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He already knew that. It wasn’t hard to tell that she had no social life.
“But if you still want to be my friend, I would like that.”
Could she have said that more awkwardly?
And please don’t let him reject her.
Please.
“I would love to be your friend, Cate.” He dropped his hand to hers, squeezing it lightly.
Thank goodness.
“There’s just one problem.”
Cate grew tense. “Me? It’s me, isn’t it? It’s my awkwardness. I make everything weird. And I probably wouldn’t make a very good friend. I understand. Thank you, anyway.”
“Whoa, Little girl, you’re very lucky that you’re not mine.”
Lucky that she wasn’t his? That statement didn’t make much sense. Why would she be lucky because of that?
“Why?”
“Because you’d be over my knee right now, getting your butt spanked for talking about yourself like that.”
Her breath caught in her throat. Spanked?
“You do that?” she asked when she could manage to get her words out.
“I do that.”
“To . . . to your girlfriend?” Why hadn’t she considered that he might have a girlfriend? A guy like Ethan Stone surely wouldn’t be single. He was so . . . so perfect—like a romance hero brought to life. He was protective and caring and he listened.
Plus, he was pretty nice to look at. Rhodes had a number of friends who were actors and singers. They were all charismatic and handsome.
Yet, none of them had anything on Ethan.
She felt like such a fool. He had a girlfriend. Anything that she’d sensed from him was in her head. Why couldn’t she read people and situations?
Thank God she hadn’t done anything stupid.
She hadn’t, had she?
“I thought you might be gay.”
“You thought I was gay? Why?”
Hmm. He didn’t appear to be angry. In fact, he seemed quite relaxed. There was . . . warmth in his face?
“Because you didn’t look at Samantha when she was in that bikini. But perhaps it’s because you have a girlfriend. Or a boyfriend. I think we should go to my meeting now.”
“Cate,” he said in a low voice.
She was not going to look at him. She didn’t want him to see how embarrassed she was.
“Cate, look at me.”
“You do remember that you work for me. I don’t have to do what you say.”
