“Clearly.” His hand slipped beneath the hoodie and t-shirt I was still wearing, so his palm could rest on my bare hip. The touch was definitely too scandalous for our office building, but I tried not to worry what the humans might be thinking about us.
It obviously didn’t matter to Maverick, and I wanted that kind of power too.
The barista handed my drinks over, and we headed toward the elevator with both in my hands.
I took a long swig of the caramel one first.
Followed by the mocha.
And back to the caramel.
Bliss. Pure bliss.
I definitely couldn’t have picked just one.
“You will now be required to buy me two lattes every time you want something from me,” I informed him, as we reached the elevator.
“I can manage that.”
Everyone else who joined us in the elevator stayed a solid arm’s length away from us.
Tense silence filled the ride.
I drank my coffee flavored milk and sugar, pointedly avoiding looking at anything other than the cups I was holding.
It wasn’t as uncomfortable for me as it would’ve been two weeks earlier. Or even one week earlier.
People slowly filtered out of the elevator as it stopped.
And stopped.
And stopped.
When we finally got out on Darkwood Investments’ floor, relief relaxed my shoulders.
I still didn’tlovebeing on the receiving end of the humans’ discomfort and judgment.
I noticed Maverick studying me, and eased his hand off of my hip. “I’m going to check in with my team. Good luck with detective-ing, fiancé.”
“Someone should add that to the dictionary,” Maverick said, his grin impossible to miss. “I believe you owe me a kiss for the coffee.”
“I said I could kiss you. Not that I would.”
His grin widened.
I went up on my tiptoes and pressed the world’s fastest kiss to his lips anyway before stepping back.
“Thanks for the caffeine.” I held up both cups.
“Any time.”His grin was officially the largest I’d ever seen on his face.
Finally, I made my escape.
CHAPTER TWENTY
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After I checkedin with my team, which was doing fine, Harper met me in the office for a quick little debrief.A cute, cozy rug had appeared beneath my desk chairs while I was gone, stretching across most of the office.
