Chapter Nine
Mia and Arjun sat at the table nearest the fire, and she took off her cardigan and draped it over the back of her seat. Arjun did the same with his suit jacket. He either didn’t plan to wear a tie to his meeting, or simply hadn’t put it on yet.
Arjun looked around, as though assessing his surroundings, then returned his attention to her. “So… working lunch?” he asked with the pointed raise of a dark eyebrow.
She bit her lip, and colour rushed to her cheeks. “Yeah, sorry about that. This is a very small village, and the locals are incredibly nosey. If people thought we were on a date, the gossip would spread like wildfire.”
With a frown that only slightly marred his handsome face, he replied, “But I thought we were on a date. Albeit a woefully short one. Or have I overstepp
