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“We both need to get to work,” Silas murmured, his voice low and tempting.
“Work. Right.” How had he made me forget the most important thing in my life? I felt a little shaky as he put my bag in the backseat, and I slid into the front.
“Don’t be a stranger this week,” he said, his hand on the doorframe.
“I’m working with John and Emma.”
He smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Right.”
“I’d better go. I have a long drive.” It was more of a reason why we weren’t a good idea. We lived too far away from each other. This would never work long-term.
“Have a good day.”
“You too,” I said evenly as my heart thumped its own rhythm inside my chest.
He shut the door and stepped back, his hands in his pockets as I backed up and drove away. I felt like I was leaving more than memories in that lot. I felt a little torn. As if it was possible to stay with Silas when I had a business to run. As if he could take a break when he had the same responsibilities.
Silas was fun while it lasted. We had a good time, and he showed me how a man could be in the bedroom. He’d raised my expectations for what a relationship could be.
But he and I weren’t in the right time or location in our lives to pursue anything other than what we’d already shared. One great day, a few amazing nights, and that was our story.
I told myself the same thing as I drove home, and when I arrived, I almost believed it. I quickly changed, throwing my clothes into the hamper and grabbing a coffee before heading to the office with my now-cold breakfast.
I heated it up in the office kitchen and took the plate to my office. Silas had ordered eggs, waffles, fruit, and potatoes, and it smelled heavenly.
When I walked by, Harper came out of her office and followed me into mine. “Where have you been?”
“I worked with that couple yesterday at Chesapeake Resort.” I refrained from saying Silas’s resort, but just barely. “We worked late, and I used the suite Silas reserved for me."
Harper’s eyes narrowed on me as I sat at the desk and picked up my fork. “You met with the couple on Saturday.”
How had I made that slip? “We had more to work on, so I stayed Sunday.”
Harper raised her brow. “Gia Giovanni, are you lying to me? How stupid do you think I am?”
I threw my hands up in the air. “I don’t want to talk about it. Can you just let it go?”
She shook her head as she plopped into the chair across from my desk. “Nope.”
“You kept your relationship with my brother a secret for weeks,” I exclaimed.
She shook her head again. “You are not using that against me. Silas isn’t my brother.”
“How do you know I spent the day with Silas?” I asked, trying to bide myself time to think.
“Where else would you be? Am I right? You spent the weekend with Silas Sharpe—your archenemy, the bane of your existence.”
I gave her a look. “That’s a little over the top.”
She dropped her chin. “Yet completely in character for you.”
I thought about what I should say for a few seconds. “I’ll admit I’ve been a little harsh over the years when it came to him.”
“A little?” Harper’s voice was raised.
“Okay. A lot. I may have misjudged him. Slightly. I slightly misjudged him.”
Harper snorted. “You hated him, and you told us we had to hate him too.”
