“Mmm, I’m gonna have to break your heart there, lover boy,” I said, giving him a playful smile.
“Oh, please don’t do that. What is it?” he asked, his face falling. “Don’t tell me you’re that busy. You just got back to the company today, and you haven’t gotten up to speed. Don’t tell me you’ve already started working.”
“Not yet, it’s just that I kind of already had lunch,” I replied.
“Oh, you’re coming from lunch?” he asked, his voice teasing.
“Yes,” I confirmed.
“You’re such a bad girl,” he said with a grin. “Why didn’t you just tell me or ask me to lunch? I would have loved to have lunch with you. I missed you so much and was looking forward to seeing you. And knowing that you were just downstairs was killing me. I was really looking forward to having lunch with you.”
“I know,” I sa
