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A Brutal Day
“You’ve been avoiding my calls.” Teresa charged.
And she wasn’t wrong.
I lowered the file I was reading to peer at her.
Her eyes were huge and she was hopping slightly on her high heels. “I’m dying to know everything. You have to tell me.”
About Porter.
But I didn’t want to. Not only because I was his boss and it would be unprofessional but also because a small part of me wanted to keep him for myself and I felt like sharing the truth would be sharing him.
I’m not ready to do that yet.
But the way Teresa was looking at me, I wasn’t going to get a choice.
“Where did he go?” I leaned over my desk to look toward the doorway.
“Coffee.”
I shot her a startled look.
“I told Rita if she brought it to him this morning, I’d smack her lipstick off.”
“Why’d you do that?” My voice rose.
“Because I needed to talk to you.” She was gesturing so broadly and hopping in pl
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