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He inhaled sharply and stepped back, dropping his hand. “Okay, well, I gotta go.” He turned toward the door. “Hey, is there any way that you might be able to drop him off at the office around five? I know that’s asking a lot, but I have someplace I need to be after, and I was hoping I wouldn’t have to come all the way over here to get him first.”
“That shouldn’t be a problem, except I don’t have a base to his car seat.”
He pointed to the table. “That’s what’s in the other bag. I brought my extra one. Had to buy one for the nanny.”
“Oh,” I pursed my lips then forced myself to smile again, “then that should be good. I’ll bring him by around five.”
“See you then, Davina.” He glanced at Devon and then smiled at me slowly.
The minute the door closed, I was all over Devon. “Come here, big guy. Oh, I missed you so much.” I kissed him all over his face as he cooed and grabbed at my wild hair tickling his face.
I loved my time with Devon, and we lay on the floor and played. I fed him his bottles, put him down for his naps, and changed him regularly. As the day wore on, I dreaded having to give him back. Especially when I now knew there was a nanny who would be taking over the babysitting duties.
A little after four, I got Devon ready to go and messed around with the car seat base for ten minutes before I felt it was tight enough to be safe. We drove into town, and I parked in the lot behind the building. After getting Devon out, I unhitched the base again. Why were things so much harder to put together than they were to take apart? I mean really!
I carried his car seat and the other two bags toward the building. Man, I needed to get to the gym. I was seriously out of shape hauling all this crap around.
I went up to the fourth floor and stepped in to be greeted by a wide smile from the receptionist. “Davina, right?”
I nodded, happy that she remembered me.
“Trev mentioned that you were stopping in today with Devon,” she replied. “I’ll let him know you’re here. I think he is in with Jake.”
“Okay.” I set the bags down on the chair, and a moment later, Trevor hustled into the area.
“Hey, you’re a bit early.”
“Sorry, I wasn’t sure how long it would take.”
“Come on; I’ll take you back to my workstation. Can you hang out here a few minutes while I finish up?”
“Yeah, sure.” He took Devon’s seat from me, and I grabbed the two bags. As we walked between the rows of cubicles, he put his hand to my lower back.
“How was he today?”
“He was great. We had a very nice day.”
Trevor smiled down at me, and it made my heart thud a little harder. “I’m glad to hear that. This is my desk. If you can hang out here for a few minutes, I’ll be right back. I want to ask you something, so don’t disappear, okay?”
I chuckled as my brow hiked. He wanted to ask me something? Now, what could that be? “I’ll be right here.”
He winked and then hustled back down the hallway. I removed Devon from his carrier as he began to fuss and heard a child scream near the door.
A woman stood at the reception desk, trying to talk to the woman behind it as a child threw a hissy fit in the stroller beside her. “Don’t you ever be like that, you hear me,” I said to Devon as I bounced him against my chest.
The receptionist stood, lifting the phone to her ear as she glanced my way. I was too far away to hear what she was saying, even though this was an open area. A moment later, Trevor appeared.
The woman threw herself into Trevor’s arms, sobbing slightly as she said, “I finally found you! I’ve been looking everywhere for you, Trevor.”
He pushed the woman back from him as I tried to pick my jaw up off the floor.
“I need to speak with you.” She rushed on before the kid began to cry again. I saw Trevor glance toward Alice, and she slowly sat down. I quickly jerked back behind his cubby wall as he started to turn his face toward me.
My heart was hammering in my chest, my hands beginning to sweat. Jesus, how many freaking kids did this man have that he didn’t know about?
I heard the cries of the kid lessen as a door closed. The memory of him taking me into the conference room in a similar fashion was all too familiar. What was I thinking? Nope, I couldn’t do this. I kissed Devon’s forehead and then secured him in his seat.
Quickly, I walked down the walkway with Devon and paused beside the reception desk. “I’m sorry, I know that Mr. Vaughn asked me to wait, but I just remembered that I have an appointment that I need to get to. Would you mind watching Devon?”
