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Thankfully, his current position required a fair amount of travel, but little office time. He could do his work from just about anywhere. Nothing said he had to stay in New York City. True, he had an office at the headquarters for Sherbrooke Enterprises, but he only stopped in a few times a month. He could just as easily get an office in Trent’s office building. And it wasn’t like he had a real apartment in the city. For the past several years, he’d leased a place at The Embassy Suites. He’d picked it because it was convenient and allowed him to maintain a carefree lifestyle. If he moved back to Rhode Island and set up an office there, he would be closer to Kiera when he wasn’t traveling.
Moving back to Rhode Island needed more consideration. But, damn, if it didn’t sound like an excellent idea.
Gray drove his rental car toward his hotel. Before he reached the highway, he changed his mind and headed toward the airport instead. He didn’t want to spend any more time than he had to in California.
***
Kiera expected her friends at twelve-thirty. They arrived at quarter past.
“What smells so good?” Stephanie walked into the apartment.
“Who cares? I want details. All the details.” Joanna closed the door.
“I was trying to be polite. You should try it sometime.”
“Oh, please. You want to know everything just as much as I do. It was all you talked about the whole way here.”
Kiera could only shake her head. Her two friends fought like an old married couple sometimes.
Stephanie hung her jacket on the back of chair. “It smells great in here.”
“Don’t tell Chef Andrien because I’d never hear the end of it, but I was working on a new Bolognese sauce recipe this morning. I thought we’d have it for lunch.”
Stephanie walked to the stove and lifted the lid of the pot. “I love when you experiment.”
“Okay, now sit and let’s get down to business.” Joanna pulled out a chair and pointed to it. “To start, tell us the how and when. We’ll proceed from there.”
Kiera sat. “We had lunch after Trent’s wedding, and few days later, he showed up here.”
“You were seeing him the day we went to the movies and you didn’t tell us?” Stephanie looked about to cry as she joined them at the table.
“No. That day he actually canceled plans with me. Honestly, I didn’t expect to see him again after that.”
“This is getting good. You know what we need? Wine.”
“Joanna, it’s not even one o’clock yet,” Stephanie said.
“So what? If it makes more sense, we can eat lunch, and drink the wine while we enjoy all the details.”
“Check the wine rack. I’ll boil some pasta.”
“And please continue your story,” Stephanie said.
Kiera walked to the counter. “Later that week, out of the blue, Gray showed up at Mon Soleil.” She filled a large pot with water.
“He just showed up? He didn’t call or anything?” Stephanie asked.
“Kiera when did you start buying such expensive wine?” Joanna held up one of the bottles Gray had bought.
Kiera grabbed three wine glasses from the cupboard. “I didn’t; Gray did. I cooked my dad dinner for his birthday and Gray took care of the wine.”
“Dinner with your parents already? This is serious. John didn’t have dinner with my parents until Thanksgiving, and we’d started seeing each other last April.” Joanna went in search of a bottle opener.
“If you don’t stop interrupting me, I’ll never finish telling you everything.”
“We won’t say another word. Promise. Right, Joanna?” Stephanie asked.
Kiera would believe that when it happened.
