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“I’m not interested in him,” she said. “He’s just young and goofing off.”
“Are you sure that is what it is?” he asked, relieved she didn’t have her eye on Zeke. Not that he’d have much say if she did.
“Yes. He hasn’t asked me out or anything and I don’t think he will. There have been a few times he’s made comments about women, not mean or anything like that, but I’ve said something to him.”
He frowned. “Like what?”
“I don’t want to get anyone in trouble. It’s not mean. Just that he likes women to work to be with him. Like he wants to know they are all in.”
“So he’s got a big head and is cocky?”
“Yes.”
“What did you say back?”
“I said what if a woman likes that from a man?”
Oh shit no, he thought to himself. “Do you like that?”
“No,” she said. “I don’t think one person should put more work into a relationship than another. I just wanted to see his response.”
“And?” he asked. “What was it?”
“That she wouldn’t be for him. I think I’ve given off the impression I’m like that.”
Which told him that she wouldn’t want to be put on the spot to say no. That made it worse for him because he’d like to get to know her more, but being her boss, there was no way he could ask now.
“But you’re not like that?” he asked.
“No. When I like someone they know.”
“How is that?” he asked.
They were by his SUV now and she was still eating her snack. Her eyes moved over his arms slowly with a soft smile on her face. He was wearing a T-shirt and the bottom half of his chef uniform. He would go home and shower and change before he went into Duke’s. He had his chef’s coat over his arm and would get that cleaned too.
“I don’t always speak the words but maybe show the actions.”
“Like in your gaze?” he asked. Her eyes snapped back up to his and her face got red. He smirked at it. “It’s fine. Maybe I do the same thing.”
He was just looking at her face though. Moving his eyes over her body wouldn’t be wise while they were working. No reason to put any pressure on her and he wouldn’t with anyone that worked for him.
“Guess we have that in common then,” she said.
He had no idea how they were going to get from here to somewhere else at this stage, but he wanted to get to the next step.
“I need to go home and clean up and get to Duke’s for the night. Remember how I told you to take a stand before?”
“Yes,” she said.
“If you see something you like and want to find out more, sometimes due to the circumstances, you might have to be the one to make that move.”
They were staring at each other. He knew she was aware of what he was saying. “Understood. I’m not used to doing that or even know how to go about it.”
“You’re off Tuesday, right?”
“Yes,” she said.
“I don’t go into Duke’s until four. If you’ve got no plans, maybe we can go over some changes you said you wanted to make on the website?”
