Page 38 of Covert Affair

I roll my eyes at him and sigh as he walks away.

“He can be a little…overwhelming…sometimes,” Molly immediately says.

I shrug. "Is Cole like that too?"

Molly throws her head back and laughs. "Oh gosh, he might actually be worse. Probably where Cody learned it."

"He sure seems smitten with Miss Heidi," I nod toward the toddler.

"Beyond smitten. He's an amazing uncle. Here, take a seat," Molly reaches over and pulls out another office chair. "I could use a little adult interaction."

Before I have a chance to sit, Molly gives me an unexpected hug and tells me she’s so happy to finally meet me in person but wishes it was under better circumstances.

Me too, lady. Me too.

“Has Cody told you that we’re expanding to Nashville? He’s going to be heading up the expansion,” Molly adds with a huge smile on her face.

“Uhm. No. He didn’t mention it. We haven’t really talked about anything except my, uh, situation.”

Her smile falls and her eyes widen. “Oh. Right. That makes sense.”

“So, Nashville though? That’s interesting.” Very interesting as a matter of fact. Right along with the fact that he hasn’t said anything to me, yet.

“Yeah. Business is doing well. It’s a logical next step.”

“I can understand that. How soon are they planning to make that happen?” I ask, genuinely curious and mildly amused that Cody hasn’t said anything to me though it would make sense. And it's not like he needs to tell me.

“Ohhh. Uhm,” Molly bites her lip. “Soon. That’s kinda what they’re discussing now.”

Because of course they are. I probably should have guessed that Cody was going to follow me this time.

Molly leans in a little closer to me. “There’s a good chance that I shouldn’t tell you this, but that’s never stopped me before…” She pauses and looks around to make sure no one is in ear shot. “Cody likes you. Like…likes you likes you. Pretty sure he has ever since he played your fake boyfriend back at the award show. Of course, if you asked him, he’d likely deny it. That’s par for the course with these guys. I would know. Cole was the same way. Deny, deny, deny. Until it was almost too late.”

My mouth falls open. “I…uh…I’m not really sure what to say about that.”

I wonder how much she knows.

Did Cody come back and tell his brother that we slept together? God I hope not.

Did he agree to this whole Nashville thing before or after I called him?

Has he been keeping track of me?

We were just a fling. At least that’s what I told myself.

We were scratching an itch. Forced together by a stressful situation that stirred up some feelings. Taking an edge off.

God. Here it was a year later and I was still trying to justify what happened between us as nothing. And why? Because I was too much of a coward to consider something more with Cody.

Instead, I chose to move on with the first man that showed me some kind of attention. Because that’s what cowards like me do. I let myself get caught up in a too good to be true fairytale instead of choosing the messy, real life, situation where I would have been protected and cherished.

That’s if Cody really is or was interested. I mean, a guy like Cody can’t very well take his job on the road. That was another point for Waylon…his job could travel. We spent more nights together than apart. Until recently when otherclientsstarted occupying his time.

I didn’t want a relationship where we didn’t get to spend our days and nights together. At least that’s what I kept telling myself anyway.

“Ohhh, no. I’ve terrified you now. Shit. I’m sorry. I’m really good at saying too much,” Molly apologizes. “I know you were seeing someone, and Cody would never cross that line, but that’s why he’s so protective of you.”

“No. No! You’re fine.” Totally fine. Right? “I just get lost in my head sometimes.”

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