Page 16 of Indiscretion

“I’d already told Lily what happened this morning.”

“We were discussing it.”

“You told her how good I looked naked then?”

My face heated. “No!”

“But you thought it?”

“I definitely understand why you don’t attract women with your sparkling personality.”

He leaned in and lowered his voice. “You don’t have to be embarrassed. I’ll admit I thought of you in those pink pajamas more than once today.”

Gah! I hated that I felt butterflies in my belly. But the huskiness in his voice was something else. I was pretty sure it wouldn’t have mattered what he said. The man could read the phone book, and I’d be turned on.

I was grateful a waiter walked over and interrupted the moment. He held up a bottle. “Would you like wine?”

“Definitely,” I said. “And a generous pour, please. I’m seated next to an egomaniac.”

I knocked back half the glass in one big gulp before Dawson even got his. When he lifted his wine to his mouth, I noticed he had a bracelet on his wrist, along with a sexy, chunky watch. I’d noticed the bracelet when he drove me to the hospital too, but it was the first time I realized it had letters.

“Is that a friendship bracelet? Are you a Swiftie?”

“Definitely not.”

“What does it say?”

He held it out for me to read. A-S-S-H-O-L-E. I laughed. “I’m pretty sure you don’t need that thing. People figure it out pretty quickly on their own.”

He smiled. “Ben mentioned you used to work in the DA’s office in Virginia.”

My face fell. “What else did he tell you?”

“Not much, other than you recently moved to New York. Are you thinking about working at the DA’s office with Lily?”

If he thought the DA’s office there would hire me, Ben hadn’t told him much. I shook my head. “I think I’m done with government work.”

“I keep trying to get Ben to leave. He could make twice the salary in private practice. Probably more.”

I was anxious to change subjects. “Did you hear anything from your assistant about a place to stay?”

“Not yet. She was looking at hotels but couldn’t find anything available. There’s not too much close by. That’s why I’d booked the Airbnb. I usually try to avoid them because they can be inconsistent. I’m sure she’ll find a place on VRBO or one of those sites by tomorrow.”

I sighed. “Okay, well, let me know.”

“Are you offering to share your bed with me if nothing pops up?” He winked, and my stomach did another stupid little flippity flop.

“I was thinking more like you could sleep in your car.”

“Ouch.”

I laughed. “I can probably get one of the ladies in the wedding party to let me bunk with her if you don’t find anything. Hannah is here alone. Her husband is a cardiology resident, and I don’t think he was able to get off work.”

“She was the one in the last golf cart, right? With the red hair?”

I nodded. “She’s Lily’s cousin.”

Dawson lifted his chin, motioning to the other end of the table. “Then I hope her husband’s schedule changed.”

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