5
Valentina grumbled at me when I picked her up for book club. I grinned, and she just rolled her eyes.
“Did you agree to a date yet?” she asked as I backed out of her driveway.
All week, Patrick had given me the cold shoulder. It wasn’t like he was rude or insubordinate, but he wasn’t his usual flirty self. He would talk to Theo and Howard and flirt with Eve, but when I’d walk into the room, he’d stop talking.
Everyone noticed, but they either knew what was going on or weren’t willing to ask in front of me.
“We’d have to be speaking in order for me to agree to a date,” I admitted.
“You’re not speaking? I thought he worked for you.”
“He does, but apparently the only time he’s willing to speak to me now is when we’re talking about work and he has no choice.”
“Wow, you really hurt hi
