CHAPTER 138

She took a breath and then tilted her face up to his.

“I know I should tell you that we can’t do this again,” he said.

Her eyes searched his and he thought she might be holding her breath.

“But I can’t. I can’t say this won’t happen again because I want it to happen again. I want whatever this is between us. I know it’s awkward with the internship and everything, but I still want this. I want you.”

“I want you too,” she said. Her eyes were wide and glassy and he lifted his hand to cup her cheek and run his thumb across her bottom lip.

“No one at work can know,” he said.

“I know,” she replied, letting her hand settle on his thigh. “I’m okay with that.”

“You can’t tell Peyton.”

“I know. I haven’t, I mean she doesn’t know about it before.” She dropped her head and let her hand slide off his thigh. “It seemed too precious to gossip about.”

He lifted her chin, his hand sliding around to the back of her neck and tangling in the strands of ha