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He nodded and his throat worked as if he wanted to say so In the end, he remained mute and continued to stare at her intently
It was unnerving, being watched like that Vicki shifted her gaze to her teacup, not sure what more there was to say
“Vicki,” Ty rumbled after a few moments of extremely uncomfortable silence He waited until she met his eyes “This last year with you hasn’t been…terrible”
“Be still, my heart” The sarcastic rejoinder was out before she could prevent it, and his eyes sparked hat looked like laughter
“What I mean to say is, I didn’t hate it”
Not better Her uniaze must have conveyed that sentiment to him, because his lips twitched and his dimples flashed
“Are you going somewhere with this, Ty?” She poured as ar was all he was going to get froht now
“I just wanted you to know that spending my days with you ell, it was okay”
“All right, good to know I’rateful your days were tolerable at least Most of us only dreahts of job satisfaction”
Hugh’s study door opened before Ty could respond, her brother popped his head out to yell, “Front desk called, Bella’s on her way up”
He shut the door again,her damned social secretary
“I should go,” Ty said Vicki nodded and he hesitated for ato work?”
“Tomorrow”
“You sure you’re okay to go back so soon?”
“I’m fine”
He didn’t look convinced but pushed to his feet “Chance will be covering for me until Monday I’m on mandatory medical leave for the rest of the week”
His words sent a dart of ice-cold fear plunging through her body Had he been hurt? Why had that likelihood not occurred to her before now? She ran her eyes over his body, relieved not to find any obvious injury He didn’t appear to be li a particular body part But he was so da a wound from her
“Oh, my God, you weren’t hurt, were you? I didn’t think to ask…I just assumed you were okay I’m so sorry!”
“I’m fine, hon—uh, Vicki They have to assess my mental state after a violent incident to be sure I’m fit for duty It’s company protocol”
Her heartbeat slowed as her panic receded
“Okay…good I would hate to know that I was responsible for you getting hurt I wouldn’t be able to live with myself”