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“I’m not familiar.”
“He just started doing patio pieces. I’ll send you his information.”
“Thanks. As I was saying. If you want, I can include a romantic lounge area for you and your husband.”
“That won’t be necessary.” Cori quickly covered her mouth.“I’m sorry. That came out wrong. I need to make sure the entertaining area is done first.”
“Okay. I’ll work on some drawings.”
“Good.”
She watched as he put his jacket on and his shirt slipped out of his pants revealing his stomach. She could see the lower half of a six pack. He straightened his jacket, tucking his shirt inside his pants and Cori had to grab the chair to keep from falling down. She desperately wanted to tuck his shirt inside his pants.
“Will you call me or...”
“I’ll call your husband day after tomorrow and...”
“Dexter will probably forget to tell me, so why don’t you just call me.”
“Okay, what’s the number?”
She walked inside to her desk and he followed her. She picked up a card and handed it to him.
“Corianne Abernathy.” He turned the card over and all of her contact information was there. “Nice. Corianne Abernathy. And what do you do?” He smiled.
“I oversee Dexter Abernathy’s life,” she joked. “I’m a housewife, but I have a degree in business administration. My husband and I...what am I doing, you don’t want to hear this.” She tucked her hair behind her ear.
“Yes, I do. I want to know how you went from a promising career in the business world to...”
“Promising career,” she laughed. “I don’t know about that.”
“A career not given an opportunity to blossom is unfortunate.”
“Well, I wanted or we wanted to start a family and my husband the doctor, thought it would be better if I were a lady of leisure.”
“Oh, I didn’t know you had children.”
“We don’t.”
“I’m sorry.”
She folded her arms in front of her. That was a sore spot for Cori. She and Dexter had been trying to get pregnant, until they stopped having sex. His not wanting sex meant he also didn’t want children.
“Don’t be. I’ve been thinking about putting that degree to use.”
“You should.” He leaned against the counter. “What would you like to do?”
She hadn’t given it any thought, and Dexter never asked her what she wanted to do. She always followed his lead. “I don’t know. I mean I have the degree, but I don’t think I want to work in the corporate world. Are you sure you want to hear this?”
He placed his bag on the counter and sat down on a stool. “Tell me, Cori Abernathy, wh
at would you like to do with the rest of your life?”
She walked around the counter, poured two cups of coffee and placed one in front of him along with the plate of cookies. He picked up a cookie and took a bite.
“I used to think...”
“These are good.”
