December 13

DECEMBER 13

“Iforwarded them to Mr. Williams—I’m not going out there again.” I was going to stay hidden behind my computer screen for the rest of the day.

So you plant a smooch on your man outside the HR office, and suddenly you’re the talk of the town in all the bullpens.

Pffft.

I’d just been happy about our HR-official status. It was the office romance’s equivalent to marriage. I wasn’t completely brand-new; I wasn’t planning on riding Daddy’s cock in the cafeteria or anything, but yeah, fuck it, I’d jumped up and kissed him real quick, and people had noticed. Now everyone knew.

“Aww, Parker’s grumpy about being the star of today’s work gossip.” Mya pouted.

I flipped her off.

“I take it you’re not having lunch with us?” Kim asked.

I held up my food container that’d been on my desk all morning. “I’m all set. See you later.”

I’d made a pasta salad last night, so I ate and worked through my lunch. Wyatt was at a business lunch anyway, and his whole week was going to center around their upcoming trip. Actually, so was mine. I had his itinerary now and knew exactly where and when his assistant was going to pick up the correct material.

My phone rang, and I saw Mom’s name on the display. I inserted one of my earbuds and answered while I categorized all the graphics into two folders. London and Luxembourg.

“Hey, Mom.” I stabbed a cherry tomato and some pasta on my fork and shoveled it into my mouth.

“Hi, sweetie. Are you busy?”

“It’s all good. What’s up?”

“I just wanted to let you know we changed our flights,” she said. “We’re flying in late tomorrow night instead of early on the fifteenth. We’re having breakfast with Emmy and Levi, and then the rest of the day is all about you.”

I grinned and dragged another set of graphics into the Luxembourg folder. “I don’t get off work until four, so you have my permission to give Em some attention until then.”

Mom laughed softly. “You’re kind, darlin’. Speaking of which, I spoke to Emmy, and she said we’re adding a plus-one to the dinner reservation?”

Oh yeah, crap, I was totally gonna get to that. “Yeah, would you mind? I’m sure she also told you I’m seeing someone.”

“She did. Will you tell me about him?”

Try’n stop me!