Page 69 of Fierce-Hyde

Monday, no communication at all, but she was pretty busy at work.

Tuesday, he reached out first and asked if they could find time to see each other this week.

She was glad he’d asked and said she’d loved to.

No plans yet and here she was on Wednesday not that far from his office.

She hadn’t even told him she was going to be here.

Why was everything still so awkward for them?

“Not sure if he’s busy or not,” she said. “I haven’t talked to him much.”

Raina smirked over that. “Have you tried to?”

“We’ve been texting a little bit. I’m not one to do that and you know it.”

“Does he know it?” Raina asked.

“Know what?”

“That you aren’t much of a texting type of person?”

“Yes,” she said. “It’s come up. We left it with making plans for this weekend sometime. That was yesterday.”

“Are you going to go see him while you’re here?” Raina asked.

She laughed. “I didn’t know you were so pushy about this.”

“Not pushy,” Raina said. “Just asking.”

She stabbed her salad with her fork.

She wasn’t sure why she was so nervous about seeing Hyde again.

What they’d had over the weekend was a rollercoaster of emotional physical releases.

By Sunday night she’d gotten herself all worked up again and then calmed after his text.

This morning, she put a lot of effort into her appearance knowing she might see him but then told herself to make sure it didn’t look like she put a lot of effort into it.

When had she acted like this?

Never.

It went back to what she said before.

This time though it wasn’t a bad thing.

Just uncomfortable.

“I don’t know if I’ll see him,” she said. “When we are done, I’ll walk down and see if he’s there. Does that make you feel better?”

Raina grinned. “You’re nervous. Why are you nervous?”

There was no hiding anything from her friend.

She got up and shut the door. “I don’t know,” she whined. “And that isn’t like me either.”

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