He nodded. “Says the guy who let you walk away… once.”
“Twice.”
“Class doesn’t count.”
“Oh?”
“And I won’t make the same mistake three times.”
“We’ll see.” I touched my tongue to my lips. “Won’t we?”
With a grin, he set me away from him and leaned back on the couch. “Ask me anything.”
“Anything?” I pulled my knees to my chest. “Anything I want?”
He laughed; his smile was beautiful. “Well, within reason.”
“Reason? What’s that?” I teased.
“Cute.” His eyes narrowed.
“Okay.” I popped my knuckles.
“Whoa!” He chuckled and held up his hands as if to shield himself. “Preparing for a fight?”
“Just getting my question ready.”
“With your fists?” He scooted away. “Just to be safe, you understand.”
“Please, like I’d actually beat my professor.”
“Stranger things have happened.” He dropped his hands into his lap. “So, question? You get one question before food arrives, then I want to see you eat at least three pieces.”
“What is with guys making girls eat all the time? We’re either too fat or too skinny.” I rolled my eyes. “And, for the record, I normally love eating and have an appetite that would put Gabe to shame.”
“Gabe…” Tristan repeated the name. “…threatened to kick my ass.”
“He’s a good friend.”
“Good to know if we were in duel I could count on you,” Tristan said grumpily. “I’m going to put a time limit on the question if you don’t hurry up.”
Panicked, I searched my head for the right question, one that would give me more clues to who he was.
Meanwhile, Tristan hummed the Jeopardy theme.
“You’re right.” I laughed. “You can’t even hum!”
“I did warn you.” He continued humming.
“Okay, okay!” I held up my hands, happy he was here, happy for the distraction. “So, you’re the CEO of a huge company I have yet to do an Internet search on, but Wes made it sound like… I don’t know, like you were really important.”
“Do I not look important?” he asked in a serious tone, his eyebrows pinching together.
My smile fell.
“I’m kidding.” He smiled. “So I’m the CEO, yes, but the board mainly runs a lot of the company now, and it’s expanded so much that… well… I’m able to take time off and not worry too much about us going under.”
“What type of company?”