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Chapter Twenty-Three
There arefive bouquets on my desk when I get to the office today.
I slowly approach my desk, the aroma of the flowers fills the space and makes me slightly nervous. As I step closer, I notice that there are notecards with each bouquet.
1 Month. 2 Months. 3 Months. 4 Months. 5 Months.
I smile and see that every bouquet of flowers represents each month that we’ve been together.
Since Quinn was busy with preparing for court, we shared a lot of texts and phone calls, I’m missing him. This is the longest that we’ve gone since we started dating to be apart from one another and coming to work today made up for the missing time.
I pull out my phone and text him, knowing that he’s already in his office.
Me: They’re all beautiful
Q: Just like you
Me: It is making a lot of people whisper
Q: Let them whisper. You deserve each and every stem.
Me: Thank you
Q: Dinner tonight?
I look around, and grin as I type back. Feeling like a teenager.
Me: Your place or mine?
Q: Neither. I want to take you on a proper date.
“Are all these from John?” Olivia stops at my cubicle and questions.
I look up from my phone and quickly power it off, just in case she saw “Q” on the screen and put the two together. I put the phone in my back pocket and set my purse down on my desk.
“Yeah, aren’t they beautiful?” I ask, running my finger along the petal of a rose.
“And I’m starting to think it’s a serious relationship.”
“Oh, look at you. You have a secret admirer that we don’t know about?” Shane asks stepping beside Olivia.
“Oh, she has more than that. She has an actual guy that she’s dating like a boyfriend.” Olivia singsongs.
“Move aside, woman.” He takes a seat in my desk chair, and swivels around to face me as I’m sitting on the edge of my desk. “Dish it?”
“Well, his name is John and that’s really all that she’s telling.” Olivia smirks crossing her arms over her chest.
“Why haven’t we heard of this guy before? You know that your friends need to know about who you date right? What if you were kidnapped? John is a fairly regular Joe name.” Shane says looking at me with a stern expression.
“Why do you both resort to kidnapping?” I look between my two friends.
“We’re going to need a little more on the details about this man friend of yours?” Shane says.
“Don’t even try, she won’t give up much.” Olivia warns.
“Well, we’ve got to meet him. Where does he work?” Shane says standing.
“Guys, I’ve got work to do,” I say uncomfortably laughing. I push Shane out of my space and go to sit down and turn on my computer.
