“Like…ever?”
“At least until I’ve filed my final report. And I’ll have to check, but I’m pretty sure that policy remains in place as long as I’m the one in charge of their account.”
“That sucks.” Tessa sounded disgruntled on her behalf. “You’d think they’d make an exception for a freaking billionaire.”
Natalie chuckled. “I’m sure Dennis could smooth-talk Mr. Schwartz into just about anything. But it would be a waste of both their times.”
“Why? Is Dennis a jerk or something?”
Something. Just not sure what.
“No, he’s been really nice so far.” Almosttoonice. “He’s just…I don’t know. There’s just something about him. Or rather, there isn’t, which is the whole problem.”
“What?”
“Nothing about the man interests me.”
Looks, money, social status… She couldn’t care less about those things. It was that special connection she wanted. Like the one she’d had with Hunter.
I won’t settle for anything less.
“That’s funny,” Tess responded on cue. “Because there are a fewbillionthings about the man that interest me.”
“Hardy, har, har.” Natalie flipped on her signal and took the next exit. “I’m serious, Sis. I mean, Dennis is good looking and all, but…I don’t know. He just doesn’t do it for me.”
“What’s Logan think? Did he say you should go out with Atkinson?”
Natalie felt her chest tighten. The conversation between sisters was about to turn serious.
“I haven’t talked to Logan in a bit.”
A pause and then, “How long’s a bit?’
Natalie swallowed. “Tomorrow will be five days.”
“Five days?” This clearly shocked her. “You guys barely go fivehourswithout at least texting each other some dumb gif or meme. What gives?”
Lying would be so easy. Okay, noteasy. Natalie never lied to Tess, which was why she hadn’t called her before now.
She’d needed a few days without Logan under her roof to process all the crazy. If she’d called her sister that night—or even the day or two following—Natalie wasn’t sure she would’ve been as willing to open up about everything.
Not so sure I’m ready now, either.
But she needed to talk it all out with someone. Usually that someone was Logan, but since he was the biggest part of the problem…
“Things with Logan have become…”
She stopped to consider the appropriate adjective to describe the relationship’s shift. Not an easy task, since so many seemed to fit…
Awkward.
Scary.
Strange.
Exciting.
All of the above.