Page 171 of One Bad Idea

He gave the mask a perplexed look. "From who?"

"From Morgan."

He grew very still. "What do you mean?"

Obviously, I'd hit a nerve. "Well, the last time I saw it, Morgan was…"Gosh, how to put this?"… holding it for you."

Now, he was frowning. "Where?"

I cleared my throat. "In your office, actually."

He muttered, "Shit."

"Sorry, what?"

"You saw that?"

"If you mean, did I see Morgan waiting for you, yeah, I did."

With a low scoff, he looked away. "No wonder you were pissed."

I gave it some thought. That whole weekend had been a definite downer. In fact, the day after I'd seen Morgan lying in wait, I'd ended it with Jaden. But at the time, Morgan's obvious interest had been only a minor factor in the big scheme of things.

I tried to laugh. "Actually, it was funny more than anything."

He gave me a look. "Bullshit."

"What?"

"You weren't amused. You were pissed off."

"I wasn'tthatpissed off," I said. "I mean, I knew she liked you. But I never really saw you two together, at least not romantically."

"Got that right." His gaze met mine. "And lemme tell you something, if you were pissed, you had every right to be." He gave me a rueful smile. "IfI'dfound someone waiting for you, I probably would've kicked his ass."

From the look in his eyes, there was no "probably" about it.

"Honestly," I said, "I wasn'tthatangry, at least not about that."

"Wanna bet?" he said. "You dumped me two days later."

"Oh come on," I laughed. "I didn't 'dump' you. I was just…" I struggled to find the words. "…ending a temporary thing."

"Temporary toyou," he said. "Not to me."

His words warmed my heart. "Really? Even then?"

He left the kitchen counter and circled around it until there was nothing standing between us. He pulled me into his arms and said in a quiet voice, "You know it."

I leaned into him, loving the feel of his arms and the hardness of his chest. Still, I had to ask, "So, what happened? I mean, did you actually see Morgan that night?"

He stiffened. "Yeah. I saw her."

"And?"

"And I told her it wasn't gonna happen, not then, not ever."

"How'd she take it?"