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don’t trust her?”
Will snorted. “No, you idiot, I mean you watch her, like when she’s not looking, you are looking at her. All. The. Time. It’s been rather entertaining to watch. I knew that Derek had no idea what he was talking about last night because I knew if you had slept with Holly, that you would have told me. Plus, the look of pure longing on your face wasn’t a longing of ‘I can’t wait to have her again’ as much as it was ‘I can’t wait to have her’ . So what are you gonna do about it?” Stephen was silent for a long time. He was staring out the big picture window out in to the moonless night. “Stephen?”
“I wish I knew.”
“You have to decide what it is that you want. Do you want Holly as your assistant or as a lover? It never works when you try to have it both ways. Trust me. Which relationship is more important to you?” Stephen was silent, thinking. “You know that Holly runs your office like a well-oiled machine. I think that because of her, you have far exceeded your projections for Ballinger’s. Is that worth losing for the sake of sex or are you thinking of something more serious?”
Snorting with disgust at the idea, Stephen said, “More serious? You know that I have no plans to get serious with anyone. Ballinger’s is my life. I don’t want to do to a wife and kids what my dad did to me; it wouldn’t be fair. There is too much going on right now for me to put any kind of energy in to a serious relationship with anyone.”
“Holly doesn’t strike me as the casual sex kind of girl.”
“Not to me, either,” Stephen sighed. Dammit.
“So I’ll ask again, what are you going to do?”
Raking a frustrated hand through his hair, he murmured, “I still don’t know.”
“Call me tomorrow and let me know what you decided, if you want.” With that, he was gone. Tossing the phone down on the sofa, Stephen went to stand by the window and just watched the rain come down. Off in the distance he saw that the wind was blowing some of his trees practically in half. He’d be surprised if they all lasted such punishment.
The sights and the sounds of the storm calmed him even though it was wild to see and hear. The rumble of thunder started up again and he saw lightning off in the distance. If his mind wasn’t racing so much, it would be the perfect time to crawl in to bed and just sleep. There was something about a storm that always lulled him to sleep. There was no way he could sleep right now. He had to settle this situation in his mind before he’d be fit enough to sleep. He ran a hand through his hair and muttered a curse. How the hell was he supposed to know what to do? Either way he was going to lose Holly in some capacity. The business man in him knew that she was what kept him and his company going. The man in him, the one that had been in a state of arousal all damn day, wanted what he wanted and to hell with the consequences. It shouldn’t be this hard to have it all. If only Holly were the kind of woman that would have a casual affair.
Feeling more confused than ever, Stephen walked back through the house to the dining room for another brandy. Now he watched the storm through a front window for a few minutes before going back to the living room to sit in the dark on one of the sofas. The only light on was in his office; he’d shut off the kitchen light when he grabbed his cell phone earlier. The occasional flash of lightning lit up the place but Stephen barely noticed.
For how long he sat there, Stephen had no idea. There was a grandfather clock ticking somewhere in the distance and yet it still didn’t register with him no matter how many times it chimed. After some time he noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw Holly tip-toeing towards the kitchen. Not wanting to startle her, he sat quietly and let her get in to the
Will snorted. “No, you idiot, I mean you watch her, like when she’s not looking, you are looking at her. All. The. Time. It’s been rather entertaining to watch. I knew that Derek had no idea what he was talking about last night because I knew if you had slept with Holly, that you would have told me. Plus, the look of pure longing on your face wasn’t a longing of ‘I can’t wait to have her again’ as much as it was ‘I can’t wait to have her’ . So what are you gonna do about it?” Stephen was silent for a long time. He was staring out the big picture window out in to the moonless night. “Stephen?”
“I wish I knew.”
“You have to decide what it is that you want. Do you want Holly as your assistant or as a lover? It never works when you try to have it both ways. Trust me. Which relationship is more important to you?” Stephen was silent, thinking. “You know that Holly runs your office like a well-oiled machine. I think that because of her, you have far exceeded your projections for Ballinger’s. Is that worth losing for the sake of sex or are you thinking of something more serious?”
Snorting with disgust at the idea, Stephen said, “More serious? You know that I have no plans to get serious with anyone. Ballinger’s is my life. I don’t want to do to a wife and kids what my dad did to me; it wouldn’t be fair. There is too much going on right now for me to put any kind of energy in to a serious relationship with anyone.”
“Holly doesn’t strike me as the casual sex kind of girl.”
“Not to me, either,” Stephen sighed. Dammit.
“So I’ll ask again, what are you going to do?”
Raking a frustrated hand through his hair, he murmured, “I still don’t know.”
“Call me tomorrow and let me know what you decided, if you want.” With that, he was gone. Tossing the phone down on the sofa, Stephen went to stand by the window and just watched the rain come down. Off in the distance he saw that the wind was blowing some of his trees practically in half. He’d be surprised if they all lasted such punishment.
The sights and the sounds of the storm calmed him even though it was wild to see and hear. The rumble of thunder started up again and he saw lightning off in the distance. If his mind wasn’t racing so much, it would be the perfect time to crawl in to bed and just sleep. There was something about a storm that always lulled him to sleep. There was no way he could sleep right now. He had to settle this situation in his mind before he’d be fit enough to sleep. He ran a hand through his hair and muttered a curse. How the hell was he supposed to know what to do? Either way he was going to lose Holly in some capacity. The business man in him knew that she was what kept him and his company going. The man in him, the one that had been in a state of arousal all damn day, wanted what he wanted and to hell with the consequences. It shouldn’t be this hard to have it all. If only Holly were the kind of woman that would have a casual affair.
Feeling more confused than ever, Stephen walked back through the house to the dining room for another brandy. Now he watched the storm through a front window for a few minutes before going back to the living room to sit in the dark on one of the sofas. The only light on was in his office; he’d shut off the kitchen light when he grabbed his cell phone earlier. The occasional flash of lightning lit up the place but Stephen barely noticed.
For how long he sat there, Stephen had no idea. There was a grandfather clock ticking somewhere in the distance and yet it still didn’t register with him no matter how many times it chimed. After some time he noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw Holly tip-toeing towards the kitchen. Not wanting to startle her, he sat quietly and let her get in to the
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