Chapter Twenty-Two - Having It My Way

Calvin’s POV

Predictably, Naomi came out of the office, making a fuss of Tori and barely acknowledging me. I found it funny now I was close to getting what I wanted most.

“Join me for a coffee later,” she said, rubbing my financial adviser’s back as if she’d been in a car accident or something.

I had no qualms about that. Her parking skills were even better than her driving given what I had observed both on the road and in the underground car park. And she was highly competent at both, cautious when she needed to be, daring when not.

I wasn’t about to deprive her of a pool car. Not now. As it was we would be thrown together a lot and, while I was looking forward to it, there would be times when I wanted to keep my distance.

In my office I came straight to the point.

“Are you going to be professional about this?”

Tori almost choked on her water.

“Why wouldn’t I?” she managed, with just the tiniest hint of irony.

This from a she-wolf who’d tried to wriggle out of a legally binding agree