saw the way you looked at him and I know you’re not available for dinner." Jamie was silent, too embarrassed to say anything. Nicholas chuckled kindly. "Listen, no hard feelings, okay? I'm still happy to meet you for dinner if you want."
He wasn’t going to let her off that easy, was he? She was passing up on a real sweetie. Alex had mentioned Nicholas wasn’t poor and he didn’t trust the guy. He couldn’t have been more wrong.
"Alex and I aren’t dating."
“Yet.” He chuckled. “Don’t let him be an idiot and screw it up. Look, I’ve got to go. Keep my number, if things change.”
“I will. Sure. Thanks. Uh, see ya?” She knew she sounded like an idiot, but she didn’t know what else to say. After she hung up, Jamie threw herself down on her bed. Nicholas was right. She couldn't deny she had feelings for Alex that were far from professional, regardless of what his own feelings were. She was fooling herself if she thought she could keep it professional. It wasn’t going to happen.
She wanted to scream in her pillow.
Damn it! First, she fell in love with the boss' son and let that crash and burn. And now she was in love with her boss.
Her phone vibrated against her hand. She lifted it up to check who was calling.
It was a text from Alex: Flight booked. We leave at noon.
****
Even under the circumstances, Jamie couldn’t help but be excited about travelling first class. The seats were huge! People looked at you with envy as they headed into the sardine can behind them. They were the only two in first class. The stewardess kept coming by offering a beverage and Alex, looking like he could really use one, politely said no.
They had barely spoken at the office. Jamie had woken early, went for a workout on the treadmill and then packed her suitcase. She had been about to call for a taxi when Alex knocked on her door and said he was heading into work if she wanted a lift. She hadn’t argued and that was the last time they spoke, until he told her it was time to head to the airport. Incredibly awkward. She hated it.
“You still planning on going to the wedding?” Alex asked suddenly.
Jamie looked over at him from the book she held, but hadn’t been reading. “I don’t know.” She shrugged. “I was kind of waiting to see if she would call me.” She set the book down. “She’d been calling and messaging me five to twenty times a day. Now it’s stopped completely. It feels weird.”
“You should go. It might be good to give her a good dose of feeling small,” Alex said, his face revealing nothing. “You look good. You’ve lost weight. You’re confident. You’ve got one hell of a job to brag about.” He winked at her. “You show up looking incredibly gorgeous and she’ll wish you were still her maid of honor, instead of whatever bony, bitter friend she chose.”
Jamie laughed. “That’s okay. I’m not into paybacks.” She smiled, glad he was talking to her again. “I don’t think I’ll have fun. Besides, she thinks bony is great.”
“Perhaps there’s another way to get back at her, then.” He tapped his finger against the leather arm of his chair. “You need a date. Someone to blow her mind, and everyone else’s. I should take you! Stephen told me, after I hired you, that Christine went on about how you were going to have the hots for me and would never stand a chance. I’d never be interested in a girl like you.”
Jamie flushed. “He told you that?”
“Multiple times. I’ve had way too many run-ins with your family than I care to count. I can’t stand mine, but yours… they’re crazy.” He chuckled. “She would hate it if we showed up together, I’m sure.” He held his hand up. “You’re coming along on this trip for me. Let me make it even, and help you with that.”
Her stomach dropped. He wasn’t offering to go because he wanted to, he was doing it to keep things fair. “You wouldn’t want to go to this wedding. You don’t even like the
He wasn’t going to let her off that easy, was he? She was passing up on a real sweetie. Alex had mentioned Nicholas wasn’t poor and he didn’t trust the guy. He couldn’t have been more wrong.
"Alex and I aren’t dating."
“Yet.” He chuckled. “Don’t let him be an idiot and screw it up. Look, I’ve got to go. Keep my number, if things change.”
“I will. Sure. Thanks. Uh, see ya?” She knew she sounded like an idiot, but she didn’t know what else to say. After she hung up, Jamie threw herself down on her bed. Nicholas was right. She couldn't deny she had feelings for Alex that were far from professional, regardless of what his own feelings were. She was fooling herself if she thought she could keep it professional. It wasn’t going to happen.
She wanted to scream in her pillow.
Damn it! First, she fell in love with the boss' son and let that crash and burn. And now she was in love with her boss.
Her phone vibrated against her hand. She lifted it up to check who was calling.
It was a text from Alex: Flight booked. We leave at noon.
****
Even under the circumstances, Jamie couldn’t help but be excited about travelling first class. The seats were huge! People looked at you with envy as they headed into the sardine can behind them. They were the only two in first class. The stewardess kept coming by offering a beverage and Alex, looking like he could really use one, politely said no.
They had barely spoken at the office. Jamie had woken early, went for a workout on the treadmill and then packed her suitcase. She had been about to call for a taxi when Alex knocked on her door and said he was heading into work if she wanted a lift. She hadn’t argued and that was the last time they spoke, until he told her it was time to head to the airport. Incredibly awkward. She hated it.
“You still planning on going to the wedding?” Alex asked suddenly.
Jamie looked over at him from the book she held, but hadn’t been reading. “I don’t know.” She shrugged. “I was kind of waiting to see if she would call me.” She set the book down. “She’d been calling and messaging me five to twenty times a day. Now it’s stopped completely. It feels weird.”
“You should go. It might be good to give her a good dose of feeling small,” Alex said, his face revealing nothing. “You look good. You’ve lost weight. You’re confident. You’ve got one hell of a job to brag about.” He winked at her. “You show up looking incredibly gorgeous and she’ll wish you were still her maid of honor, instead of whatever bony, bitter friend she chose.”
Jamie laughed. “That’s okay. I’m not into paybacks.” She smiled, glad he was talking to her again. “I don’t think I’ll have fun. Besides, she thinks bony is great.”
“Perhaps there’s another way to get back at her, then.” He tapped his finger against the leather arm of his chair. “You need a date. Someone to blow her mind, and everyone else’s. I should take you! Stephen told me, after I hired you, that Christine went on about how you were going to have the hots for me and would never stand a chance. I’d never be interested in a girl like you.”
Jamie flushed. “He told you that?”
“Multiple times. I’ve had way too many run-ins with your family than I care to count. I can’t stand mine, but yours… they’re crazy.” He chuckled. “She would hate it if we showed up together, I’m sure.” He held his hand up. “You’re coming along on this trip for me. Let me make it even, and help you with that.”
Her stomach dropped. He wasn’t offering to go because he wanted to, he was doing it to keep things fair. “You wouldn’t want to go to this wedding. You don’t even like the
Similar Books
