Page 29 of Miss Trust

I turned my chair around to a view of the Vegas Strip. Regret settled in my chest over not being able to be there with her.

“Here I threw a fit about not working, and now I won’t be able to.”

I could hear her voice thickening. “Do you think this is an ‘I told you so’ moment for me?”

“It could be.”

“How about I save it for another time?”

Her chuckle was music to my ears. “I’m making a big taco dinner tonight if you’re interested in joining us. It’s Penny’s favorite.”

“I’m in Vegas.” Damn, was that disappointment in my voice?

“Of course. I’ll let you go.”

“No, I didn’t mean I had to go.” I could sense Tory’s vulnerability. Frankly, this conversation was the best we’d had since I’d met her. “How did you feel about the doctor? The treatment plan?”

She let out a long breath. “Good. I guess. I was much less overwhelmed this time around than I was the first time.”

“Glad to hear it.” I was about to ask her more questions when I was interrupted.

“Hi, baby, why didn’t you tell me you were back in Vegas?”

I spun around to see Maria Malone standing in my office. What the hell was she doing here? She was the building manager, and although we’d had a weekend together a couple months back, evidently she thought we’d pick up whenever I was in town. This was why I preferred one-night stands.

“I’ll let you go,” Tory said on the phone.

Shit. “Wait, I—” I didn’t get to finish because she’d ended the call.

I sighed in frustration and eyed the leggy brunette in front of me. My cock didn’t even react to the sight. I blamed the non-response on my annoyance with her interruption, not to mention her presumption I’d seek her out any time I was in Vegas. I’d have to inform my staff not to let her up unannounced again. “I was on a call.”

She smiled, undeterred with my tone. “And now you’re not.”

“I’m busy, Maria.”

She pouted, the action not at all appealing. “Multitask. I’ll suck your dick while you work.”

I didn’t have sex with women in my office. In this space, I concentrated on business. It might be a quirk, but my office and my personal homes were always off-limits. There were plenty of other places to fuck. “Not interested. Feel free to see yourself out like you saw yourself in.”

Her eyes went wide. “You can’t be serious.”

My gaze had already returned to my computer screen. “I was crystal clear about our weekend being a one-time thing.” I might have been an asshole, but I always spelled out expectations beforehand.

“You said you don’t do relationship, fine, but we could see each other when you’re in town.”

Sounded like a commitment to me when I had no desire for burdens on my time. “That was your interpretation. Mine is not wanting anything more.”

Luckily, Maria had enough pride to leave, although she did so with a huff. I told myself I’d turned her down because I didn’t want her to become clingy. It didn’t have anything to do with a certain blonde on my mind.

Yet I was already dialing the phone. “Carmen. How do you feel about coming to Vegas for the weekend to manage the club?”