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Authors: R.C. Martin
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I’ll be back. Um,” she pauses, cupping her hand around her forehead as she shakes her head in disbelief. “I’ll have my cell. I swear I’ll be back. I don’t know when—I just—I have to go. Oh, my god—I think I’m pregnant.”
I frown, still uncertain of the appropriate response to her behavior. “Okay. I’m sure we can manage without you for a couple of hours. I’ll inform Eddalyn when she arrives.”
“Thank you!” she says before leaving me in my office.
I stare at my empty doorway for a moment, hoping that her frazzled state of mind is a temporary state of being in light of her potential news . Selfishly, I also wonder what a pregnancy would mean for her career at Eddalyn’s Interiors. Quite frankly, she’s far too talented to give this up for the sake of motherhood. Not that I think less of women who make sacrifices for their children. I don’t. Yet, in the same breath, I’m sure that I never want to be put in that position. Children are certainly not a part of my future plans.
I push such thoughts aside as I sink into my chair, my mind drifting back to the original reason Logan came to see me this morning. It suddenly occurs to me that her suggestion might actually work to my advantage. I definitely don’t have any intention of apologizing to Teddy, but a kind gesture—why, that might just earn me dinner.
It’s while I’m on the MTA gallery’s website, looking for their exact address, that I find out Teddy is formally known as Theodora Fitzpatrick . I decide to use her full name in the note I intend to have delivered with the flowers. I work until I can spare a moment away, and then I leave the office for the nearest flower shop. It doesn’t take me long to find an arrangement that I deem appropriate. After I write my note and add my business card, I’m on my way back to work.
Just as I’m climbing out of my car, my phone begins to ring. I pull it out, pleased to see that Benjamin is on the line.
“Hello?”
“Jude, hey, do you have a minute?”
“I do,” I assure him as I make my way through the lobby. I chance a glance to my left, looking to see if Logan is back in her office. I see that she’s behind her desk, her eyes bright and a smile playing at her lips. I take that to mean that her excitement from this morning was not unfounded. I’ll have to have a chat with her about her future plans.
Just as I begin to look away, my eyes catch Brittany’s. She’s seated at her desk in the office she shares with Logan. Her eyes are practically smoldering as she stares at me, the pen in her hand tracing her bottom lip. My dick twitches as I imagine her naked, spread out across the conference room table.
“Jude, did I lose you?”
Ben’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts and I shake my head before hurrying to my office and shutting myself inside.
“I’m sorry. What did you say?”
“I wanted to talk to you about Saturday.”
“Don’t tell me you have to cancel.”
“No. I’ll be there. Nine a.m. tee time. I actually wanted to talk to you about dinner. I was thinking of bringing someone.”
I raise an eyebrow before I ask, “You mean, the woman who sleeps fully clothed in your bed?”
“Who said she was fully clothed?”
I chuckle, knowing full-well that any clothes at all are far too many. “So, you want to bring this woman to dinner? Ben—if you want to take her out, you don’t need me there. I’m not a fan of the third wheel scenario.”
“You wouldn’t be a third wheel. Look, I told her I was coming up to go to dinner with my brother. Turns out, she has a sister— a single sister —who she thought she could convince to come along if we wanted some added company.”
“You’re suggesting we go on a double date?”
“Yes, I suppose I am.”
“Meaning this sister is fair game?”
He sighs and I can imagine him scratching at his jaw, a habit of his when he’s thinking. “Just be a gentleman, okay? That’s all I’m
I frown, still uncertain of the appropriate response to her behavior. “Okay. I’m sure we can manage without you for a couple of hours. I’ll inform Eddalyn when she arrives.”
“Thank you!” she says before leaving me in my office.
I stare at my empty doorway for a moment, hoping that her frazzled state of mind is a temporary state of being in light of her potential news . Selfishly, I also wonder what a pregnancy would mean for her career at Eddalyn’s Interiors. Quite frankly, she’s far too talented to give this up for the sake of motherhood. Not that I think less of women who make sacrifices for their children. I don’t. Yet, in the same breath, I’m sure that I never want to be put in that position. Children are certainly not a part of my future plans.
I push such thoughts aside as I sink into my chair, my mind drifting back to the original reason Logan came to see me this morning. It suddenly occurs to me that her suggestion might actually work to my advantage. I definitely don’t have any intention of apologizing to Teddy, but a kind gesture—why, that might just earn me dinner.
It’s while I’m on the MTA gallery’s website, looking for their exact address, that I find out Teddy is formally known as Theodora Fitzpatrick . I decide to use her full name in the note I intend to have delivered with the flowers. I work until I can spare a moment away, and then I leave the office for the nearest flower shop. It doesn’t take me long to find an arrangement that I deem appropriate. After I write my note and add my business card, I’m on my way back to work.
Just as I’m climbing out of my car, my phone begins to ring. I pull it out, pleased to see that Benjamin is on the line.
“Hello?”
“Jude, hey, do you have a minute?”
“I do,” I assure him as I make my way through the lobby. I chance a glance to my left, looking to see if Logan is back in her office. I see that she’s behind her desk, her eyes bright and a smile playing at her lips. I take that to mean that her excitement from this morning was not unfounded. I’ll have to have a chat with her about her future plans.
Just as I begin to look away, my eyes catch Brittany’s. She’s seated at her desk in the office she shares with Logan. Her eyes are practically smoldering as she stares at me, the pen in her hand tracing her bottom lip. My dick twitches as I imagine her naked, spread out across the conference room table.
“Jude, did I lose you?”
Ben’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts and I shake my head before hurrying to my office and shutting myself inside.
“I’m sorry. What did you say?”
“I wanted to talk to you about Saturday.”
“Don’t tell me you have to cancel.”
“No. I’ll be there. Nine a.m. tee time. I actually wanted to talk to you about dinner. I was thinking of bringing someone.”
I raise an eyebrow before I ask, “You mean, the woman who sleeps fully clothed in your bed?”
“Who said she was fully clothed?”
I chuckle, knowing full-well that any clothes at all are far too many. “So, you want to bring this woman to dinner? Ben—if you want to take her out, you don’t need me there. I’m not a fan of the third wheel scenario.”
“You wouldn’t be a third wheel. Look, I told her I was coming up to go to dinner with my brother. Turns out, she has a sister— a single sister —who she thought she could convince to come along if we wanted some added company.”
“You’re suggesting we go on a double date?”
“Yes, I suppose I am.”
“Meaning this sister is fair game?”
He sighs and I can imagine him scratching at his jaw, a habit of his when he’s thinking. “Just be a gentleman, okay? That’s all I’m
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