Page 142 of Ask Me Something

But Josh played it off. “I think it’s only appropriate, considering we’d like to ask you two to be the godparents of our little angel. Later we can tell her this story of the last twenty-four hours. I’d like to leave out the fact that on the day she was born both of you resigned, however.”

Shocked at the request, I looked toward Haylee, who was smiling.

Josh handed the baby over to an equally stunned Brian.

I swallowed past the lump of emotion in my throat. “I don’t know what to say.”

Josh chuckled. “It would help if you both said yes.”

Brian looked down into Abigail’s face and in a baby-soft voice that had us all grinning said, “You drive a hard bargain, little Abby. Of course the answer is yes, and I officially withdraw my letter of resignation.”

I nodded. “Yes, I’m honored.” I brushed my fingertips over her downy hair. “And since Brian isn’t resigning, I guess I’m not, either.”

Josh was all smiles. “We may be setting a serious precedent in Abby getting her way, but I think it’s worth it.”

Abigail started to fuss, and Brian was quick to hand her back to Haylee.

He turned toward me, taking my hand. “You ready?”

I nodded, and we both offered our congratulations one last time.

Josh patted his friend on the back and walked us out. “Hopefully, you guys are ordering pizza tonight?”

I was totally lost as to why he’d ask this random question, but Brian chuckled.

“Uh, yeah, definitely,” he replied, grinning.

* * *

In the cabI looked at him. “What was with the pizza thing?”

He laughed. “It’s code from college that was basically asking if we’d worked things out.”

“You had a code in college for working things out?’”

“Uh, well it was more for getting lucky, but times have changed.”

“You’ve got to be kidding.” I covered my face with my hands, embarrassed.

He peeled them down into his own hands. “Come on. It was his way of making sure we’re good.”

I shook my head. “He’s my boss’s boss.”

He kissed my hand. “And you’re the godmother of his daughter and friends with his wife. Welcome to the world of personal and professional blurred lines. Plus if you were choosing something to be self-conscious about, I’d think it would be the fact that now he knows you were the girl he provided me period advice for.”

I wanted to die a thousand deaths in that moment. Words failed me.

In front of my condo building, he helped me out of the car and quipped, “Honey, I did warn you I’m terribly flawed.”

I giggled and realized I was undeniably in love with this man. “Are there any more faults I should know about? Maybe we can declare this Amnesty Monday and get them all out of the way.”

We walked onto the elevator, and he pulled me into his embrace. Searching my face, he wore a thoughtful expression. “In the spirit of full disclosure, you should know that I’ve been trying to get you to fall in love with me this whole time.”

“For eight years?”

He looked a little nervous to tell me. “I dreamed about it for eight, but you should know the rules were only for us.”

“But you said you’ve done other arrangements like this.”

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