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“Jules,” she says with a warning. “God, I know that look. What the hell happened?”
I cast a glance around us. People are caught up in their own conversations—their own drama and lives—but this is still too public of a place to admit that I slept with a married man.
There wasn’t much sleeping involved, you hussy.
“Can we not talk about this here?”
“Shit. That bad?”
I let out a derisive laugh. “Or that good, depending on how you look at it.”
She face-plants with a groan. “You got horizontal with him, didn’t you?”
My cheeks burn as I cast another glance around us. “I really don’t want to get into this here.”
She checks the time on her cell before scooting her chair back. “Let’s walk. I have a few more minutes to spare.”
We gather our trash from lunch and dump it in the receptacle on the way out the door. After we’re a block down the street, with a fair amount of privacy, she begins needling me.
“Do you regret it?”
“No,” I answer without hesitation. “The only thing I regret is the timing. He was going to ask her for a divorce, but when he got home…well you saw the news.” I peek at her and wince at the dubious arch of her dark brows. “I know what you’re thinking, but this is different.”
“Sounds the same to me. Boss? Check.” She ticks off each point on her fingers. “Married? Check.” We stall at an intersection and wait for the light to change. “And what if he’s dangerous? Did you ever stop to think that maybe he had something to do with the death of that woman and his wife’s disappearance?”
“He wouldn’t do something like that.” I shoot her a dark look. “Besides, he was with me.”
“I’m not trying to be all judgy, Jules. I just don’t want to see this guy rip your heart out.”
We begin walking again, and I let the silence stretch between us for half a block before speaking. “Neither of us meant for this to happen.” Five seconds go by. Five strides. We turn the corner and begin heading back.
“But it did happen. The question now is what are you going to do about it?”
There’s no way I can tell her I’m planning to do it again. If she knew he’s coming over tonight, she’ll try to talk me out of it, and I don’t want to be talked out of it. I want to be selfish when it comes to Cash. If that makes me a horrible person, then so be it. I’m done fighting what we both so desperately want.
“I can’t turn back now, Les. What’s done is done.”
The sun blares down on us, too warm for the start of autumn, but her assessing stare is the real cause of the flush spreading over my cheeks. “You’re taking a huge risk.”
“I know.”
“I hope he’s worth it, Jules.”
I stop and look her in the eye, and in that moment, I realize how far I’m willing to go for Cash Montgomery. “He’s worth it.”
