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“Yeah?” Wynn looked absurdly hopeful for a second, like she was about

to blurt out a confession as to how she was just dating Shane for show and

how she actually wanted to corner Romi somewhere private and ask her if it

was alright to taste her mouth. Touch her. Discover her. See where things

might go…

Fuck. This is not appropriate. Get a serious grip on reality here. She was

constantly telling herself that. To get a grip. Somehow, it was always just

beyond her grasp, weird pun totally intended.

“I have a new addition for my office. It’s in the trailer. I think you’re

really going to like it.” She turned and walked down the hallway, smiling to

herself as she thought about how great the carousel horse was going to look

in her office after she did a massive declutter and moved a whole bunch of

the other things already in there onto the floor.

Chapter 11

Romi

Romi wasn’t sure what was happening when she got called into the office

on Tuesday morning. The day before she’d been informed by a grinning

Wynn that she was officially done with her probation and she was an

employee for good. She really hadn’t doubted that she would get through it.

Her previous employers hadn’t had any complaints about her work ethic.

There had been issues with other things, which she’d alluded to in the

truck with Kiera after the pick. She didn’t like to talk about it for a host of

reasons. She didn’t want to sound whiny. Some people could be really

insensitive. She didn’t want to make it seem like she was making excuses or

putting blame on other people. Most of all, she just didn’t want to talk about

it because the fact that she didn’t date men wasn’t really relevant to her job.

Romi was a little afraid to come down from the fourth floor where she

was sorting out antique books. Afraid it had something to do with what

she’d told Kiera in the truck. She was slightly confused, because if they

wanted to fire her, would Wynn have told her that her probation was done