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“I wanted to spend time with you. I’d like for us to be friends, so I figured if Gwen was with us, I’d be able to behave.” I drag in a deep breath. “But I really want to kiss you, and it’s killing me not to.”

“I want that too,” she admits, rustling up hope in me. It’s nice to know these feelings are mutual. “But we can’t,” she reminds me.

I drive my fingers through my hair. “Goddammit, this sucks.”

This time she’s the one placing her hand on my arm. “You’re right. It does. I really did have a great time with you and Gwen. She’s a wonderful, intelligent girl, and you’re both lucky to have each other.”

“Thank you. Maybe we can do this again sometime. Or something else?”

She nods. “I’d like that.”

“See you Monday, Sunshine.”

“See you, Trey.”

CHAPTER 16

MAEVE

Sheryl perches on the edge of my desk. “So you’re saying he kissed you and then a few nights later took you out with his daughter?” Her forehead furrows.

“Yep.”

“Am I the only one who’s confused?” she asks.

“No. You should try being me.” I laugh, but I want to cry. “I think he was hoping that spending time together outside of work would make us more comfortable with our situation.”

She snorts. “Well, it helped that his daughter served as your chaperone.”

“I can’t deny that. It was impossible not to think about her witnessing something she shouldn’t.”

“Maybe she needs to be homeschooled from Trey’s office every day,” she suggests, laughing.

“That’s not happening, so maybe he and I need to learn self-control.”

“If that were so easy, you wouldn’t have kissed him back.”

My head flops onto the back of my office chair. “Good point.”

“How did things go today with you two?”

“He had meetings outside of the office, so I only saw him in passing.”

Sheryl’s stomach growls loudly. Snickering, she slaps her hand over her belly. “Want to grab dinner? I don’t feel like cooking.”

“I wish I could, but I’m going over to Greg and Lillith’s. She emailed me last week and asked me to dinner.” Now I wish I’d said no. All I want to do is go home and chill in my pajamas.

“At least you’ll get a great meal out of going.”

“That’s true. And it’ll be nice seeing them both. I miss Greg being my boss, and Lillith is so nice.”

“Ooh, I have a hypothetical question for you. If you and Trey hadn’t met before he became your boss, would you still miss Greg?”

“Hmm. Yes, I would because he’s a great guy. But I’d enjoy having Trey as a boss a lot more if I didn’t know what he looks like naked.”

She laughs. “But then you’d never know what he looks like naked. Would you want to give up all the memories of the hot sex you had together?”

Would I?

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