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For a moment, I thought he would wrap an arm around me and hold me there.
But he didn’t. He got to his feet instead, not looking at me. He found his pants, tugged them on, and then tossed my clothes in my direction.
“We should figure out where we’re going to sleep tonight,” he said, his face still turned away from me. “I’ll go look around. Get dressed.”
He had gone from hot to cold so fast that I had whiplash. My face burned as I got dressed.
I knew I should never have let myself believe Brian Grant gave a damn about me.
But I also knew I would hold to the agreement he’d had me make.
There was no point in trying to keep things professional. Not anymore. If he came for me again, I would be his.
Chapter ten
BRIAN
Myofficewastoosmall to sleep in. There wasn’t enough floor space to stretch out. But some of the conference rooms and meeting rooms had couches, and those would do.
I found some camping gear in one of the supply closets, including a couple of sleeping bags. We used this stuff for field exercises, but it would also work for the overnight on the office furniture we were facing. I wasn’t going to make Alison sleep without any bedding. I was trained for roughing it, but she wasn’t.
I found her in the break room, kicking the vending machine. “What are you doing?”
“I want a candy bar.”“And?”
“And I’m trying to make one drop,” she gritted her teeth in frustration.
“You can’t steal from the military just because the power is off.”
“Oh, please.” She rolled her eyes. “Steal from the military.You and I both know a third party owns this vending machine. And besides, I’ll put the fifty cents in tomorrow when it’s accepting money. I want a damn candy bar.”
“Move,” I told her.
She didn’t look like she was going to, so I shouldered her out of the way and pulled the vending machine away from the wall, tipping it toward me. Then I let it go. It rocked back into place and hit the ground hard, dislodging two candy bars, a pack of gum, and a bag of chips.
“People die doing that, you know,” she muttered, bending down to fish out the treats.
“Or you could try,thank you.”
She didn’t try it, but she did hold out one of the candy bars to me. “I don’t like this kind. Do you want it?”
I reached over the candy and took the bag of chips instead. “I have some overnight stuff,” I said. “I’ll set you up in the conference room if you want.”
She followed me back into the main office, where the sleeping bags waited for us. I picked one up and handed it to her. “These are designed for cold weather so that it might be a little too warm,” I said. “I’d recommend unzipping it all the way and using it as a blanket rather than trying to sleep inside it.”
“Yeah, okay.” She hesitated. “Thank you.”
“I’ll be in the library.” I pointed it out. “In case you need anything.”“I don’t need anything.”
“Great. See you in the morning, then. Hopefully, the power will be back on by then.”
“Brian?”
“Yeah?”
“Will someone be here tomorrow? Opening the door?”
I sighed. “I mean, it’s Sunday, so the odds aren’t in our favor. If the power doesn’t come back, I’d say we’re not getting out until Monday morning, when people start showing up for work.”
