Loose 487


Just my luck. I took a deep breath, trying to sound calm and indifferent. “Mr. Jennings, I’m busy right now.”

“If you won’t come down, should I come up?” Edward knew exactly how to push my buttons.

“Ne… don’t come up,” I said quickly, genuinely worried. The office was full of gossipy women, and if Edward showed up, it would spread live wildfire.

“If you don’t want to talk near the office, just name a place, and I’ll meet you there,” Edward said, sensing my unease and playing the part of the understanding gentleman.

I quickly named a quiet café and even reserved a private room in

After making the arrangements, I hurried over in my car.

vance.

As soon as I pushed the door open, I saw Edward already sitting on the sofa, sipping coffee. He looked completely different from yesterday–no longer. sickly but full of energy, like he could take on the world. ‘Was his illness just an act?‘ I wondered.

“What a cunning man…‘ I thought.

Edward had ordered Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, the most expensive kind. The rich aroma filled the air as he sat there, calm and composed.

awkwardly at the door for a couple of seconds. He kept quiet, so I had nothing

I sat down across from him, he slid a coffee

I be? I thought. ‘Does Edward even get what boundaries are? What kind of uncle keeps watching a woman

wife?‘


Edward really just going to stomp all over what’s

coffee and didn’t even look at

cup, and it hit the floor with a sharp

purpose. Poor thing, that cup never did anything

ago, now looked like a storm was about to break. When his eyes locked onto mine, my

all over the place, but some things just had to

pile up is dangerous. If I keep bottling things up, I might not even make it to sixty–and all those years paying into my retirement fund, and I’d never get a

did you kiss me?” I stared

him like a baseball bat–he

a blush actually

at him, pissed. “Mr. Jennings, do you really think that

moment of embarrassment, he looked up at me. “Is it really too

Me: …


what kind of twisted person demands a thank

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