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Which was why she was coming here for lunch and then they made plans to have dinner at his place later tonight.
Both of them had been beating around the bush until she cracked a joke about it being three weeks and he said something back and somehow they both got to this point.
Worked for him, no matter how it came about.
They’d gone back and forth on where to meet. At Fierce Engineering where there would be a lot of eyes on them or here where it’d only be his father.
Since the Fierces and his father changed their tactic, he and Chloe had been even more private about their conversations. When they were together they made it more professional and almost aloof.
They’d both witnessed the Fierces frowning when they’d seen it and then he and Chloe would have a great laugh over it later that night texting. You know...like friends would do.
“Royce,” he heard over his phone. “Chloe Grey is here from Fierce Engineering. Do you want me to send her to the conference room or your office?”
“Direct her to my office,” he said to the secretary. Might as well let her see where he worked since he’d seen her office.
He looked up when he heard her voice and saw her turn the corner and walk in. She was smirking at him and he desperately wanted to pull her into his arms and crush his mouth to hers.
Since when had he ever felt a need this great?
“I’m glad you could take the time out of your schedule to meet here.”
“Not a problem,” she said primly. “We need to get this done and it’s better to do it this way rather than going back and forth over emails and calls. It seems this client is going to be a little difficult?”
He smiled. “That is Elise’s feeling too. They’ve got their office manager picking out colors and flooring and finishes and she can’t make up her mind. But for you, you don’t need to worry too much about that.”
“No,” she said. “As long as they don’t change their mind on the layout.”
“Yes,” he said. “That would be your problem then.”
“It’s not a problem if they do change it,” she said. “They are a paying client.”
“That’s right, Royce,” his father said, coming into his office. “You should listen to Chloe on this. The client is always right.”
“Not always,” he grumbled.
“It’s nice to see you again, Chloe,” his father said. “Grant told me you were going to spend some time here with Royce to get this going during lunch.”
“I am,” she said. “I’ve been busy and we need to make time for this so it was best to do it in person rather than the constant back and forth of emails.”
“I tell Royce all the time it’s better to meet in person, but he isn’t one for doing that. I’m glad this worked out and hope it’s not out of your way.”
“No,” she said. “I don’t live that far from here so I’ll just go home and finish up work from there when we are done.”
“Hopefully my son isn’t too difficult and can get you out of here at a decent time to start your weekend.”
“That would be great,” she said.
“Oh,” Royce said. “Do you have plans?”
He figured it was too good to resist this. “I do actually. I’m going to dinner with someone tonight.”
His father’s smile fell. “A female friend?” his father asked.
“Dad, that is none of your business,” he said.
“No,” she said. “And if you don’t mind, maybe we can get started.”
“Sure,” Royce said and got up with his computer and moved past his father to show Chloe to the conference room.
