The less time I’m around Drew the better, so my plan is to eat one course, then fake a migraine and go pour that bubble bath.
The thing is, he’s so damn handsome.
Even when he’s being the boss, doing all the boss things, I can’t help the way my body reacts.Just standing talking to his team, the way he runs his fingers along his jawline, it makes me all tingly.
I couldn’t let him know.
Running out on him like I did after we had sex on Friday was rather childish of me.I feel embarrassed.It’s the first one-night stand I ever had.
When I told Belinda about the diamond necklace—come on!You would too!—she said that negated the one-night stand status.
“A man fucking you with millions of dollars in diamonds around the neck does not make you a slut.”
“I never used the wordslut,” I responded.
“Still.”
“I don’t know what its value was.”
“You are missing the point, Gemma.Diamonds.Big chunky diamonds and he...did his thing all over you.”
“Came.I’m not a child.You can say came.”
“Can I?You can be a prude sometimes.”
“I’m not a prude!”I snapped.“I was a wife and mother...this is all new to me.”
“Well, you seem to be doing just fine,” Belinda sniggered.
Then she insinuated that I should have taken the necklace home with me.I told her that it would have been theft.
She disagreed.
I’m sure we have different fathers.
Nevertheless, she’s wrong.I’m not a prude.The things I let Drew do to me, things I wish he would do again, made me feel like a very sexual woman.
He tasted all of me.
Aside from his comment on the jet, we’ve both been very professional during this trip.I’m glad it hasn’t been awkward.It would be if Drew knew how much I was affected by his very presence, but he doesn’t, so thank God for that!
When I’m shown inside the restaurant, I find Drew sitting alone.There are only two seats.
“Oh.”I slow my walk as I approach.“Are Robin and Theo not joining us?”
Drew’s steel-blue, sexy eyes meet mine as he stands.He indicates that the waiter, who’s approaching us, should leave, and pulls out my chair himself.
I sit.
“Robin has family here, and Theo is preparing some documents for me, so is dining in his room.”
This is a bad idea.
Being alone with Drew feels risky.
Being alone with Drew while eating dinner, which feels like a social, not a business thing, feels very risky.
The way he’s looking at me.