“Oh, I do. No wonder I’m so curious.”
I rolled my eyes playfully. “Here we go with the curiosity again.”
“How could I not be?”
I looked at him. “Hm.”
Doubt: What an odd man.
Extremely.
But what he said was true. The current state of my and Theo’s relationship falls to both of us. Beating myself up for how things played out after Eden wasn’t gonna change what’s happening between us.
As odd as Vince was, he wasn’t a dummy. Whatever interest he had in Theo and my relationship was for a reason or part of a plot. Maybe he wanted to take over? Or he just liked fucking with Theo. Still, no matter what state my relationship with Theowas in, or how mad I was, I was loyal to him. That meant Vince’s motives interested me as much as I interested him.
I picked up my champagne and sipped. “I think you make me curious, too, Vince.”
He cocked his eyebrow in response. “Curious about what?”
“About what you’ll do next,” I smirked into my glass as a million thoughts ran through his head and were all displayed on his face.
“Ms. Reyes,” he sounded choked up as his gaze fell to my lips. “You have no idea what I want to do next.”
I tilted my head, “Okay, why don’t you come out and say it?”
“Because,” he smiled warmly at me. “If I say what I want, I’ll need a new job.”
My face screwed up in confusion. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
He looked like he was about to respond when a knock suddenly came at the door.
Theo’s voice came through with an unmistakable annoyance.
“Carmen? You in there?”
Vince’s lips pressed into a thin line, but he didn’t move. I stood and opened the door, stepping back to reveal Theo with a raised brow as his gaze switched between us.
When his eyes landed on me, the annoyance quickly turned to anger.
“Let’s go. Now.”
It’s … Very Complicated.
Still Day Five.
The steady hum of the car against the road was almost soothing.
Almost.
Carmen sat next to me, arms crossed tightly over her chest, her gaze fixed somewhere out the window. Her jaw was clenched, her lips pursed in that way that told me she was fighting to hold back words. We were only a few minutes into the drive, but the silence between us was suffocating.
I glanced at her, eyes flickering to her profile for a brief moment. I had told myself I’d be calm, that I’d take a breath and not overreact. But the irritation was bubbling beneath my skin, and I could feel it rising.
“Carmen,” I started, keeping my voice steady despite the tension creeping in.
“What?”
“Why were you in his office?”
