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By four o'clock, the odds of this were looking decidedly grim because like a total idiot, I mentioned far too much when Jaden called in for his messages.
Chapter 69
On the phone, Jaden asked, "What are you saying?"
I sighed. "I don't know what I'm saying. It's just that I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn’t be working for you."
"Why not?"
"Oh come on. You know why." Even though my office door was shut, I lowered my voice. "We don’t have a purely professional relationship."
"Yeah? So?"
"So, I think people are noticing."
"Good," he said.
"No. It'snotgood."
My conversation with Jax had only confirmed what I'd been trying to deny. Apparently, Jaden and I weren't nearly as subtle as we thought.
Maybethatwas the reason no one ever talked to me.
Then again, the cold shoulder had begun on my very first day, long before Jaden and I even liked each other.
On the phone, he was saying, "It's been eight weeks."
"What?"
"Eight weeks," he repeated. "That's how long you've been putting me off."
I knew what he meant. A couple of months ago, he'd told me that we were taking our relationship public. In response, I'd practically begged him to give it more time.
At work, things were awkward enough already. And the sad thing was, Jaden never saw it. Whenever I was withhim, everyone was just terrific. They not only spoke to me, but occasionally smiled, too.
But when it was just me on my own, well, let's just say my reception was frosty at best.
I'd had plenty of jobs over the years, and I'd never experienced anything like this. Lately, it had been weighing on me more and more.
To Jaden, I replied, "Well of courseyouwouldn't mind. There's no downside for you."
"Meaning?"
"Well no one's gonna hassleyouabout it."
"Wanna bet?"
I frowned in confusion. "So someone's hassling you?"
"Yeah," he said. "And I'm talking to her."
"Oh, stop it. I'm not hassling you. I’m just letting you know how I feel."
"Yeah. And I'm lettingyouknow that you're full of it.
"I am not," I said. "I just don't know if we should be doing both."
"Both what?"
