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“That sounds right,” I said, not willing to disclose my feelings.
“So, you don’t have any feelings for him?”
“We aren’t close,” I said, carefully skirting around the truth.
Harper stood and moved her tablet to the desk so she could pace. I was surprised there wasn’t a path worn on the wood floors from her doing that during our brainstorming sessions. “Of course, you’re not close. You won’t let him be.”
I frowned. “You have it all wrong. It’s purely a physical attraction, and maybe there’s some mutual respect there. But that’s it.”
She stopped moving. “Tell me what happened. I need to know everything.”
I let out a breath. “It was at Chris and Naomi’s wedding. The night you went home with Leo.”
Eleven
GIA
Harper’s face flushed. “Nothing happened between me and Leo that night.”
“I didn’t say it did. I’m not upset that you’re engaged to my brother. You’re going to be my sister. What better outcome could there be? Just don’t tell me any intimate details about you and my brother. Because that’s—” I shuddered.
“Got it. Now, tell me about Silas. I had a feeling something was going on, but I wanted to give you space.”
From her expression, I could tell she was preoccupied with Leo at the time, and I couldn’t blame her. “We hooked up.”
Harper sucked in a sharp breath. “I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am. I always had a feeling about you two. You burn hot when you’re together.”
“I can attest to that. But I left in the middle of the night. I didn’t want to face what we did.”
“Gia.” Harper sighed, her expression falling.
“I needed space.”
“Did he give it to you?”
“I didn’t see him again until the night that Leo proposed to you.” I didn’t mention that seeing my brother so in love with my best friend, him getting down on one knee in front of our family, pierced my heart. It made me want something that I had no business even considering. A future with someone by my side. Someone strong and fierce and steady. Someone like Silas.
In my fantasies, Silas wasn’t my enemy. He was the man who challenged me and supported me. He cared for and protected me.
“That night, he kissed me in the kitchen, but then he said I’d have to make the next move.”
Harper’s expression was hopeful, but then it fell. “You haven’t. You’re too scared.”
I bristled. “I’m not scared.”
“You’re afraid of being close to someone, of letting someone in. You think he’s going to hurt you.”
I couldn’t argue with her assessment because it was true.
Her shoulders lowered. “So that’s it? Nothing’s going to happen?”
“We’re working together now. We have to be professional.”
“I have a feeling he’s not concerned about any of that.”
“He’s confident he can keep business separate.”
“You think he wants something physical.”
