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“They’re on their way up,” I say.
“Excellent.” Oliver lingers for a moment. “Well, I’m going to go get changed.”
I chuckle. “Me, too.”
“Then, lunch?” he asks.
“Lunch?”
“You kinda sold me earlier on that Sicilian sandwich.”
“Oh!” I nod, my stomach awakening at the mere thought of it. “Sure. This was my last suite check today, so I’ll call up to the restaurant. Let them know we’re coming, then...” I glance down at my own wet feet. “I’ll meet you there.”
He smiles. I sway. “Sounds good,” he says.
“Then, we can go over our checklist,” I continue, purposefully forcing the conversation back to work, work, work before I fall over. “See what else we need to get done tonight and tomorrow before we head to Boston on Thursday.”
Oliver steps through the doorframe and nods. “I’ll meet you upstairs in a bit,” he says.
“Okay,” I say.
He exits the room. I wait until the electronic lock makes its usual locking click before letting myself relax.
I plop down onto the disheveled bed, exhaling hard to banish the remaining temptation from my gut, but a new gang of butterflies rush in to take its place.
Yup. I almost kissed him.
Or he almost kissed me.
No.
We almost kissed each other.
“Nope,” I whisper, scolding myself. “Nope, nope, nope.”
I’m not sure if I can make this friends thing work.
Not with Oli.
CHAPTER 13
PAIGE
“Hey, Paige! Welcome back.”
I smile at Shirley as she passes me in the restaurant. “Hey, Shirl,” I say. “How are you?”
“Busy busy. Can’t stop. Lunch rush. Love you.”
I chuckle as I stand aside, dodging the tray of food held above her fiery red head as she moves. Very busy based on a cursory glance of the tables, but that’s what we like to see.
I make my way across the restaurant to the table in the corner marked RESERVED. Looks like I beat Oliver here, so I choose my favorite spot — not that either chair’s view is better than the other. In fact, it’s hard to find a bad table at NYC’s Botsford Plaza restaurant, which offers a 360-degree view of the Manhattan skyline.
I sit down, place my clipboard on the table beside me, and take a breath.
Goddamn. I love this place.
As much as I adore Las Vegas, you can’t find views like this back there. I might as well get as much of this as I can while I’m still able. Sure, the Assistant to the Company Liaison travels constantly. The Assistant to the CEO... not so much.
