Twice Tempted by Elizabeth Kelly Page A

be counted on to know exactly where
everyone was at any given moment.  Lucy had overheard her and Maureen talking
in the lunch room one day and Carol had shrugged when Maureen had asked her
about it.
    “I don’t know.  All I know is he had to leave to attend a
personal matter.”  The woman had bitten into her apple.  “Jerry’s been taking
all his calls and I don’t even know when he’ll be back.”
    For the first few days Lucy had checked her cell phone
constantly, positive that Jason would text her, but when she heard nothing from
him her worry had turned to anger.  He had been so sweet to her at the beach
house that weekend.  He had made it sound like he wanted something more than
sex.  He had certainly fooled her.
    Lucy sighed softly and stared into her wine glass.  From the
day he started, Jason had been cold and rude to her.  She had been positive
that he hated her and she hadn’t been that fond of him. 
    “Liar!”   Her mind screamed immediately.
    She was attracted to him from the start.  The night they had
become trapped in the elevator together Jason had finally admitted his rude
behavior had been an attempt to hide his attraction to her.  They had given in
to their mutual attraction and had mind-blowing sex on the floor of the
elevator.  She had tried to stay away from him – sleeping with the boss was
about the stupidest career limiting move you could make – but by the following
weekend she had been at his beach house and in his bed and couldn’t have been
happier about it.
    It hadn’t taken long for the women in the office to start
drooling over him and an office bet had been started.  The first one to bed
their sexy new boss would win a gift certificate to the spa.  Lucy had not been
invited to join the bet and she had told no one about sleeping with
Jason.  But, after discovering the bet, Jason had bought her a gift
certificate to Heaven’s Gate Spa.
    Two weeks without seeing him, without hearing his deep voice
or having him touch her in the way she had grown way too accustomed to in way
too short of a time, had left her feeling lonely and blue.  She had been
confused by her reaction.  A weekend of sex did not make a relationship and she
had never been the type of girl to fall quickly for someone.  In fact, she
hadn’t had a serious relationship in three years and she had been perfectly
content with that. 
    Although Jason had mentioned he wanted it to be more than
sex between them, they weren’t actually dating yet and he was under no
obligation to share anything with her.  Still, she couldn’t shake her hurt over
his two weeks of silence.
    “He probably regretted what he said.”   A voice inside
of her whispered.  “He probably changed his mind about having a relationship
with you and used his two weeks away from the office as the perfect way to send
a message to you.  You’re stupid if you think he would risk his entire career
just to spend some time between your legs.  You’re good in bed girl but you’re
not that good.”
    Lucy took a large gulp of wine.  That was another thing –
despite her poofy hair, extra few pounds, and pale-as-a-freaking-vampire skin –
she’d always had loads of self-confidence.  She’d never doubted her ability to
get or keep a man until Jason Young had come along, and she hated that he had
rattled her confidence so much.
    So what if he didn’t want her?  Like her mom always said -
there were plenty of other fish in the sea.  And not one of those fish was her
boss.  She was better off not having anything to do with Jason Young.
    “Lucy?  Are you okay?”  Penny was staring
at her oddly and Lucy forced herself to smile at her.
    “Just fine.  Why?”
    “You looked weird for a minute there.” 
Penny studied her closely and Lucy widened her smile. 
    “I’m good.”
    “Okay, well if you’ll excuse me I think
I’ll go and say hello to Jason.”
    Lucy rolled her eyes.  “Seriously Penny?”
    Penny wiggled her