Page 48 of Mark & Don't Tell

The shortest relationship that never was.

Jane’s smiling face pulls me out of my head as I walk into the elevator. “Love the fit.”

“Thanks. Did you have a good weekend?”

A blush stains her cheeks.

“What?” I scoot over as more people cram into the elevator.

“I went to the”—she shoots her gaze around the tiny space before whispering—“place again.”

I arch an eyebrow in question.

She nods.

My mouth drops open.

She makes a sound and grimaces. “I know.”

“Holy shit,” I finally say. A few people give me dirty looks. I smile sweetly at them before turning back to Jane. “I want all the details.”

She bites her lip, trying and failing to hide a giant smile.

The elevator carries us up through various levels, and people filter off. Once it hits the Moon & Rock level, I grab Jane and drag her toward the nearest conference room and quickly shut the door.

“Tell me you came more than once,” I demand, then stiffen as three scents slam into me. Sweet myrrh. Bergamot. Cinnamon. Mine, mine, and mine.

Jane’s eyes widen, scenting them as well.

“Don’t stop on our account,” Linc says, voice full of amusement.

My friend squeezes my arm. Her face is fire engine red now. Turning, I block her from their view and take in the guys. “Why are you here?”

“Daria!” Jane squeaks.

Fuck. Right. She thinks they’re clients. I haven’t told her about the scent matching thing. I realize keeping this secret from my friends might make me a horrible person, but with the pack being so messy, I’m not ready for show-and-tell.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Vic asks. “We came for you.”

My heart skips.

“We came to see if you’d considered the job offer,” Kai quickly corrects when Jane gasps.

“Job offer?”

I glance at Jane. “Uh, yeah. They asked Mandy if I could work at Good Vibes as a consultant.”

“Oh my god!” She grins at me, then her face falls. “Oh my god, they heard everything,” Jane whispers to me, but in the small space, the guys hear her.

“Well, I’m still dying to know if you enjoyed yourself,” Linc says. I toss him a look, but his eyes are set on me, not Jane. That settles the jealous beast inside of me.

“I’m going to...yeah, I’m going to go. Pretend like I was never here,” Jane says quickly and darts from the room.

“Bye, Jane!” Linc calls to her back.

In the hallway, she stumbles as she scurries away, and I release a heavy sigh.

“That wasn’t very nice.”

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