the office felt even quieter than usual. Heidi spott

ing on? V

Nobody knows why, but he showed up this morning l

when he left her at the hospital. What could have happe

n work. The last thing I need is

ropes. Heidi trusted she'd be able to manage the office and keep Mr. Gon

it left her looking more rattled than before. The last time, Vasti shot her a questioning look, silently ask

finally left her desk and walked over to Heidi's

b some lunch

boss already in a terrible mood, losing her job felt like a real possibility. This time, he'd actually have a legitimate excuse to fire her, since t

ahead, Heidi said

u? Aren't you

y about me. I'll go

ger didn't do justice to how empty she felt

had just erupted behind her. If it didn't concern her, she wasn't a

shadow loom

asti thought. Still, Vasti didn't know everyone in the buildin

of her purse. Just as she reached out to hit the button for the ground floor, someone's han

cGyver said, his voice gra

she should ask what set him off. "He'll tell you himself, Vasti. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called you here," she told herself. "Oh

glint in his eyes and narrowed

thing today, Vasti replied, forcing her

aten-with your little fri

im, puzzled. "What..

Adônis MacGyver took her wrist-firm, but not rough-and ste

ssed around, so she dug in her heels. Adônis MacGyver let out an ex

d, "This better be worth it." Without anot

what that was all about? W

h both hands, closed his eyes, and dr

an with you a

process. What man...? And

ing the person I went

uzzled by the question-especially since Adôn

off by his tone. Was

he straightened up and looked him in the eye. "With all du

me-are you two

the point of dragging this out? If he wanted an answer, she'd give him o

ot seeing that man. Not

ing his whole demeanor. He reached out and

lose to him, he admitted quietl

something out, then brought it to his li

ng a light- one moment, he only seemed interested in sex, the next he acted lik

ince they didn't have that kind of relationship. If she had to lab

owe you any explanations, she replied, her vo

to her lips, and rested his forehead against her

r curiosity. She always managed to land herself in trou

"That conversation was wildly inappropriat

ed his seatbelt. One hand gripped the steerin

you want t

. Honestly, I

rking. Vasti stared at him, half-ann

that, the tension vanished. Suddenly, he was the same Adônis Ma

ad already decided: he was going to take her somewhere for one of