Page 133 of Sky’s Edge
“Professional?”
“Honey, he’s going to take your back in everything. The end. And I’m very okay with that. The end. I’m not one of those females who has to have everyone like her. I’ll prove myself to him, or grow on him, or I won’t do either. It will be what it’ll be. You can’t make him like me. But he’s being polite. He’s serious about his job. I feel safe. Let it go.”
“As you wish,” he murmured.
“When is this thing with Gayle going to happen?”
“They have to plan it, but they’re looking at Wednesday.”
So she’d be home when I was going to him.
“We can skip the extra night this week,” he offered.
“No,” I replied before I could think it through.
I should be here for Gayle.
But I couldn’t bear waiting until Friday to see Tanyn again.
I was a little worried I was falling so fast, but I couldn’t deny I was, and since there not only was nothing I could do about it, I also didn’t want to do anything about it, therefore, I wasn’t going to worry too much about it.
“Aleksei’s keeping her at Spikeback with him and Laura until the threat from Tatra is neutralized, or Cormac agrees to back off. She’ll be covered until you get home on Thursday.”
She would.
Laura, Monique, and it seemed Aleksei would be all over that.
“I could ask them to delay until Thursday,” he offered. “But the team won’t be ready until Wednesday, and that’s asking her to spend another day down there.”
“I didn’t want to rub it in, you know, what’s growing between us,” I shared. “But I’ll have no choice but to do that on Thursday so she’ll understand why I wasn’t here. Don’t delay it. Let’s get her out of there.”
“Right.”
“Speaking of Tatra. Any news?”
“Not yet.”
Damn.
“Okay, I need to work and you have king things to do, I’m sure.”
That got a smile out of him.
Excellent.
“So I’ll let you go,” I continued. “Chat later this evening?”
“Absolutely.”
And the quickness of his reply made me smile.
Mm-hmm.
He was going to be one of those males who communicated.
And no.
I was not going to worry (too much) about falling so fast for him.
