I stared at it for a second, wondering what Konni would tell her.Hopefully nothing, but I wasn’t sure how close they were, despite his multi-name explanation.
“If he said you’re leaving for a meeting, he won’t cancel it,” Edi said.
“What?”I tore my gaze from Konni’s closed office door.
“Lianna might act as if she controls him, but she doesn’t.”
Interesting, but not really my concern.
The door opened a moment later.Lianna stalked out and left without looking back at us.
“Ready, Ms.Elmantas?”Konni asked as he emerged from his office.
I nodded and hurried to join him.
People tracked our progress through the different departments, and whispers followed in our wake.It didn’t matter that I was walking half a step behind Konni and keeping a professional distance.In their eyes, I’d committed a corporate crime, and Steele Corp’s statement exonerating me and my continued presence here, now so close to Konni, just meant I was already in bed with him.
In bed but without the in-bed good time.
So unfair.
We rode the elevator down in silence and walked out the main lobby doors, where a car waited at the curb.The driver got out and opened the back door for us.
Konni indicated I should go first.He did that thing where he put his hand up to prevent me from hitting my head as I got in.Why did I like that so much?
When I glanced at him, he motioned for me to slide over.
“I could have gone around,” I said, making room for Konni to join me.
“It’s a busy street and safer if you stay on the sidewalk.”
I glanced at the poor driver who’d walked around the car—where Konni hadn’t wantedmeto walk—to get in again.
The older man grinned at me.“I’m used to watching for cars, Miss.”
“Sophia, this is Harlow, my family’s driver, who has nothing to do with Steele Corporation.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Sophia.”
“Likewise,” I said, glad Konni had introduced him the way he had before realizing what it meant.
Konni knew me well enough to understand that I would have kept a strict distance around a company driver.Just how well did Konni know me?
Harlow merged with traffic, and I turned slightly toward Konni, who was watching me.
“You’re feeling pretty smug right now, aren’t you?”
A small grin tugged at the corners of his mouth.
“Where are we going?”I asked.
“To get dinner and confer with Felix about expectations before the meeting.”
I nodded, glanced out the window, and felt my stomach tighten when I realized we were headed in the same direction as Seventeen Twenty-One.
“Konni, I was serious.You can’t be there.”
“I won’t be.We’ll have dinner in my private room, talk to Felix, and then the two of you will leave while I stay nearby.No one will ever know I was there.”
