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“You have a funny definition of love. This is where I work,” I hiss. “You’re out of line coming here.”
“Soph.” He reaches out and wraps his fingers around my wrist. “Please. You know I want you. I’ve not been able to stop thinking about you since that morning. It’s been almost a week. How long are you going to punish me?”
I shake my hand free from his grasp. “Punish you? You think I’m doing this to teach you a lesson?” I stalk past him to the driver’s door and wrench it open.
“Baby.” Henry’s behind me again as I turn to face him.
“Did you have a nice anniversary after you left my place? Did you go home and kiss your wife after leaving my bed?”
His brow wrinkles. Not from guilt, but from being caught. He doesn’t need to confirm it for me to know it’s true. But the relief from being able to read him and knowing he can’t always fool me is quickly replaced by a sickness washing over me.
“Goodbye, Henry.” I climb into the car.
“Don’t be like this,” he snaps. “What was I supposed to do? She would have been suspicious if I hadn’t. And with her, it’s just sex. Not like what we have.”
I snort in disgust as I reach for the door handle.
“I thought of you the entire time, I swear.” He looks at me, a pathetic pleading in his eyes. “I couldn’t get hard until I pictured your face.”
I stare at him. “What did I ever see in you?” I shriek. “Now move, unless you want to lose your tiny, cheating dick!”
He steps back, narrowly avoiding being hit by the door as I slam it. I start the engine and reverse quickly, then speed off.
Asshole. Who the hell does he think he is coming to my office like that? Waiting for me to finish work.
The Bluetooth chimes with an incoming call and I hit the answer button hard.
“What?” I snap, half expecting it to be Henry with some more pathetic excuses.
“Bad day?” The deep tone sounds amused. But then it morphs to concern when I don’t respond. “Sophie, where are you?”
“In my car,” I murmur, taking a deep, cleansing breath.
“I’m sending you a location.”
“Why?”
“Because I want you to meet me there.” His voice is gentle, and it sends relief spreading through my tense shoulders just from hearing it. The effect he has on me should be disarming, seeing as I barely know him. Except it isn’t. Not in the slightest. It’s like my body trusts him already.
My brow pinches in confusion. “You’re in New York.”
The smile in his voice is unmistakable. “Was. I came home early. Seems like I missed you.”
“Drew.” I bite my bottom lip, my chest swelling as piece by piece, the heaviness of the day starts to shed. One proper date with this man and he already has the power to make a hellish day seem like a mere inconvenience.
“Drive safe. And you can thank me with a kiss from those beautiful lips of yours when you get here.”
“Sure.” I roll my eyes with a small laugh, my glass of wine and bath forgotten already. “We’ll see about that.”
“No, Sophie. We’ll kiss about that.”
A location pops up on the car’s screen and I end the call and smile for the rest of the drive.
“I’ve driven this way to work for almost a year, and I never knew this place existed,” I say, licking the ice-cream off my spoon.
The location he sent me was for a dessert café. It’s got a cute fifties retro vibe with baby pink booth seating, black and white checkered flooring, and a vintage juke box playing over by the long serving counter. It draws in quite a crowd too. Every booth is filled with a mix of students, families, and people in business wear, as well as those calling in for takeaways.
“That’s because you work hard and don’t play enough.” He winks at me as he mirrors my movement, licking the mint choc chip from his spoon.
