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“Thank you,” she said, grinning. She was waiting for the catch. No way they were walking away. They were too sneaky for that.
“I know you are probably hearing that we thought you and Royce would make a good match.”
“I did hear that,” she said.
Grant looked a little sheepish. “Our bad. You know there is no science to this. He’s a great guy and with good values just like you. You work well together, but it’s clear as day that neither one of you is interested in the other. Not sure what we were thinking. It’d never work anyway.”
“No, it wouldn’t,” she said, holding back her laugh. Her smile was still in place. Did they really think she’d fall for this? No way she was going to look disappointed and give them something to push more.
“You don’t think so either?” Grant asked.
“Nope. He’s a nice guy and all, but coworkers is about all it’d be. I know you two mean well, but some things can’t work if the people don’t want them to.”
Grant sighed. “You’re right. We know that now. I’ll let you get back to work. If I get an update on Jonah I’ll let you know, but I’m sure you’ll talk to one of those girls later.”
“Thanks,” she said. “If I hear anything I’ll let you know too.”
The minute Grant was out of her office she got up and shut the door and started to laugh.
She wanted to call Royce and give him a heads up on how they seemed to be frustrating everyone but knew he’d be busy.
There was no reason she shouldn’t send him a text though.
She pulled her phone out.New tactic on the Fierce side. I’ll fill you in at some point.
There. That wasn’t so bad. It’s not like she said he had to reach out to her soon.
It wasn’t five minutes later her phone went off with Royce’s reply:Reverse psychology. I got it from my father too. Really? Do they think we are that naive?
She laughed even harder.Obviously, she typed back.
This is more fun than I thought it’d be. On more than one front.
Okay, now that got her heart racing again.The same, she replied and then put her phone down. It was best if they let it end now.
If it was best, then why was she disappointed when he didn’t reply back?
18
Their Agreement
It’d been almost three weeks since he’d spent a wonderful night and day with Chloe.
During that time they’d texted every few days. Some of it was work related, other times like friends would.
If he was feeling horny and wanting to spend time with her, he’d been almost afraid to ask or bring it up. Which was stupid since it was their agreement, yet for now he seemed to be playing it safe.
He wondered if she wasn’t as needy as him or could be doing the same thing.
But she was coming to his office today at lunch for them to sit down and hammer out some of the designs for the new tenants.
Elise and he had met with the owners two weeks ago and walked them through the property with Garrett and Grant. They heard what the new clients wanted and explained that they were finishing up an entire floor now and working on another one at the same time. They wouldn’t start this one until those two were done.
He was stretched thin as it was. Kennedy Construction wasn’t putting all their eggs in one basket because once this commercial building was filled their work would be maintenance only for years since most of the companies were signing at least five-year leases with options for five more.
That meant he couldn’t push off other business that built their company.
And with work being this crazy, he was telling himself he didn’t have time for Chloe either for more than sex. Then he felt guilty for having those thoughts.
