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“Avery!” I squeal. “I’m so happy to see you!”
“Me too! They told me you were in Miami. I am so jealous! It’s freaking freezing here.”
“Oh yeah, it was great. I really love my job.”I also love sleeping with my sinfully gorgeous boss.
“Hi, Theo.” She waves towards my dad.
“Avery.” He nods at her and I frown wondering why he’s being so grumpy when he’s usually the nicest guy in the world. I roll my eyes before turning back to Avery.
“We are going to grab a drink. Do you want to come with us?” Lucas asks me as he pulls his coat off of one of the bar stools in our kitchen.
I sigh and shake my head. “Guys, I am beat. I literally just got off a plane.”Not Wes’ sexy private plane for the record which was annoying.“I’m down for maybe tomorrow, but tonight I am so tired.”
“Why are you so grumpy tonight?” I ask my dad from my side of the couch. I’d gone upstairs to change before deciding to watch a movie with my dad since Lucas is still out. When Lucas is home, they’re usually glued to the television watching sports.
“I’m not,” he answers, not pulling his eyes away from the movie as he grabs some popcorn from the bowl between us. “Tell me about this guy.”
“Don’t change the subject.”
“It’s nothing, Rae. I’m good.”I know exactly what his problem is. He’s lonely and I fucking hate it. I want him to meet someone so badly. He’s one of the best people I know and I wish he had someone to share his life with. He’s barely dated since he and my mom divorced and that was almost six years ago.
I don’t push it because, more than anything, I don’t want him dwelling on it, so I let him change the subject. “I really like him.” I wrap the fluffy blanket tighter around me. “I may even love him.”
He mutes the television and looks over at me. “Love, huh? How long has this been going on?” He asks.
“Not long officially but…I don’t know, maybe longer than either of us realized.” I tell him honestly. Wes has been pretty candid about how he’s had feelings for me for months and the more I sit with my thoughts, I believe I’ve had them as well.
He nods and crosses his arms over his chest. “Can I know his name?”
“Wes,” I tell him and a smile immediately pulls at my lips, like it’s the most natural reaction to saying his name.
“You’re blushing.”
I touch my cheeks and rub them, trying to soften the pink. “Sounds about right.”
“Is it love, hon, or lust?”
I scrunch my nose, not wanting to talk about any kind of lustful feelings I have for Wes. “Can we not?”
“You’re almost twenty-two. I’m not going to tell you how you feel but you don’t want to rush into things.”
“I know. We aren’t.”Lies.
My dad snorts and when I look at him, he’s giving me a look that says,yeah right. “Raegan Marie, I know you better than you know yourself.”
“Okay.” I tilt my head to the side as if to say,and?
“You just let me know when it’s time to meet this guy, okay?”
Ihad already planned to tell Human Resources everything when we got back to Philadelphia. I know the plan was to wait a month, but I’m not sure if Liam now has a hunch, and I don’t need him running his mouth to anyone who would listen before I have a chance to come clean. Raegan is probably going to be irritated, but I’m being proactive. Nothing is going to change between now and a month from now except that I will probably be ready to ask her to marry me. I’ve never felt this way about anyone and nothing is going to stop me from being with her.
I’m not planning to announce to the entire company that I’m in a relationship with my assistant, but I also don’t want to run the risk of getting caught. This is the perfect time with half the team out for the holiday and only senior leadership working. I have a plan and I am going to make it work.
I’m sitting in the office with Dana, our head of human resources, and two members of the board, all three of them staring at me like I’m here to fire them.
“Thank you for letting me schedule this meeting. I know we all have things to do and want to get out of here as soon as possible for the holidays, so I’m going to make this very quick and hopefully, you all don’t have too many questions.” I clap my hands and pinch the bridge of my nose. “I am in a relationship…with Miss Graham.” Dana’s brown eyes widen and immediately she shuts her eyes like she can see the HR nightmare happening before her eyes.
“Mr. Beckham—” Pete White, one of the older members of the board, who looks like Santa Clause and reminds me of my father,and often tries to act like it,interjects but I put a hand up, stopping him.
