Chapter Ten

Tally had everything triple check before lunch. She cleared her inbox and Ryan had an appointment with Marty, his personal trainer, in 10 mins.

Getting up, she walked to his open door. Leaning against the doorjamb, she stood there studying him, as he sat behind his desk facing the computer screen to the right of him. It put his face in profile to where she was standing.

“What is it, Tally?” Ryan said, without looking away from his screen.

Ryan had always been incredibly observant, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. He had realized she had been standing by the door.

Tally smoothed her hands down her navy pencil skirt as she entered the office. Though she still thought of Ryan as an asshole, her perception of him had slightly shifted in the past day. “I was wondering if it would be alright with you if I went home for lunch. I might be a bit late returning,” she said.

Ryan looked up from his screen then to watch her. When he said nothing, Tally felt the need to fill the silence. “