employees?”
“She’s not yet interacting much with them. I doubt she even had the chance to set up her office before this came down. And I believe she’ll be setting up her home office for a few days with Tom, so that’ll remove her from the premises.”
“It should work, and it really is a good plan. With what she brought to the table our company is really going to pick up dramatically. I’ve been looking at some of those patents. Man, the possibilities are endless,” Rafe told him.
“I agree and…” Nate heard his name being called out then Gabe repeated what he had been telling Jes.
“Nate will give you a ride to Jersey. He’s supposed to pick up something from there anyway,” Gabe said.
What the …? What was going on? Why was he being volunteered for a trip across the river?
“Isn’t that right, Nate?”
“Yeah, sure.” Nate quickly realized Jes was leaving and Gabe was telling her he would take her. Okay, not that it was a problem. But how did this come about? He had intended on escaping anyway, but not jumping from the frying pan into the fire. The two of them in a car alone? That was a recipe for disaster.
“I guess we should go,” he said. Well at le ast he wasn’t driving tonight. These days he hardly drove himself. It was always the bodyguards.
“No, I know you are busy, and I don’t want to take up your time. I’ll be fine in a taxi,” she told him.
Nate growled. What was it with this woman? “No, not busy.” He took her arm and started leading her to the door. “Say goodbye to everyone,” he whispered to her.
As Jes turned to wave goodbye her now lighter small suitcase was taken out of her hands. She quickly grabbed the purse that was about to fall, and placed it back on her shoulders. She was led to an SUV that was just pulling up to the door. She got in and Nate sat beside her. “You didn’t have to do this,” she said. “But thanks anayway.”
“If I didn’t want to, I wouldn’t do it. Besides it’s not safe at night to be using public transportation,” he warned her.
“I’m a born and bred Jersey girl, Nathaniel. I’ve been using public transport for years, day and night. You need…”
“Fuck Jes. You need to understand that bad things can happen on the train. Just. ..just don’t, okay.”
Okay! What was that about? He had gone from zero to sixty so fast, Jes was suffering from whiplash.
Neither spoke the rest of the way. Jes gave her address to the guy who was driving. He looked like he might have been a cop at one time. As the SUV came to a stop, she opened her door and turned to thank Nate. He was already out on his side of the door. He came round to her side. “Next time wait until your door is opened,” he told her.
Well, there ain’t gonna be a next time, Jes almost said but chose to keep quiet. “Thanks,” she said instead and started walking to her door. “You don’t have to see me in,” she said stopping after she realized he was walk ing beside her, making short steps to keep in step with her.
“I wasn’t raised to let a woman walk herself to her door,” he told her and took her arm, guiding her towards her door.
“Whatever,” she said and shook her shoulder. Jes took her keys from her handbag and pushed the door open. She had forgotten about her suitcase until she saw Nate lift it up. She stretched her had to take it from him, but he simply pushed the door wider and stepped inside, taking her suit case to the middle of her sitting room.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have raised my voice. It’s just that there was an incident not too long ago and someone close to me was involved. But she’s okay now.”
“Apology accepted.” Now time to go. But he didn’t move. He just stood there looking at her. Jes wished he would just leave before he saw how attracted she was to him. He was an arse, but for whatever reason, the attraction was still there. She really didn’t have time for this.
Jes breathed a sigh of relief when
“She’s not yet interacting much with them. I doubt she even had the chance to set up her office before this came down. And I believe she’ll be setting up her home office for a few days with Tom, so that’ll remove her from the premises.”
“It should work, and it really is a good plan. With what she brought to the table our company is really going to pick up dramatically. I’ve been looking at some of those patents. Man, the possibilities are endless,” Rafe told him.
“I agree and…” Nate heard his name being called out then Gabe repeated what he had been telling Jes.
“Nate will give you a ride to Jersey. He’s supposed to pick up something from there anyway,” Gabe said.
What the …? What was going on? Why was he being volunteered for a trip across the river?
“Isn’t that right, Nate?”
“Yeah, sure.” Nate quickly realized Jes was leaving and Gabe was telling her he would take her. Okay, not that it was a problem. But how did this come about? He had intended on escaping anyway, but not jumping from the frying pan into the fire. The two of them in a car alone? That was a recipe for disaster.
“I guess we should go,” he said. Well at le ast he wasn’t driving tonight. These days he hardly drove himself. It was always the bodyguards.
“No, I know you are busy, and I don’t want to take up your time. I’ll be fine in a taxi,” she told him.
Nate growled. What was it with this woman? “No, not busy.” He took her arm and started leading her to the door. “Say goodbye to everyone,” he whispered to her.
As Jes turned to wave goodbye her now lighter small suitcase was taken out of her hands. She quickly grabbed the purse that was about to fall, and placed it back on her shoulders. She was led to an SUV that was just pulling up to the door. She got in and Nate sat beside her. “You didn’t have to do this,” she said. “But thanks anayway.”
“If I didn’t want to, I wouldn’t do it. Besides it’s not safe at night to be using public transportation,” he warned her.
“I’m a born and bred Jersey girl, Nathaniel. I’ve been using public transport for years, day and night. You need…”
“Fuck Jes. You need to understand that bad things can happen on the train. Just. ..just don’t, okay.”
Okay! What was that about? He had gone from zero to sixty so fast, Jes was suffering from whiplash.
Neither spoke the rest of the way. Jes gave her address to the guy who was driving. He looked like he might have been a cop at one time. As the SUV came to a stop, she opened her door and turned to thank Nate. He was already out on his side of the door. He came round to her side. “Next time wait until your door is opened,” he told her.
Well, there ain’t gonna be a next time, Jes almost said but chose to keep quiet. “Thanks,” she said instead and started walking to her door. “You don’t have to see me in,” she said stopping after she realized he was walk ing beside her, making short steps to keep in step with her.
“I wasn’t raised to let a woman walk herself to her door,” he told her and took her arm, guiding her towards her door.
“Whatever,” she said and shook her shoulder. Jes took her keys from her handbag and pushed the door open. She had forgotten about her suitcase until she saw Nate lift it up. She stretched her had to take it from him, but he simply pushed the door wider and stepped inside, taking her suit case to the middle of her sitting room.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have raised my voice. It’s just that there was an incident not too long ago and someone close to me was involved. But she’s okay now.”
“Apology accepted.” Now time to go. But he didn’t move. He just stood there looking at her. Jes wished he would just leave before he saw how attracted she was to him. He was an arse, but for whatever reason, the attraction was still there. She really didn’t have time for this.
Jes breathed a sigh of relief when
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