Page 92 of Fierce-Hyde

“Hi, Tori. Looking for Raina or Hyde?” Maureen asked.

Nothing was a secret around here anymore. “Raina,” she said.

“Go on back,” Maureen said.

She moved down the hall and looked into Raina’s office, but didn’t see her.

Dang it. She didn’t want to walk around looking either. Maybe Raina was in a meeting for all she knew.

She turned and went back down the hallway toward Hyde’s office. When she’d gone by he wasn’t in there either and she figured he was out to lunch.

Sometimes he ate at his desk, other times in Ryder’s office or the cafeteria.

Nope, still not there.

“Tori.”

She turned the corner and ran into Garrett Fierce. “Not sure if you’re looking for Raina or Hyde, but they are both in Drake’s office.”

“Oh,” she said. “I decided to walk up on my lunch and stretch my legs to see if either were around. Not a big deal.”

“Nonsense,” Garrett said. “They are probably wrapping up now. Drake doesn’t normally run too late on his meetings through lunch because he spends some of that time with Kara.”

Kara was the CFO now. Someone who worked her way up since she was hired years ago and then one of those set-ups with Drake.

“I don’t want to bother them.”

“Follow me,” Garrett said, smirking. “I can interrupt anyone I want. No one tells me no.”

She laughed. “I’m sure they don’t. At least not to your face.”

“I like that spirit of yours, Tori,” Garrett said. “Look who we have here. She was walking the halls and looking lost.”

She rolled her eyes. “Not quite,” she said when Garrett nudged her into Drake’s open door. Raina and Hyde were standing so it wasn’t much of a meeting or it was ending.

“I know how my father is,” Drake said. “But we are done here.”

“Who do you want?” Garrett asked.

Nothing like putting her on the spot to choose between her best friend and boyfriend.

“She’s yours,” Raina said. “I’m starving and then have a call in ten minutes.”

Raina winked at her and dashed out of the office quickly.

“Guess I get to visit with my girlfriend,” Hyde said. “Want to go back to my office or take a walk?”

“How about a walk?” she said. She needed some air after she’d been put on the spot like that.

“I figured,” he said.

He put his hand on her back and led her toward the staircase, glad that he knew her well enough without saying the words.

“That wasn’t real smooth,”Drake said to Garrett.

“What?” he asked. “I saw her walking around and didn’t want her to think they weren’t here.”

“I doubt that,” Drake said. “You wanted to see how she and Hyde reacted to each other.”

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