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Niall didn’t look away from me once, and I swear this situation could only have felt dirtier if he’d had me spread out naked on the floor And then, only barely How did he do that? We’d hardly touched, and yet it felt like he’d touched et this sight out of ether, shifting in my seat I could feel hoet I was, how readyabout

"I’ Ruby Ruby Pleaseplease let roup broke for lunch, I noted the way Niall hesitated to leave He’d have to face le--without the safety net of twenty feet, a wall of glass, and fifteen engineers and transit authority workers between us He was nervous, and fuck if it wasn’t theI’d ever seen

Unable to put it off any longer, he gathered his things and stepped out

"Hungry?" he asked

"Starving," I told hiot the i by the way he reached up and began to fidget with the knot in his tie, I was guessing he did

I tilted my head toward the hallway "Walk withhall Astopped us on our way

"There’s lunch on the floor above us It’s National Taco Day or so"

Well, theto have happen today, anyway

"We need to touch base with the London office," Niall said smoothly "But we’ll be up as soon as possible"

And I had to admit, I was impressed

With a nod, the intruder was off and we continued on, down one hall and then another, until the sounds of voices were just a hu London, are we?" I asked

"Not exactly" He glanced over atme somewhere quiet to talk?"

"Talk?" I said with a little s of ‘talking,’ here are your notes," I said, handing him the notebook

"Ah Thank you"