ALEKSANDER
“You were with her earlier today right?” Jessica actually expects me to answer.
It’s like she forgot that I am the boss and she is the one I should be questioning about her whereabouts. And if I’m being honest, I truly want to know where she has been all day.
“Yes, we had a late lunch and I drove her back to work.” I push my hands into my front pockets. “But I don’t see why, coming early to my own house concerns you.”
I try to draw the boundaries again.
“You mean the same way my fever concerns you?” She bites back and my jaw ticks.
At least her eyes are back to their intense siren gaze, her peering at me was my definite undoing. I hope she never does that again.
“But you don’t have a fever. You might be a little warm but that could be the vodka, one cocktail was it?”
