopped by to drop off dinner, then leave?” She flashed a fake smile.
I didn’t bother to smile in return. “Staying, and I sure hope you’re better at marketing than you are with first impressions, Judy.”
Her face flushed, but my secret boyfriend unfortunately deflated my comeback. “Sorry, Kenz, Judy just brought a potential legal crisis to my attention. I need to get our lawyer on the phone and may be here awhile, after all. I’ll have to take a raincheck on dinner, but I can walk you out and get you a cab.”
I set the food on the small table near his couch, with a voice thankfully sounding cool in a way that didn’t match how I was feeling. “It’s okay. I know my way out.” Turning on my heel, I counted internally on my way to the elevator to keep from completely losing my shit.
Unfortunately, he didn’t clue in to my homicidal calm and followed me out. He didn’t say a word until we stepped into the elevator cab. I pressed the button for the lobby, and the minute the doors closed, he started talking.
“That wasn’t what it looked like. Judy has worked for the company three years and, although she may flirt, I promise nothing ever has happened.”
I met his eyes with fire in mine. “You think I’m angry because I believe you’ve slept with her?”
He appeared at a loss. “I’m going with yes?”
“Unbelievable. You know what? I don’t even care she was a complete bitch to me. What pisses me off is that you dismissed me—after she made it clear that’s exactly what she wanted. I told you: I don’t have a problem with your history or even women throwing themselves at you so long as you make it clear who you’re with now. You didn’t fucking do that. At. All.”
“But she knows Josh and—”
And we were back to that. I held up a hand when the doors opened in the lobby, indicating I didn’t want him to follow. “Fine, you can’t tell her we’re together, but you never would’ve dismissed me like that before we became more than friends.”
“Kenz—” His eyes were pleading with me, but I wasn’t ready to hear it.
“I need to go.”
“I’ll come over as soon as I’m done.”
“Don’t.” That one simple word surprised us both. “I’ll tell you when I’m ready to talk, but it’s not going to be tonight.”
I turned and walked away before he could respond.
