Aria
Darren insisted on taking me home that night.
“I can take the subway, you know,” I said as I grabbed my coat off the hook. “You don’t have to go out of your way.”
The CEO shot me a bemused expression. “I’m not letting you take the subway this late. It’s dangerous for a woman.”
I couldn’t help the way my cheeks flushed at that. Such a gentleman… But of course, he had to offset it with a flippant, “I wouldn’t let any of my employees endanger themselves like that.”
At that, I bit back the urge to roll my eyes. Of course he always had to make this about employees; but I supposed that was all I was, wasn’t I? Sure, maybe I was his ‘mate’, but that didn’t mean anything. Not really.
And why did I want it to, anyway?
By the time we pulled up to my curb, it was near
