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His mouth twitched. “We were careful. No one was around.”
I sighed but decided to forget about it.
I opened today’s calendar and groaned. I had a two o’clock meeting with a client at the courthouse. Jake wouldn’t be happy about this. Of course, I wouldn’t jump out the window again, but we had to come to a compromise.
I worked the entire morning undisturbed. Except when Jake distracted me by placing a yogurt on my desk.
At noon, I decided to be social and have lunch in the breakroom. I pulled out a granola bar from the box I kept in my drawer.
Walking down the steps, I felt eyes on me again, but I avoided looking into anyone’s office.
I spotted Christina at a table with another attorney. I puffed out my chest, clutched my bar, and smiled as I walked up to them.
“Mind if I join you?” I asked.
Christina smiled and pointed to the empty chair in front of her. “Please.”
The other attorney didn’t quite smile, but she wasn’t frowning either. It was difficult to explain. Her eyes were wide, and she held her mouth slightly open.
We ate and chatted for a few minutes. “Have either of you watched the new rom-com on Netflix?” I asked, in between bites.
Christina shook her head. “I’m not much of a TV person.”
I nodded, “Oh. What do you do to relax?”
“I kick the shit out of my trainer,” she said with a straight face. Christina was badass in a way that scared me a little. Like, if Jake had kidnapped her, I didn’t think he would have returned in one piece. I smiled, remembering the bruises I gave him, and felt a little better about myself.
“How about you…?”
“Natalie,” the attorney answered. “Is it the one where the guy is an athlete and the woman is a book nerd?”
“Yes,” I smiled.
“No, I haven’t seen it.”
“Oh.”
We ate in silence for a few minutes until Calvin walked over to our table. “Hey,” his voice dripped with insincere concern. “How are you?”
I looked at Christina and Natalie, wondering if he was speaking to them. But they were both staring back at me.
“Um. Fine.”
With a hand on my shoulder, Calvin continued, “We were so worried about you. Understandably, you didn’t feel like coming to work yesterday.”
My heart stuttered. “Yes. I wasn’t feeling well.”
He squeezed, perhaps a little too tightly, “You poor thing. If you need anything, just call me. You have my number, right?”
I couldn’t recall Calvin wanting to exchange numbers. He only ever came to exchange snide remarks. This entire conversation had me in a loop. What the heck was going on?
“I don’t have your number, Calvin. But I’m fine. Thanks for checking on me.”
“Sure thing.”
My eyebrows pulled together, and I shook my head, wondering where this concern was coming from. Was he trying to curry favor with my mother? This often happened when people found out I was the governor’s daughter. At first, I liked the popularity, but I quickly realized it had nothing to do with me. I would need to chat with Calvin soon that I had no influence on my mother and she didn’t do favors for anyone. Not even me.
“Don’t mind him. His heart is in the right place,” said Natalie.
