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She did not say anything as they came to a stop in front of the surprisingly old-fashioned building.
“It’s not new.”
“No.” He got out before the driver did and helped her out. “It’s been in the family for ages.” He inclined his head to the man seated on the hood of his car.
“We have company.”
“Let’s get this over and done with.” A dazzling smile touched her lips as she practically flew into the man’s arms. Ignoring the twinge of something unfamiliar, he strolled over to the couple, his hands inside his pockets.
“This is Corey.” She still had his hand in hers and they looked like a unit, something that was somehow pissing him off.
“No need for introduction.” The man told him with a grim smile. “You are all over the damn city.”
“That I am.” He extended a hand in greeting which was the last thing he wanted to do.
They were both eyeing each other like boxers in a ring. “A pleasure.”
“Likewise,” Corey told him curtly. “Give us a minute, will you?”
“Listen—"
“I need to talk to him.” The pleading look she gave him did the trick. Dragging his eyes from her, he gave the man a terse nod before instructing the security and the driver to cart in the luggage.
“How are you?” Corey asked, leading the way to a black wrought iron bench partially hidden beneath the leaves of a palm tree. The weather was a bit nippy but not uncomfortable.
“Okay, considering. You pissed him off.”
“That’s low on my list of concerns.” His dark brown eyes studied her face. “You don’t look worse for wear. Getting along with the playboy?”
She shot him a glance as she stretched her legs out. “We are trying. James said I have to stay home for a week to keep up the pretense of this damn marriage. It would not look good for me to go running back to the office after just a week of supposed wedded bliss.”
“And now you will be with him, here.” He gestured to the imposing building and the large space. “Not bad.”
“It will be a prison.”
“A prison should be this elegant. Did the jerk call you?”
She grimaced at that. The entire thing with Jaylen had shoved him to the furthest part of her mind. “Yes.”
“And?”
“He accused me of cheating on him.”
“The damn nerve. Is he threatening to go public? You were just recently seeing him.”
“James is taking care of it.” She rubbed her hands over her arms, not only to ward off the chill. “I keep asking myself how on earth I find myself in this mess.”
“You never had a head for strong drinks.”
“That’s putting it mildly. He is not that bad.”
“Really?”
She nodded with a faint smile. “He makes me laugh.”
“So he is a comedian.”
She shot him a look. “It’s not on him that we are in this situation and he is dealing.”
