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“I am not!” I protest in indignation.
“You are!” She glares at me. “Just yesterday, you told me to get you a caramel latte and then you made me run back because you forgot you hated caramel latte.”
I shift my gaze away, guiltily. “Well, I do hate caramel latte.”
“Jace!”
“Fine.” I laugh. “I was waiting for you to say no. But you still went and it was pretty funny when you got mad and threatened to dump it on my head.”
“I didn’t say that out loud!” Halley looks horrified.
I nod, gravely. “You did. I was hurt. But I got over it because I’m a big boy.”
Her lips twitch. “You’re still a dick.”
“Sometimes.” I shrug. “But I do far more for you than I do for anyone.”
“Because I’m your intern?”
I tuck my tongue in my cheek. “That and maybe I like you a little bit.”
She falls silent and then nudges me, her voice small. “Did you like the kiss?”
The question was so innocent and so her that I nod. “A little too much.”
“So, we’re going to forget about it?”
I wonder if I can ever forget the way her small body pressed against mine, fitting so perfectly.
When I don’t answer, she looks up at me, frowning. “Well?”
“It’s up to you, Halley.” I would love nothing more than to strip you here and now and put my mouth all over your body.
“Up to me?” she asks in confusion. “What if I don’t want to forget it? Would that mean you’ll kiss me again?”
“You kissed me,” I remind her, sadistically.
She flushes. “Jace!”
I have to swallow my chuckle, and I turn serious. “Look, Halley, I’ll be honest. I don’t do relationships. I don’t have the time for them. So, maybe—”
“Why not?”
I blink at this. “Why not, what?”
“Why don’t you have the time for them?”
I frown, a little disgruntled. “I have a career to build. It doesn’t leave me enough time to run after a woman.”
She stares at me like I’m stupid. “So, what, your twenty-year plan is to grow old in your job and then marry some grandma?”
“W-what? No!”
She shrugs. “Sure sounds like it.”
I splutter. “I’m going to get married soon!”
“Oh, yeah?” Halley looks smug. “To what exactly? I thought you didn’t have time to date.”
