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“Of course. Right this way, Mr. Caldwell.”
Mason put his hand on the small of my back and led me to our table. He pulled my chair out for me. Patrick had never done that. I quickly sat down.
“So tell me,” he said as he looked at his menu. “Why do you want your boss to think that we’re together?”
“I don’t.”
He lowered his eyebrows slightly. “I know when a girl is flirting with me. You were pretending to. Tell me why.”
He didn’t really ask it as a question. More as a command. It sent a chill down my spine. I was relieved when the waiter walked over.
“Good evening, and welcome to La Masseria dei Vini. I’m Franco and I’ll be your waiter tonight. Can I start you off with something to drink? We have a featured…”
“We’ll have a bottle of Chateau Bordeaux. And we’d both like Gnocchi Verdi for our entrees. Thank you, Franco.” Mason kept his eyes on me. Everything he did was so unnerving.
“Yes, sir. I’ll put your order in right away.” Franco left the table.
“You should have let him finish,” I said. “It’s kind of rude to cut the waiter off when…”
“Tell me why, Bee.”
I sighed. He clearly didn’t mind cutting people off. “My boss hits on me sometimes. He’s inappropriate. I thought maybe he’d stop if he thought we were together. I don’t know why I did it. He flirted with me when I was wearing an engagement ring too. It’s not going to stop him.”
“You shouldn’t let your boss walk all over you.”
“You don’t know me.”
“I’d like to.”
I swallowed hard.
“Why are you working for a guy like that anyway?”
“I can take care of him. I just thought him seeing us together might help for a few days.”
“That doesn’t answer my question. I’m sure there are other secretary jobs around.”
“Because I don’t want to be a secretary. I’m trying to get my first job in advertising. This is my way in.”
“You want to be in advertising?”
“Yes. And don’t even say it. I know you think I’m soft. And you probably think I’m not cut out for advertising because I don’t have thick skin. I wasn’t born in the city and therefore don’t belong here. Yadda yadda. That’s not going to stop me. You’ll see.”
He just stared at me for a second. “All I was going to say is that women who work at ad agencies don’t usually start out as secretaries for dicks.”
“Well I can’t just get any job I want because my father has connections all over the city. I have to work my way up.”
“You don’t know me either, Bee.”
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Mason
She thought she had me all figured out. But she didn’t know me. And she didn’t really want to. Because I wasn’t a good guy. I certainly wasn’t any different than her ex. All I wanted was for my cock to be deep inside of her. Maybe then I could stop thinking about her.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to suggest…”
“Yes you did,” I said.
