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“Hmm?”
“Katie, look at me.”
I pushed her back, disconnecting our lips as her eyes fluttered open. Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips were swollen. She looked exotic, primed and ready for the taking. I took a few deep breaths before I dropped my hands to hers, cupping them around her soft fingers.
“Do you feel the same way?” I asked.
“You mean, do I love you, too?” Katie asked.
“Yeah. Do you? Do you feel the same way about me?”
Katie parted her lips, and I braced myself for anything that was coming. What I didn’t brace myself for was Dylan and Caleb crashing into the damn break room with lunch. What I didn’t brace for was Katie pulling her hands back away from mine as quickly as they had burst into the room.
What I didn’t brace for was the look the brothers were giving us before Katie stood up from her chair.
“I see you guys intercepted the pizza,” she said.
“Next time you wanna surprise us with lunch, use the damn company card I gave ya,” Caleb said.
“Language,” Dylan said. “Buying us lunch was very thoughtful of you, thank you.”
“Andrew joining us?” Katie asked.
“He’s filing away some things, then he’ll be here. Promise, doll,” Dylan said.
It was the way the two of them looked at each other. The way Katie smiled at his nickname for her. It was the way she went to hug Caleb, then lingered on Dylan a little too long.
She couldn’t love me the way I loved her.
Not if she could touch Dylan like that.
CHAPTER 19
/> ANDREW
With the admission Wyatt made to me in the stables, I knew I had to act quick. Caleb told me about the little talk him and Dylan interrupted over pizza a couple of days ago at lunch, and he seemed pretty convinced that Wyatt was about to ask Katie out. That meant I needed to get some alone time with her before he made his next move. Wyatt was a pussy when it came to that kinda stuff, so I knew I had a few days to try and put something together.
I saw Katie come by my office and head for our current in-house counsel’s office. She jangled her keys and unlocked the door, and I knew this was my chance. I stood up from my desk and smoothed my hands over my button-down shirt, then made my way next door to see what she was up to.
“Hey there, pretty lady,” I said with a grin.
“Morning,” she said.
“I thought ya didn’t work this mornin’?”
“I don’t, but there’s a lot of information I need to read over if I’m going to be effective in this position,” she said.
“Does Dylan know you’re in here. He’s gonna wanna pay you for your time,” I said.
“I’ll leave him a note.”
I stepped into Katie’s office and shut the door behind me. She was looking around for something, her cheeks red and her movements flustered. I walked over to her and put my hand on the small of her back, coaxing her to an upright position.
“You okay?” I asked.
“Just been a long morning already,” she said with a sigh.
“Wanna talk ‘bout it?” I asked.
