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“I think Violet explained to you that the building locks up at two in the morning?”
“Is it that late?” I dug my phone out of my bag. “1:51? How?”
“Let’s get you to your car.”
“Yes. That sounds like a great idea.” We rushed for the elevator. It opened right away, and we stepped into the glass box. This high up, the steel girders and floor levels showed, but as we got past the fourth floor, the world opened up.
The lobby was much darker, but a few wall sconces were still lit, giving the room a soft glow. Blake’s scent was more on the citrus side than spice tonight and made my head swim. I played with the strap of my purse and unhooked my sweater, draping it over my arm. I slid my thumb over the buckle of my strap, then I reached to the other side. “Oh, no.”
“What?”
I looked up at him. One dark brow was raised in question. No, Grace, no looking at him. I dug into my bag. “Keys.”
“Please tell me you have your keys.”
My purse wasn’t that big, and I searched the bottom thoroughly. “Desk,” I said sadly. “I was locking my drawer when that stupid beeping started—and you came out…” I tipped back my head. “Fuck.”
“So, I’m to blame?”
“Yes,” I hissed. “Yes, you are to blame for all of this.”
“I see.”
I balled my hands into fists. If only he knew how much he was to blame.
He looked at his watch. “If we hurry, we should be able to get your keys and still get out.” He slapped the executive floor button as soon as the doors started to open. He tapped the close button a few times and finally, we were moving again.
“So how locked in are we talking here? I mean, you own the building, right? There’s an override or something? Just talk to the security people and say sorry?”
“No. If we don’t get out of the building, then we’re sleeping here.”
“Who came up with that?”
“Me.”
I bit my tongue at the finality in his tone. It was a stupid idea. There should always be a failsafe just in case. It seemed…asinine.
No, it was asinine. He was such a control freak in all ways, but this was where he didn’t have a safeguard?
As soon as the doors opened, I shot out and across the office. Had it always been this big? Sure enough, the keys were splayed out on the end of my desk. I grabbed them and raced back to the elevator. In my rush, my sweater fell.
“Hurry, Ms. Copeland.”
I scooped it up and skidded through the doors as they started to close. I jingled my keys as the numbers slowly went down.
“It’s not a huge deal. I’ve slept in my office before.”
“Well, awesome for you. I don’t have a real office to sleep in. And as comfortable as those chairs are in the reception area, I don’t want to give them an all-night test run.”
He glanced at his wrist. “You might have to.”
“We can make it.” I tapped my finger against my strap. “We have two minutes.”
I slapped the doors to the elevator as we slowed. Third floor, second…open. “Open!” I finally said out loud and squeezed through the doors as they finally slid apart. “Stupid huge lobby.”
“We should just stay. We’re going to get stuck down here. You can sleep in my office.”
I reached back and grasped a handful of his suit jacket and dragged him after me. “I have been in this building way too long. There’s no way I’m sleeping here too.”
