I speed walk down the hall to the bathroom in the back.Pulling out my phone, I tap on Coco’s name to call her.
“Hey,” she greets.“Headed home?”
“No!I’m still at work with Wells.He saw me texting you earlier and keeps asking about it.I don’t know, things are just… weird!”
“Weird how?”
“I was still blushing after your last text, and now he wants to know what the message was.”
“Tell him.”
I groan, scrubbing a hand down my face.“Oh my god.Please be helpful.”
Coco laughs.“I am!Tell him you want him.Then have hot, passionate sex all over the clinic.”
“Yeah, let’s say Idon’tdo that and I keep my job,” I snap.
“I’m serious!Tell him one of the sexy fantasies you’ve had about him.See what he does.”
“And then what?He rejects me, and I’m stuck working for him forever?No, I couldn’t handle that.I wouldn’t be able to face him again.I’d have to find a new job and move.”
“Or,” Coco interrupts, “he confesses his love for you and fucks you senseless.”
I’m about to tell her how insane that idea is when the door opens, and Wells walks into the bathroom.
“Call you back,” I mumble, hanging up before Coco can offer any other suggestions.
I straighten as Wells approaches.
Damn, I should have locked the door.
“Who was that?”he asks carefully.
“Just a friend.”
“So, why the secrecy?”
I open my mouth, but nothing comes out.Am I brave enough to tell him the truth?Admit that I want him?Can I do what Coco suggested?I want to be that badass who whispers sexy innuendos in Wells’ ear and asks him to recreate them right here and now.
But all I can think about is everything that could go wrong.
I stare at Wells and think about going home alone tonight.I’m so sick of being single.I want love.I want him.I want my happily ever after, and I’ll never get any of that if I don’t go for what I want.
“Pearl?”Wells prompts.
“I was thinking of something… good earlier,” I whisper.
His eyes sharpen, and he leans closer.
I back up, hitting the wall behind me as I stare up at him.
“What was it?”he asks roughly.
God, I can hear the heat in his voice.
This is it.All in from here on out.
“Kissing you,” I say softly.