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“I love you too, Cal.”
She moved out of his arms and then reached for her jeans. When she stood up she burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her cheeks.
“What?” he asked. “Is there something on my face?”
“No,” she said. “Look at your glass doors.”
He turned and looked and realized he hadn’t been screwing Mia against the wall but the glass. Now there were two handprints and her butt cheeks showing from their bodies.
“Wow,” he said. “Good decorating look, don’t you think?”
“Most definitely. But it’s not staying.”
She moved to his kitchen, found the cleaner and came back to take care of it.
“You’re really good for me,” he said. “I guess I never realized that sometimes I don’t let loose as much as I should.”
“You’re good for me too. I rarely let loose so I’m glad we are doing it together.”
20
NOTHING TO REGRET
“To Mia,” Brian said when everyone had their drinks at the table.
“Come on now,” she said. “This is a Christmas party, not a work celebration.”
“Why can’t it be both?” Robin asked. “I hear congrats are in order.”
Mia smiled. It’d only taken a few weeks for them to get word that the car dealership had settled. They accepted the counter and Gabby was awarded two million dollars.
“Thanks,” she said. “I know we could have gotten more. Not being greedy or anything.”
“We could have in court,” Brian said. “But how much more is the question? It would have been more time and manpower on our end.”
“And bills stacking up on Gabby’s. She made the right decision.”
She was glad that Gabby believed in her. She didn’t want to steer her client wrong and in the end laid out all the outcomes.
Everyone just wanted to move on from this. There was no get rich scheme and not something she ever wanted a part of.
“That’s right,” Brian said. “So it’s a win and your first. I’m glad. I was starting to get worried you’d regret the move and the job here.”
Cal was sitting next to her and laughed. “No way. She’s got me. Nothing to regret there.”
There was laughter around the table. She hadn’t been positive that Cal would have wanted to come with her tonight.
There were twelve people at the table. The four of them, two paralegals, a secretary, an office manager and their significant others.
She’d been trying to remember what Cal had said. That she shouldn’t tiptoe around him and his hatred toward Christmas.
The fact he was eating sardines left and right made her think he was working hard to get her to see it shouldn’t bother her. She didn’t even think he liked sardines as much as he did and she found it both funny and sweet.
She had decorated her little place and made it very cheerful. Cal didn’t have anything in his, not even a tree.
He’d been to her house once and saw what she had up and didn’t say a word. She refused to take it to heart and reminded herself that it was nothing more than him not commenting on if she put any artwork on the wall.
“He’s right,” she said. “Even if you weren’t a great boss—which you are—I’d still not regret it.”
