~ Lily ~
I told myself I wasn’t becoming a regular. That particular lie lasted approximately four days.
The first night I returned, I was curious. The second night because I had questions. The third night because I’d spent an entire board meeting wondering what Hector was doing. By the fourth night, even I was embarrassed by the excuses.
“You’ve been distracted all week,” Elias said from my office doorway, leaning against the frame like he had nowhere better to be.
I looked up from my laptop. “I’ve attended six meetings today.”
“You spent three of them staring out the window,” he replied, unmoved.
“I was thinking.”
“About motorcycle man?” he asked, one eyebrow already climbing.
I hated how quickly my facial expression betrayed me. Elias seeing my face immediately pointed at me, gri
