“Yes, it’s just here on the left.” She knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. “Here’s Miss Pennelles and the folder you wanted,” she said, walking to his desk and putting it down.
“Thanks, Jade,” he replied, frowning at me as I turned a laugh into a cough. “Yes, I have to work, princess.”
Smiling, Jade made her way out and closed the door.
I walked over and sat on his desk. “Do you, though? You’re in this office all by yourself. No one would know what you’re doing. I bet you’re playing solitaire right now.” I said teasingly, looking over his screen.
I was a little disappointed when he wasn’t playing games.
He smirked. “See. Working. What’re you doing here anyway?”
“Couldn’t face going in today. I had a bad dream.”
He looked at me for a second longer than necessary. “Right, you can be my PA for the day then. First job, coffee. I’ll show you to the kitchen.”
And that was exactly why he was the only person I wanted to be around when I was feeling like shit. I followed him to the kitchen and leant against the worktop.
Blinds were closed in here. “What’s the deal with the walls?” I asked.
“They separate the rooms.”
“Oh, so funny,” I said sarcastically.
Chuckling, he nudged me playfully. “Turn that little knob on the frame and it’ll open and close the blinds.”
Okay, that was cool. “Wow, all you have to do is twist this then you can have private sex in your office.”
“If you want to try it out…” he said, flicking the kettle on.
I wasn’t at all ashamed to admit that I was considering it. Kai in black trousers and a shirt was just as sexy as t-shirt or hoody Kai. He had the top button undone and the sleeves rolled back, exposing his neck and forearms.
“Thanks, but I don’t think I want your dad to hear me having sex.”
“But my co-workers are fine?”
“Well, no, but more fine than your dad.”
“Course,” he said, rolling his eyes.
“Hello again, Tegan,” Kai’s dad said as he came into the kitchen with an empty mug in his hand.
“Hi.” Wow, thank God he didn’t come a minute earlier.
“So, I hear you’re coming camping with us. How are you with bears?”
My heart literally stopped. He had such an honest and straight face that even though I knew bears in the UK were confined to zoos, I still panicked.
Kai and Jason laughed. “Tegan, he’s joking.”
“I know.”
Jason took over making the drinks and Kai leant against the worktop, angled towards his dad the same way as I was. Half of his chest was pressed against my back. We’d stood this close before, closer even, but it felt different now. His breath cascaded down my neck when he laughed and I had a hard time keeping up with the conversation.
Things with Kai had always been hot, and now I was single I couldn’t help thinking about all those times and all the things he’d done to me. Biting my lip, I leant into him and was pretty sure my face was flushed.
Chapter Fifty-One
Kai
After work I took Tegan back to mine. We stood in the kitchen trying to figure out which pizza to order for dinner. One of her arms was curled around my back and her cheek was pressed against my chest.
I should let go but I couldn’t move my arms from around her waist because, frankly, I wanted to feel her up for a bit longer. She was in no hurry to move either.
She was doing a lot better since Lucas broke up with her. She was back to smiling more and she could talk about him now. The person she still wouldn’t talk about much, and the one she needed to, was her dad.
“Hawaiian pizza?” she asked, scanning the menu.
“Sounds good. I’ll order and you put Friends on.” We were making our way through a bunch of TV shows, starting with Friends.
Conveniently, the episode was about a girl that wanted to go to space camp. She never said one word but she didn’t need to, the smirking was enough to tell me what she was thinking. Ignoring her was hard to do. I was drawn to her, without meaning to my eyes always drifted in her direction. Thankfully, stuffing my face gave me something else to concentrate on.
I’d just finished the last slice when she turned to me and grinned. “Hey, you want me to make you a hat like that? You have foil, right?” she asked, nodding to the foil hat the little girl was wearing.
I sat forward. “You have a five second head start, princess.”
Her eyes widened in alarm and she leapt off the sofa. I gave her three seconds and then I was up, too. She was fast but I would always catch up with her, no matter how fast she was or how far she drifted. I reached her just as she burst into the bathroom.
I scooped her up and pinned her back against my chest. “Kai,” she squealed, laughing and wriggling in my arms.
“I’m sorry, okay, I’m sorry!”
“You’re only sorry because I caught you. Now you’re going in.”
She gasped as she realised what I meant. With one arm keeping her firmly in place, I turned the shower on and laughed in her ear.
“No, come on. Let’s talk about this. I made one little joke and you’re throwing me in a shower.”
“Yeah,” I replied.