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Rena thought about it for a moment before she nodded.
“I think we can try,” she said. “I’d like that.”
I let out a breath I hadn’t known I’d been holding. We were together, but I hadn’t officially asked her yet. She would stay here, but she hadn’t moved in yet. Everything was still uncertain. But I did know how I felt about her, and I was sure she felt the same. We were having a baby together. In a life of uncertainties, there were two things I could rely on as fact.
And it was a great first step.
Chapter 29
Rena
On Saturday I was meeting Zoe again, this time without Morgan, and I was nervous. I had no idea what to expect. I knew Zoe now after spending time together during our first meeting, but she was still a stranger to me rather than a sister. I was as nervous as I was the first time, and I thought again about turning back and ignoring the whole thing.
This time, Brent was with me. I was in the car he had ordered for us, so turning around wasn’t an option. Which was probably a good thing. With Brent at my side, I felt like perhaps I could deal with it.
When I had seen Zoe last, I told her that I didn’t see things working out with Brent. So much had changed in the last week.
It was a little strained between me and Brent. We hadn’t fought again since our fallout in the office, but he wasn’t happy about me wanting to find a new job. When this whole thing had started, I thought it would be perfectly fine for us to still work together in the same office. I had banked on that, in fact. I couldn’t very well have an affair with my boss if he wasn’t my boss.
Since then, my thoughts had changed. If we were going to do this long-term, we had to be equals, and as long as we were equals, I couldn’t work for him. It would be better if I worked somewhere else.
Brent had refused my resignation. It was a touchy topic between us, and I tried to avoid it if I could so we wouldn’t fight again. I didn’t have what it took to have more fights the way we’d already had.
“It’s going to be all right,” Brent said, putting his hand on mine where I twisted my fingers together. “You’ve already met her, and this time I’m here.”
He was right. He had been such a pillar of strength regarding meeting Morgan and Zoe. He had been there for me when I needed him, but he allowed me to make my own choices. We would get to a point where he supported me in the same way about wanting to work somewhere else.
The car pulled up in front of the restaurant where we had agreed to meet for lunch. We were early; Zoe hadn’t arrived yet. We found a table and sat down. I ordered a glass of water while we waited.
“When are you coming back to work with me?” Brent asked after the water had been brought to the table.
I sighed. “We talked about this. I’m not coming back to work. I want to work somewhere else.”
“That’s not necessary and you know it. It’s just work. It won’t affect us.”
“You can’t say that,” I said, keeping my eye on the door for Zoe. “It affected our relationship from the start. It was because of our working relationship being what it was that it all started in the first place.”
Brent grinned. “If I remember correctly, it’s because you were trying to seduce me.”
“If I hadn’t been your secretary, you wouldn’t have looked at me twice.”
“Don’t be so sure,” Brent said. “But I’m glad you did.”
I blushed.
“I’m still not coming back to work,” I said.
The warmth that had grown between us faded away again, and Brent looked irritated.
During the past week, we had been spending time at each other’s places, alternating between my apartment and his mansion. As much as I loved having him in my space, I had to admit that his place was more suitable for a family. I would have space to raise the baby, to have everything I needed set up, and to give my child the life he or she deserved. But I wasn’t sure if I was ready to move in with Brent yet. It had all happened so fast. I knew that I cared a lot for Brent. I could admit that I was in love with him.
He hadn’t admitted his feelings for me in so many words, but I had a feeling he would. I could wait for that. As I had said to him, we had about nine months to figure out how we were going to do it. Until then, we would alternate between our places, figure out what the hell to do about work, and see how things worked between us. We could do nothing but give it time.
