Page 7 of Getting Down to Business

Chapter 2

As the meeting moved into its second hour, Grayson wondered how much force it would take to thrust his pen into his skull to end the misery. It wasn’t as if he expected a room full of accountants to be exciting in any way, but there was only so much to talk about.

Yes, two plus two still equals four. Yes, having a positive number on the bottom line is still a good thing. The world is still rotating. Back to work.

He snickered at his imaginary meeting, and Doug raised a curious brow. Gray would explain later. If they ever got out of the meeting.

It wouldn’t have been so bad, but he knew this meeting was the extent of his entertainment for the evening.

After spending the night before with Alyssa Sinclair, he knew his Thursday was going to be lacking.

While sitting at the conference table, zoning out, daydreaming about Liss in that skirt, and planning whether to order a pizza or Chinese for dinner, he realized his whole life was becoming pathetic. He could quite possibly be the only person from a suburb in Connecticut to be bored stiff with life in New York City.

He needed to do something. Something… real. His thoughts shifted to the woman he’d been with the night before.

He hadn’t expected to strike gold when Doug talked him in to going to ladies’ night. After all, Wednesday was probably the least sexy day of the week. Or maybe it was Tuesday.

After his initial crash and burn when he asked to buy her a drink, they eventually found common ground—getting both of them to point B, as she called it.

He laughed, causing Randy to look over at him before going back to the topic on hand. Grayson allowed himself to drift deeper into his memories.

Maybe it was the way they’d connected, or the fact that he was in the world’s most boring meeting, but he couldn’t stop thinking about her.

Every touch, every moan.

He wanted to be with her again. Except Alyssa had been adamant about it being one night only. He’d have to find a way to change her mind.

“You left with that hot blonde pretty quick last night,” Doug said as he sat across from Grayson’s desk after the meeting finally let out.

“Wasn’t that the point?” After Jade’s announcement that things weren’t working, he planned to give the relationship the normal six-month mourning period. But Doug convinced him to go out and “get back in the saddle” despite Doug’s track record with romance.

“I didn’t have any luck.” Doug shrugged it off.

“What’s the matter? Weren’t they desperate enough for you?” Gray said with a chuckle.

Doug was a thirty-five year-old divorced father of a little girl he rarely got to see. Every time Grayson had to listen to Doug’s stories about the cost of daycare and fighting his ex to get visitation, it made him want to pull out his wallet and double check his condom supply.

“At least the drinks were cheap.”

“I only needed to buy one anyway.”

“Seriously? You didn’t even have to buy her a drink?”

“That’s right.” Gray couldn’t hold back the smug smile.

“You suck.” Doug flipped him off as he left Gray’s office.

Doug would really be pissed off to find out it was the best sex he ever had.

Grayson went about his day, catching himself smiling every once in a while. Alyssa’s face in the line at the coffee shop was priceless.

At lunch, he glanced around the street at the crowds of people.

“Who are you looking for?” Doug asked.

“The woman I was with last night works here.”

“Uh-oh. You want me to hide you?”