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“Yeah, it just won’t convert,” he repeated. “Maybe a new version needs to be installed.”
“Could be,” I agreed. “I’ve only been working here a week, so I’m not as familiar with the setup as I should be.”
“Well, maybe we can figure it out together,” he suggested, but there was something in the tone of his voice that had me calling myself an idiot again.
Conrad didnotneed help.
Trying to brush off the inuendo, I said, “If I can’t figure out a simple format conversion, then I don’t deserve to work here.”
Before he could say anything more, a shadow covered me, and I was always going to know Hunter’s cologne anywhere. He always smelled like sex, and for all I knew, maybe that was just him and not the damn cologne.
“Need any help?” he asked, his hand landing on my back because Jersey would fire him if he just whipped his dick out, then pissed all over me.
“Conrad’s report won’t convert to PDF,” I told him. “I’m just trying to help him figure it out.”
“Well, if you can’t figure it out, let me know,” Hunter replied smoothly. “I’ll see if I can help.”
I finally glanced up at him, and when he looked down at me, he was licking his bottom lip, and Idid notneed Hunter kicking Conrad’s ass for nothing. Conrad couldn’t have known that I had a boyfriend, even if it still felt weird to call Hunter that.
“I’m sure that I can figure it out,” I assured him. “Plus, it’ll help me get more acquainted with the computer setup. I’ve been doing mostly register work, so this will be good for me.”
“No problem, baby,” he said before kissing the top of my head, and I cursed how Jersey didn’t mind that kind of stuff.
Suddenly, the old Alexandria came out of hiding. “I thought you were mad at me?”
Hunter’s lips twitched. “I am,” he replied.
“Then why are you offering to help me?” I challenged, forgetting all about Conrad and his poor attempt at hitting on me.
“Because it’s my job to take care of youall the time, Alexandria,” Hunter replied. “In fact, it’s more important to take care of you when I’m mad at you than when I’m not.”
My brows furrowed. “How’s that?”
“To prove that you don’t only matter to me when things are good between us, Alexandria,” he said, and I could feel my heart hit my ribs painfully. “You mean everything to me, no matter if you’re wrapped up in my arms or if I’m so mad at you that I can’t stand to even look at you.”
“Hunter…” I sighed, wondering how he could be so damn perfect.
Ignoring me, he looked over at Conrad. “In case you’ve missed it, Alexandria belongs to me,” he told him. “So, while I have no problem with you asking for her help, do it with the understanding that she’s spoken for.”
Conrad threw his hands up in mock surrender. “I didn’t know, dude.”
“Well, now you do,” Hunter retorted.
It was complete silence as Hunter headed off to do whatever he’d been doing before he’d seen Conrad ask me for help. Had I not been lost in thought with my missed period, then I would have seen this coming in time to prevent the little dose of drama.
“Sorry,” Conrad finally muttered. “I didn’t know that you had a boyfriend.”
“Yeah, he’s…a bit much at times,” I sighed.
“He looked like he wanted to kick my ass,” Conrad snorted.
“He gets like that sometimes,” I admitted.
“Want some advice?”
I finally looked up at him. “On Hunter?” He nodded. “Sure.”
“Marry the guy already before he ends up in prison for killing someone,” he replied, and that had me barking out a laugh, despite how tense everything felt right now.
