Britt grinned and held the phone for a minute, gazing at it with an adoring look that must’ve been meant for the sender, not the device. Certainly she wished she were holding Jack’s chiseled face instead of a Samsung Galaxy.
Handing out insurance pprwk. How ru?
Lonely. It’s one a.m. here.
Go to sleep lol.
I miss you too much.
Gone 2 days miss me already?
Yes wish u were here
Go have margarita in my honor then
Hvg margarita without u is cheating! His reply made her laugh.
No it’s not. Ur free to drink w whoever u hv yr freedom!
I don’t want my freedom.
All her breath went out in a whoosh. She read the text about six times before answering.
Go 2 sl
eep ur hallucin8g, she replied jokingly.
Call me
Britt looked around, wondering if she dared risk calling him during working hours. Anybody could walk by her cubicle or come to ask a question about the damned insurance forms. Still, he was the boss’s son and in this case, she could use that to insist it was a business call if anyone questioned it. He could be marooned in Hong Kong with a pressing co-pay inquiry or wondering about the new out-of-pocket cap. Britt pressed call and waited.
His voice, uniquely his—smooth and deep—said hello. She swallowed hard, butterflies in her stomach, her fingertips tingling from wanting to touch him.
“I didn’t want to text this, Britt.”
“What?” she gulped, breathless.
“I’m falling for you. I knew it before I left, I know it more now.”
“How could you possibly be falling for me?” she demanded, forgetting her insurance ruse entirely. “I’m insecure and I can’t make up my mind and you’re too good for me!”
“Are you trying to talk me out of it?” He laughed and his laugh wrenched her because it was that low, private laugh she’d only heard in his bed.
“No, I just—I find it hard to believe.”
“If you were here, I’d make you believe it.”
“Oh,” she breathed.
“You have no idea how much I wish you were here right now. Talk to me.”
“I’m at work,” she said, trying to suppress a giggle.
“Oh, just tell them it’s a business call!”
“Right. A dirty business call.”
“You used to work for Freeman. Tell them it’s just a bad habit from your last boss.”