“Other than the fact that I’ve fucked things?”
Dominic snorted. “We’ve all done that before. What matters is how you handle things now.”
Bain wiped his hand down his face. “Need to give her some space and time.”
“Yeah? That seems like the best idea to you, does it?”
Fucked if he knew.
“Seems to me everyone gives that girl space. She’s got no one in her corner. In the time we’ve been here, how many visitors has she had? How often has she gone out? Met a friend for a coffee? How many personal calls has she had?” Dominic sighed. “Whatever you did, just apologize. Way she looks at you, I’m pretty sure she’ll forgive you.”
“She kissed me. I didn’t react. I’ve already overstepped the bounds with her. She thought I didn’t want to kiss her. That I’m not interested in her.”
“Then go prove that you do want her.”
“She’s still our client.”
Dominic frowned. “Caleb was supposed to be organizing something more permanent for her. We need to check on how that is going. I’ll call Kent.”
“No, I’ll call him.” He sighed. “I have some explaining to do.”
“You know, there’s one simple solution to all this.”
“What’s that?”
“Don’t work for her anymore. Tell Kent that you quit this job. Then you can stay on and take care of her without this whole client issue.” Dominic waggled his eyebrows suggestively.
Bastard.
But he wasn’t wrong. All he had to do was make a phone call. Then he’d be free. Both to pursue her and to protect her.
But the real question was. . .was he prepared to take a chance? Or would he let what happened with Jillian hold him back?
10
No. No. No.
How could she have none? She searched through her bathroom drawers. There had to be some here. Somewhere.
She couldn’t be that unprepared.
She sat on the bathroom floor. Awesome. Just awesome. This was just the cherry on top of a crappy day. She moaned and lay down on her back. What the hell was she going to do?
Put on your big girl panties, Ari. You’re just going to have to demand that Dominic and Bain let you go out.
Christ. She pulled herself up off the floor, bending over as a cramp took her by surprise.
Ow. Crap.
She hadn’t had a period in so long that this one had caught her by surprise. And just her luck, it had to be such a strong, painful one. She made it to the toilet and tidied herself up. She’d managed to find one overnight pad. Yay! Wasn’t going to last that long, though.
She downed a couple of Tylenol in the hope that would kick in quick. She’d already changed out of Jen’s clothes. She grabbed a jacket, hat and scarf. It wasn’t that cold outside, but maybe it would help disguise her.
She hoped like hell that Bain and Dominic had managed to get the crowd downstairs to disperse. Because the last thing she needed was to get photographed going out to grab tampons with her two brawny bodyguards.
No doubt they’d twist it to say she was off buying condoms for an orgy. Or a pregnancy test. She groaned at the thought.
She opened the door to her bedroom, coming to a stop as she saw Bain standing on the other side. He looked just as shocked to see her standing there. Which didn’t make sense since it was her bedroom.