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I gave him a look I hoped properly conveyed are you fucking kidding me? I was considering tossing a cot in the corner, so I didn’t have to waste time commuting. Going out to lunch was a luxury I couldn’t afford.
He gave me a dry half-smile. “I’ll bring you some General Tsao’s?”
“That would be amazing.” I’d made him grovel for what he did to Sadie, but she’d forgiven him and so did I. Which was good, because I hated being mad at him.
He squeezed my arm. “See you in a few hours. You’ve got this.”
What would it be like, to have as much faith in our ability to deliver as Chase and Luke seemed to?
He left, and I dove back into work. I shut out the rest of the world and focused on code. We’d moved past the fingers flying over keys stage, and were in the stare at the screen and see why things were breaking point.
A knock on my door startled me. I looked up, to see Chase holding a bag from our favorite Chinese place.
“Sorry I’m late.” He crossed the room to hand me the food.
I glanced at my clock. Almost one-thirty. Talk about losing track of time. My stomach grumbled at the scent of food. “I didn’t notice, so no worries” I took the bag, resisting the urge to tear into it and eat like an animal. I shouldn’t have skipped breakfast. “You’re the best. Thank you.”
“Anytime. Really. You want dinner, too?”
“We’re having pizza brought in.” Luke’s comment made me jump for the second time in as many minutes. He stepped into my office. “I need to talk to you for a minute.”
I swore I could smell his cologne from here. I couldn’t really, but my brain was bent on convincing me otherwise. My thoughts ran rampant with memories, and my skin heated everywhere he’d touched last night.
I wasn’t ready for one-on-one time in a closed space. Not yet. How were we supposed to pretend nothing had happened?
