“Mila, please.” Sally rolled her eyes. “You’re far from pregnant.”
“Only because I haven’t had sex in months.” I made a face. “And you know there is no way I could be pregnant.”
“That’s true.” She giggled and then stopped when she saw my face. “Seriously though, you look fine. There are millions of women who wish they had your body.”
“Uh huh,” I said and then looked at my watch. “Okay, I’ll be back to put on the bottoms. I’m sure Cody is in the kitchen waiting for me with a cup of coffee in his hand and a frown on his face.”
“Tell him I love him and want him in my bed tonight,” Sally said as I made my way out of the room.
“Okay,” I said lightly as I walked through the door.
“Don’t you dare tell him that, Mila,” she shrieked as I closed the door behind me and I just laughed. The corridor was quiet as I walked towards the kitchen. I wondered if Barbie and TJ were up yet. I also wondered what had gone on last night. I didn’t think much would have gone on, but I knew TJ had been drunk and seemingly a bit horny based on his comments. Oh my! His comments had kept me up all night. All I’d been up to think about was him holding me up and sliding into me. Even as I walked to the kitchen I could feel my face flushing. Oh, what was TJ doing to me? It was like he knew I’d come here with an agenda and he was trying to one-up me.
“There you are,” Cody said as I walked into the kitchen. His face was flushed and angry, and I frowned. Why was he flushed? He’d just gotten here. Was he already working himself up to go off on me?
“Morning, Mila,” TJ said, and I looked over by the fridge and saw him standing there with a carton of milk in his hands.
“Morning,” I said, looking back at Cody, whose jaw was tense. “You’re up early.”
“Early to bed, early to raise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” he said with a grin.
“You didn’t go to bed early,” I said and rolled my eyes. “You making coffee?”
“Cody put it on. It’ll be ready in a minute,” TJ said, and I saw Cody clenching his fists. What had gone on between them?
“So, what do you want Cody?” I said, walking up to him and glaring. “I thought this was a vacation. I didn’t think I needed to deal with my boss on my vacation.”
“Funny, Mila,” he said, not smiling. “You need to be smarter about how you spend money. I can’t believe you seriously called me and asked me for a raise.”
“I was joking,” I lied.
“No, you weren’t.” He shook his head and sighed. “What’s going on, Mila? Why did you need the money?”
“Do we have to have this conversation in front of TJ?” I said and glared at him. “I like my private business to stay my business.”
“I’m like family, Mila,” TJ said as he walked over with a mug and handed it to me. “Cody can say anything in front of me.”
“Exactly!” Cody said loudly. “Remember you’re like her brother.” He looked over at TJ, who just walked away.
“Well, he’s not my brother and I like my business to stay my business.” I made a face. “And I don’t want to ruin my trip by talking about money.”
“You know the business isn’t doing well, Mila,” Cody said gruffly. “We need to be careful.”
“I didn’t know we were doing badly,” I said and paused. “Are we in trouble, Cody? Like serious trouble?” I looked up at him and frowned. Why was he acting like the world was going to end? My paycheck wasn’t even that high. Certainly not high enough to be causing this much stress.
“We need to be careful.” Cody nodded. “Things aren’t great right now. Dad is trying to figure out the best plan of action.” He sighed.
“But?” I said, my voice timid and slightly scared. Maybe this was more serious than I’d thought.
“But Nonno is challenging him.” Cody looked away from him. “Nonno doesn’t like Dad’s plan.”
“What?” I frowned, not believing what I was hearing. “But Nonno lets Dad run the company. He trusts Dad, doesn’t he?”
“Nonno has other plans now.” Cody sighed. “Look, I can’t say much more. I’ve already said too much. Just make sure you’re careful with your money from here on out. I can’t be giving you advances on anything, okay? If you’re in trouble, let me know.” His eyes peered into mine in concern. “Are you about to get evicted or anything?”
“No.” I shook my head. “Nothing like that.” I thought about all my bills coming up and I felt my stomach dropping. I was worried, but I didn’t want to worry Cody. He already seemed like he had enough on his plate.