章 52: Chapter 52

But he hadn’t made a move on them. Of course he bloody hadn’t! It wouldn’t be

appropriate, not when he was Lee’s boss. And he was scared to lose Lee as a

friend if he made a move. Oh, and let’s be honest, he was also scared of being

laughed at or, worse, pitied.

Didn’t make the

desire any less fierce.

Enough

Moving quietly,

even though it looked like it’d take another explosion to disturb Lee, he got

up from the bed, made himself a cup of tea with the small kettle in the room

and set up his laptop on the desk. There was plenty of work to do, checking all

the With A Kickinventories for the insurance company.

He fought off a

wave of depression and worry, and opened up a spreadsheet.DOUBLE SCOOP – 7

Patrick woke

suddenly. What the hell?What time was it? A glance at the hotel bedside

clock showed two a.m. Lee hadn’t woken since first falling asleep. Patrick had

worried about that at first—wandering over every half hour to check on Lee’s