“Don’t deal idle threats,” she said, grabbing her dress at her thigh to hold it up as she crossed the grass.
“Never do.Never would.”
She stopped in front of him.“So what was that don’t make me come get you message?”
“In thirty more seconds, I would have.”
“No, you wouldn’t,” she said.“You don’t want the world to know about this.If you did, you could’ve posted a company memo.”
“Saying what?”
“That you get your kicks arguing with subordinates.Did you talk to my boss?Ask him for all the gossip?Any rumors about me?”
“Why would I do that?You tell me shit every day.”
The reminder heated her blood, though a chill crossed her shoulders.“I can’t believe you’re… You know, it’s probably illegal… Isn’t it catfishing?”
“Which in itself isn’t illegal.And I didn’t claim not to be me.You didn’t ask.”
“Why would I?”she asked, exasperated.“You’ve been in the perfect position to know everything about me from the beginning.I bet you stalked me, didn’t you?You stalked my personnel records.”
“No.You think I have time for that shit?I’m a busy man.I never looked you up.”
“Yeah, right.”
“Didn’t need to,” he said and snickered.“Why are you mad?I didn’t extort or seduce you.Our friendship was mutual.”
“Changing it, this, wasn’t.”
Resting back against the bench, he laid an arm along the cool concrete.“You going to sit down?”
“No,” she said.
“Because you pace when you argue with me.”He reminded her of their connection.“Walk it out, baby.”
“Don’t,” she said, pointing at his face.“I am not arguing.We are not arguing.”
“Because we’ll end up making out again.”
Ignoring that, she got back to her point.“You had no right to do this.No right to change everything without my consent.”
“I’m your best friend, Babycakes.”
Because who else did she speak to every day?Colleagues.She spoke to colleagues every day… and just hadn’t known he was one of them.
“Were.Youweremy best friend.”
Though it pained her to admit it.
“Still am.”
“No,” she said, unable to believe he could be so insensitive.No, wait, this was Hotshot.Of course he could be insensitive.Insensitive was his nature.“Friends respect each other’s wishes.”
“You never said we couldn’t meet.”
They’d never talked about it in anything other than jest.“You screwed me over.Me and my team.”
“How the hell—”
