Page 18 of Flirting with My Billionaire Enemy

“I thought you were the party animal of the family.”

“Who told you that?”

“My cousin.” I sip my frozen Coke, even though I haven’t paid for it yet. Sometimes I allow myself to rebel like that.

“Okay, so it’s true I have done my fair share of partying. But that wasn’t always the case.”

So he’s just going to leave it at that? “I’m sensing there’s more to the story than that.”

“There is, but that will have to be a tale for another day.”

I arch a brow at him. “Fair enough.” We were all entitled to our privacy, after all.

He starts heading to the counter to pay. “Not so fast,” I say. “We still haven’t checked out the snacks.”

“Oh, we wouldn’t want that.” He grins but follows me to the candy aisle.

“Okay.” I rub my hands together eagerly. “Let’s see what we have here.”

I snatch up a pack of Peanut M&Ms and then go for some Starburst.

“Gotta have the basics,” he says.

“I’m just getting started.” I walk to the next aisle. “Now for something salty.”

He grabs a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips.

“Nice choice. Not everyone likes them, but I’m personally a fan.”

“I haven’t tried them before.”

I gasp. “You’ve been missing out, sir.”

His gaze collides with mine, and he has an interested grin on his face. “Sir?”

“Well, you’re my boss. It seemed appropriate.”

He gives a low chuckle. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say you’re flirting with me.”

“Dream on.” I can’t help but smile, though. I’m having fun. It’s been a long time since I’ve let this part of me show, and surprisingly, Kaison seems to be bringing that part of me back to life. Everything about me has been so serious. Would it be so bad to let loose once in a while? But I know I can’t make this a regular thing. There’s too much at stake. But right here, in this moment, I’m allowing myself to have a little bit of harmless fun. As long as Kaison doesn’t smile at me with too much interest, it’s harmless. Because his smile does funny things to my insides, and I don’t want to examine too closely what that might mean.

I grab a pack of corn chips and then some pretzels. “Okay, I think I’m good.” I throw a glance at him over my shoulder. “Wait, aren’t you going to get a candy bar or something?”

“Oh, right. Heaven forbid I forget candy.” He grabs a Snickers bar and tucks it into the hand that’s carrying the salt and vinegar chips.

“It’s getting hard to juggle all of this.” I have too much crammed into one hand and the drink in my other one. “We should have gotten drinks last.”

We head over to the register and load our haul onto the counter. I fish around in my purse for my wallet, but Kaison puts up a hand.

“Company card.” He places it on the counter and scoots it toward the cashier. “This is a business trip, after all.”

“Good point.” Not that these couple of items would have broken the bank, but it’s nice to have expenses covered once in a while by the company. That was a luxury I didn’t see much in my past job. Although I saved them millions, they were too stingy to ever treat me to anything. Unless you counted the donuts Dolores brought to the break room on Friday mornings. I’m still frustrated at how I was treated as a woman in the workplace. It didn’t matter that I dressed as conservatively as possible. Guys were constantly either talking down to me or hitting on me. It’s nearly impossible to be taken seriously in the workforce these days.

I’ll have to see if that changes now that I’m with Keith Enterprises. I have to say, it’s not great so far. Kaison has been pretty flirty. But I can’t deny that there’s a connection between us. As much as I want to. There’s something there. Not that I plan to act on it.

But I’m perfectly aware of its annoying presence. That buzzing crackling in the air is like live wires, and I’m afraid of getting electrocuted.

We head out of the store and climb into the car. Kaison settles into the seat next to me. He takes a long pull of his frozen Coke. “Wow, this is better than I expected.”

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