CHAPTER 20
NICK WASN’T THERE when I got to Adler House the next morning. In the kitchen, the only signs he’d been home were a half-empty coffee cup on the breakfast bar and a note propped up on the counter.
Lara,
Something urgent came up at work. Back in a few days.
Nick
That was almost good. Good because it meant I could go and visit Missy earlier than I’d planned to. Almost, because I’d miss him. Dammit, Lara. You shouldn’t be thinking that way. I needed to remember Nick was my employer, not my friend. If the job turned sour, feelings would lead to hurt, and I’d already had enough of that to last a lifetime.
The tuxedo he’d worn last night was draped over a chair in his bedroom, and his socks were on the floor along with a pair of freaking boxer briefs. Nick might have made progres
