Page 34 of Say Yes To The Fake Date

LUCIANA

I’m trying to stay focused, but I keep looking out the window of the office to seek out Dominic. I catch myself staring at him, and I shake my head and look back down at my laptop. It’s been a week since the fundraiser dinner. I started my job with Walker, and I’ve worked in the office a few morning this week, but the rest of the time I’ve worked in Dom’s office at the garage.

My phone rings, and I have to dig it out of my purse. As soon as I see Ray’s number, I decline the call. I refuse to talk to him, instead directing him to talk to my attorney.

“Hey, baby.”

As soon as I hear Dom’s voice, my nipples pucker. It’s become a little embarrassing how mybody reacts to him. It’s like I can’t get enough. “Hey.”

He starts to come toward me, and I hold my hands up. “Stop right there, mister. You know the rules.”

He laughs. “I know, I know. If you’re going to work here, I need to let you work.”

I nod because that was one of the rules I made with him.

“I’m going to pick up lunch. What can I get you?”

I start to dig in my purse for some money, and Dom holds his hand up. “Don’t even think about it. I got you.”

I roll my eyes because Dom doesn’t let me pay for anything. “I’ll just take a salad from wherever you go.”

“Got it. Salad and a slice of Blaze Apple Cinnamon Cake.”

My eyes light up. “I don’t need the cake.”

He takes a step toward me. “Eat it for me.”

I spin my chair to look straight at him. “You want me to eat a piece of cake for you.”

He nods, taking another step toward me. “Yeah, I like the way you moan when you eat it.”

I point my finger at him. “Uh, uh… I see what you’re doing. Don’t come any closer.”

He takes a deep breath and puts his hands on his hips. “Are you getting work done?”

“Yes.”

“I love that you get to work from here.”

I look around his office. “You know this is only temporary.”

He drops his hands to his side and clenches them into fists. “Temporary?”

I shrug. “Yeah, I can’t take over your office forever.”

He lets out a breath, and this time he takes a step toward me and doesn’t stop until he’s standing right in front of me. He leans down, putting a hand on each side of my chair. “I thought you meant we were temporary. You’re stuck with me, Lucky. That’s not an option.” He leans down and kisses me and quickly pulls back. “As for the office, I’m thinking about renovating this office for the time being, but maybe for the future, we should turn the apartment upstairs into an office.”

“Your apartment!”

He nods. “Yeah. I’m thinking it’s time I bought a house.”

“A house!”I exclaim.

“Are you going to repeat everything I say?” He leans down and kisses me until my toes curl. “Yeah, honey, you need to wrap your mind around it. We’re going to go house shopping.”

“House shopping?” I say, completely overwhelmed. It seems like everything is happening so fast, but when I think about it, is it really? We’ve wasted so much time already, and I know I want to be with Dom.

He laughs, not even fazed by the way I keep shouting out words to him. “Okay, so I need to let you get back to work. I don’t want you telling me you can’t work here because I won’t let you get any work done. So you work. I’ll be back with some food.”

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