Chapter 3
Ivy stood there, staring into Owen’s eyes and frantically tried to collect herself. She was flushed inside and out, and her lips tingled from where his had been. Owen’s eyes shuttered and he took a step back.
“Sorry about that. Not so sure what I was thinking.” His words were clipped and icy.
The man who’d offered only glimpses of a warm side went cold and distant. Fortunately or unfortunately—Ivy wasn’t sure which—Joan walked briskly into her office right then.
Her gaze landed on Owen. “Did you forget you scheduled a planning meeting for the battery project? Derek and Jana asked me where you were.”
Owen gave his head a little shake. “Right. Headed that way in a few.” He glanced to Ivy, his expression cold and distant and his eyes shuttered. “Joan will walk you to the confer
