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“I’m not sure it works that way,” she says.
“I don’t care.”
“You can’t just keep saying that!”
“Okay, fine,” I say. “What do you suggest?”
“If we’re going to do this, then we have to be discreet,” she says. “Once we set foot outside of our rooms, we’re co-workers and nothing more.”
“I can get behind that,” I say.
“No touching,” she says. “No flirting. No long, lingering stares.”
“All reasonable terms.”
“No dinners in public together. No more trips to local bars. We have to maintain a professional public appearance at all times until we can get back and talk to Graham.”
I pause. “You want to talk to Graham?”
“If we can get him on board with it, then everyone will be.”
“You think he would be on board with it?”
She nods, though she doesn’t seem all that sure. “I think so,” she says. “Especially if we don’t let it affect our work. It hasn’t so far. And I don’t see there being much of a conflict of interest once we get back home and you officially start flying solo.”
I look down. “Does that mean you’re rejecting my job offer?” I ask.
Paige inhales to speak, but pauses. “Yes,” she says after a moment.
“Why?” I ask.
“I can’t work for you, Oliver.”
“You love this job, Paige.”
“I do.”
“Then, why give it up?”
She turns her head, looking into the opposite corner of the room. “I don’t want to abandon Graham right now.”
“You’re not abandoning Graham. He’ll be fine.”
“He’s under a lot of pressure,” she argues. “The last thing I want to do is give him something else to worry about between running the company and being a new dad. I’ve worked with him for five years. He deserves more than that.”
I close my mouth. I will not change her mind about this tonight. I don’t want to spend the rest of the night arguing with her about it, either.
“All right,” I say, letting it go. “You know what you’re doing.”
“Thank you.”
“Just promise me you’ll reconsider it later.”
She nods. “Sure. I’ll reconsider it later, but not now.”
“Oh, of course not now.” I roll her onto her back. “Now is for this…”
I kiss her, and she laughs.
