Don't Tell A Soul (28 page)

Authors: Tiffany L. Warren

BOOK: Don't Tell A Soul

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By the time the hands on her watch were both sitting at eleven, Sydney was exhausted. Plus she was completely out of business cards.

“Leaving already?” She was only steps from the door, and he was only steps in front of her.

“This was business not pleasure.”

Hayden's eyes sparkled with mischief.

“All work and no play, makes Sydney a dull girl.”

This time her mouth turned up in a smile. “I think you know me better than that.”

His grin widened in a way that assured her that he did.

“Remind me.”

She shook her head and pointed her tiny purse at him.

“I'm not doing this here with you Dub.”

He stepped closer and she felt the heat from his body surround her. “We can always go somewhere else. Like the Banjara's a couple blocks away.”

Darn him and his inside knowledge.

“If we leave now we can get there before it closes.”

She folded her arms over her midsection. “I haven't changed my mind Dub.”

He grinned. “That's not what your stomach says.”

Sydney glanced behind him, and he turned around to see that Samantha was only a few feet away and headed in his direction. Sydney wasn't sure what string of events had put Samantha and Hayden together that night. The woman was definitely not his type.

“I think your date is coming to get you,” Sydney said, her voice dripping with amusement. “Maybe
she
wants to go for Indian food.”

“How about I walk you to your car?”

Without waiting for a response, he put a hand on the small of her back and eased her out the large doors into the lobby and toward the elevator.

“What's the rush?” she teased.

“Still got that smart mouth don't you.”

“I thought that was what you liked about me?” she said innocently, as he led her into the waiting open elevator.

“See that's what you always got wrong Nini.” He leaned toward her ear to whisper and she caught a whiff of his cologne. “It was never just one thing.”

Sydney tried to play it off, but she couldn't help the way her breathing went shallow as her heart sped up. And she couldn't keep him from noticing it either.

His eyes fell to her lips. “So what's it going to be Syd? You, me and something spicy?”

He was only inches away from her. So close that if she leaned in, she could...

“Hayden!”

A familiar voice in the distance triggered her good sense. Sydney stepped forward and placed her hands on his chest.

“I think you're a bit busy tonight.”

She pushed him out of the elevator and hit the door close button.

He grinned and shook his head as she waved at him through the gap between the closing doors.

“I'll see you soon, Nini.”

For reasons she refused to think about, she hoped he kept that promise.

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