Page 33 of Fierce-Zander

Now it was more like acquaintances that he hooked up with now and again.

It drove Betsy nuts, but it’s not like he reached out to them. They were always calling or stopping in to see him.

Could he help it if women wanted to spend time with him?

Yep, that was a cocky thought he’d had in the past and didn’t feel like he’d want to admit it now.

Because all he was interested in was the woman next door finding time to be with him.

At eleven,Betsy went into the hall with her cup of coffee and met with Miles.

“What’s so juicy you’ve got to share?” Miles asked. “Who is secretly meeting with whom? Is it the accountant on the fourth floor coming here to use the bathroom at the same time as that dude from the first floor walking up?”

She laughed. She and Miles did have a nice view of the bathrooms from their offices and often would joke and notice meetings of people that weren’t housed on their floor.

Sure, someone could come from another floor and did, but when it happened with the same two people more than once a week and they’d stand out there chatting, she’d get suspicious.

Maybe it was her nature to be that way, but Miles and she had a good time chatting about it in the few months he’d been here.

“They normally meet on Mondays,” Betsy said. “Like they need to convene after they’d spent some time together over the weekend.”

“Good point,” Miles said. “And Fridays so they could make their plans. I bet they don’t like having a trail of conversations on their phones.”

“That would be smart, but most people aren’t that smart when it comes to affairs. At least from what I’ve seen.”

“Then we get the ones that catch each other,” Miles said, winking.

“Can you imagine the teamwork that could be done with our two bosses?” she asked.

Miles was rubbing his hands together. “That is the goal. At least what the Fierces have planned out. By the way, Regan seems completely oblivious to what their hobby is and I’ll try to keep it that way.”

“Good,” she said. “Zander knows and has since Royce and Chloe were set up. They’ve made no secret they were working on him, but he just brushes it off. It’s not like they’ve mentioned Regan’s name around him. I think they hope for us to do it all.”

“I’m game for it,” Miles said.

“Which leads me to something I discovered last night.”

“What’s that?”

“I came in and noticed two dirty plates in the spare office and two dirty forks. Zander isn’t the neatest person and probably thought he could hide it from me and would pick it up this morning, but I got here before him.”

Miles put a comical pout on his face. “Do you think he had a woman there last night?”

“Did Regan work late?” she asked.

“She did, but I don’t know when she left. I can check the alarm.”

“Good,” she said. “I’ll do the same. But if she set hers and then came to our place it would be set a different time. So that might not mean anything.”

“It would mean they were at least here at the same time for some point.”

“Does Regan like Chinese?” she asked.

“She does, but she’d never leave dirty dishes anywhere.”

Her shoulders dropped. “Guess that blows that theory.”

“Yes and no,” Miles said.

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