"Didn't you say Alexis was against you spending much time alone with a single woman?"
That seemed to bring him to the present, because he let go of my hand. He sighed, and I kept my gaze down, afraid I'd see on his face that my fears were right.
But instead of telling me that he was going to call and tell Alexis the news now, he said, "Will being single keep you from fulfilling your duties as my handler?"
Would it be terrible if I admitted that part of me really didn't want to help him get engaged to Gwen? A part that was growing bigger every day?
Yeah, Alexis definitely wouldn't want to keep me on if she knew that.
So I went with something else. ”I think being single actually makes it easier for me to fulfill it. My schedule is a lot more flexible than it would be otherwise."
That sounded convincing enough, right?
"Then let's just keep this between us for now. Alexis has enough to worry about already, and it's not like we're anything but friends, right?"
My heart sunk a little at the wordfriends, but I forced a smile on my lips and gave his arm a bump with my knuckles. "Yep. Just a couple of good friends from way back in the day."