Quiver & Burn (Surrender to Them 5)

“Hey, good morning.” She stopped walking and took a drink of her coffee. “Heading to work today?”

“Yep.” Jett nodded quickly. “Another long twenty-four-hour shift.”

“Where’s Rand?” She tilted her head to look past Jett.

She’s asking about me—that’s not good.

“Ah, he already went downstairs to get the truck ready.” Jett pulled our door closed and locked it.

“Well tell him I said hello.” A beautiful smile spread across Brylee’s lips. “Do you want to walk me to the elevator?”

“Sure.” Jett turned towards the elevator.

Fuck. If I don’t get out of here they’re going to realize I was watching.

I turned and walked a little faster to get to the stairs, which were luckily out of their line of vision. I couldn’t help but wonder how many times Jett had staged that brief meeting in the hallway, only to watch her blow past him without a second glance. I had seen her a few times and noticed she was pretty, but I usually saw her when she was leaving the apartment building—shortly before Jett came down to hop in the truck. Even if I liked Brylee, there was no way I could get in the way of that.

Jett didn’t date very many girls, mainly because he was looking for something more concrete than I was. Wanting to be the better person didn’t erase my thoughts—the ones that couldn’t ignore how astoundingly gorgeous Brylee was. When I pulled the truck up to the front of the building, I saw her walk outside with Jett. She spotted me and immediately waved. All I could do was give her a s

light wave in return and hope she didn’t come over to the truck. Thankfully, she said goodbye to Jett and started walking in the opposite direction.

Yeah, this is going to be really difficult.

“Alright, let’s get to work.” Jett climbed into the truck and reached for his seat belt.

“Have a good conversation?” I looked over at him and chuckled as I put the truck in drive.

“She asked about you and said to say hello.” He looked over at me and shrugged.

“Do you want me to just skip the auction so you can have some time alone with her? That might make things easier.” I studied the traffic and waited for an opportunity to pull out into the street.

“No.” Jett shook his head back and forth. “I think we should just hang out with her and see what happens.”

That’s kind of what I’m afraid of.

Chapter Five

Brylee

I had a sneaking suspicion that Jett orchestrated our meeting, and it made me wonder if he had done that even before he introduced himself to me in the lobby. It didn’t bother me, in fact, it made me smile all the way to work. He seemed to be more interested than Rand, and I couldn’t exactly date both of them, even if they were equally gorgeous. I was looking forward to the weekend. It might not be a real date, but I hoped it would lead to one, especially if Jett turned out to be as nice as he seemed. Part of me wished it was just the two of us so I could get to know Jett a little better, but I wasn’t going to waste an opportunity to hang out with him. The smile persisted as I walked to the elevator, but then I started thinking about Dana.

Hopefully, I’ll go upstairs and she’ll tell me it was all a mistake.

“Good morning.” I walked up to my desk and looked over at Dana.

“Hey.” She lifted her head and I saw that her eyes were bloodshot.

I think she’s wearing the same clothes as yesterday.

“Did you even go home last night?” I pulled my chair over and sat down next to her.

“No.” She sighed and pointed at her cup. “I’m just living off the coffee fumes right now.”

“I guess you don’t have good news.” I started to nervously chew on my bottom lip.

“No. I sent an email to Mr. Dunkirk this morning and asked for a meeting. I told him that I needed to show him something that looked worrisome on the Russo account.” She exhaled sharply and leaned back in her chair. “He said he would talk to me tomorrow afternoon.”

“Tomorrow? This seems like something that would require a little more urgency.” I blinked in surprise.