Reyna had conveniently forgotten to bring up the subject of her cousin to Brody on the numerous occasions Jenna asked her to. She still remembered her cousin’s angry reaction to hearing that Reyna was living with Brody. Even after Reyna reassured Jenna there wasn’t anything going on between them, her cousin still didn’t believe her. Then, Jenna had decided her cousin’s living arrangements might just work out to her advantage after all. Since that time, Reyna pretty much avoided Jenna’s calls.
Now it seemed her cousin was taking the matter into her own hands. Reyna wanted to scream at Jenna’s selfish behavior. Jenna never called, and certainly never just dropped by without reason. She was hoping to run into Brody.
“I hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time? I was in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by and say hello.” Jenna looked around her office in disgust. “So, how have you been? I haven’t heard from you in such a long time, that I was starting to get worried. How’s the job?”
Reyna closed her eyes and counted to ten. She glanced nervously at Brody’s door, which she had forgotten to close.
“I’m fine, Jenna, really. The job is great, but I’m in kind of in a rush right now, I’m afraid. I have class in less than an hour and I really need to hurry or I’ll be late. Maybe we can have lunch together sometime soon?” She stood, shut down her laptop, and began gathering her things before looking pointedly at Jenna, who seemed to ignore Reyna’s impatience altogether.
“Well, since I’m already here, why don’t you just let your boss know and we can chat for a while? There’s really no need for you to stay.”
Reyna was just ready to tell her Brody wasn’t in the office when he came out looking from her to Jenna in surprise, leaving Reyna little choice but to introduce her cousin to him. “Brody, you remember my cousin, Jenna Vanderhaven. You two met at Cade’s…” She stopped shook her head. She couldn’t talk about Cade. “Jenna, my boss, Brody Samuels.”
Brody took Jenna’s hand as she smiled seductively up at him. Something flickered in Brody’s eyes before he returned her smile and glanced at Reyna.
“I see. Yes, I do remember. It’s good to see you again, Jenna. How have you been? Why don’t you come inside for a moment? We can talk for a while until my meeting starts.” Reyna followed them reluctantly feeling every bit the third wheel as Jenna looked around his office with more enthusiasm than she’d shown up until that moment. Brody turned back to Reyna and smiled, the look in his eyes telling her that he believed she’d set the whole thing up. He blamed her for Jenna’s intrusion. In fact, he looked furious with her.
“That will be all for now. You can leave.”
For a moment, she couldn’t move. She looked past Brody to where Jenna stood smiling back at her. Then Reyna turned and walked silently from the room, closing the door behind her. She wanted to cry and she wasn’t sure if it was because of the way Brody had looked at her just now, or the look he gave her cousin. She hadn’t wanted to believe Brody would be interested in someone like Jenna, but she was wrong. Reyna didn’t really know what kind of woman he was interested in; all she did know was that it wasn’t her.
Reyna grabbed her things and started for the elevator, her vision blinded by tears. She wiped them away angrily, punching the buttons several times. She only wanted only to escape.
“Just a minute.” She hadn’t heard him follow her out, but as she looked back at him in surprise, she knew he was fighting to control his anger. Reyna looked quickly away,
Now it seemed her cousin was taking the matter into her own hands. Reyna wanted to scream at Jenna’s selfish behavior. Jenna never called, and certainly never just dropped by without reason. She was hoping to run into Brody.
“I hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time? I was in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by and say hello.” Jenna looked around her office in disgust. “So, how have you been? I haven’t heard from you in such a long time, that I was starting to get worried. How’s the job?”
Reyna closed her eyes and counted to ten. She glanced nervously at Brody’s door, which she had forgotten to close.
“I’m fine, Jenna, really. The job is great, but I’m in kind of in a rush right now, I’m afraid. I have class in less than an hour and I really need to hurry or I’ll be late. Maybe we can have lunch together sometime soon?” She stood, shut down her laptop, and began gathering her things before looking pointedly at Jenna, who seemed to ignore Reyna’s impatience altogether.
“Well, since I’m already here, why don’t you just let your boss know and we can chat for a while? There’s really no need for you to stay.”
Reyna was just ready to tell her Brody wasn’t in the office when he came out looking from her to Jenna in surprise, leaving Reyna little choice but to introduce her cousin to him. “Brody, you remember my cousin, Jenna Vanderhaven. You two met at Cade’s…” She stopped shook her head. She couldn’t talk about Cade. “Jenna, my boss, Brody Samuels.”
Brody took Jenna’s hand as she smiled seductively up at him. Something flickered in Brody’s eyes before he returned her smile and glanced at Reyna.
“I see. Yes, I do remember. It’s good to see you again, Jenna. How have you been? Why don’t you come inside for a moment? We can talk for a while until my meeting starts.” Reyna followed them reluctantly feeling every bit the third wheel as Jenna looked around his office with more enthusiasm than she’d shown up until that moment. Brody turned back to Reyna and smiled, the look in his eyes telling her that he believed she’d set the whole thing up. He blamed her for Jenna’s intrusion. In fact, he looked furious with her.
“That will be all for now. You can leave.”
For a moment, she couldn’t move. She looked past Brody to where Jenna stood smiling back at her. Then Reyna turned and walked silently from the room, closing the door behind her. She wanted to cry and she wasn’t sure if it was because of the way Brody had looked at her just now, or the look he gave her cousin. She hadn’t wanted to believe Brody would be interested in someone like Jenna, but she was wrong. Reyna didn’t really know what kind of woman he was interested in; all she did know was that it wasn’t her.
Reyna grabbed her things and started for the elevator, her vision blinded by tears. She wiped them away angrily, punching the buttons several times. She only wanted only to escape.
“Just a minute.” She hadn’t heard him follow her out, but as she looked back at him in surprise, she knew he was fighting to control his anger. Reyna looked quickly away,
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