What should have been a very awkward moment between them…wasn’t. That in and of itself was a problem. Tim had a moment where he wondered what it would have been like if the kiss had gone on a little longer. Of course, he’d never tell her that.
The doorbell rang and they were both glad for the interruption. Tim got up off of the floor hoping that she couldn’t tell how much the kiss had really affected him. “I’ll get that.” He rubbed his hands across his face.
Once his back was to her she immediately touched her swollen lips.
Tim opened the door and there stood Eric carrying a bouquet of flowers. Eric gave Tim a hard stare.
“What the hell are you doing here?”
He stood back so that he could walk inside. “Hello to you too Eric.”
He brushed past Tim into the apartment. Tasha sat up, “You’re here. I didn’t think you would be able to make it today.”
Tim knew he was out of bounds for feeling some kind of way about how excited Tasha seemed at seeing Eric especially after their kiss. After all, Eric was her boyfriend.
Still eyeing Tim, Eric walked over to Tasha and kissed her on the forehead. “Yeah. I just needed to take care of things at the office so I could be here with you tonight. I brought you these.”
Tim felt uncomfortable watching the two of them together. “Well, now that Eric is here, I should probably get going.”
“Yeah, I’m here now so Tasha doesn’t need you. You can go home.”
Tasha was so embarrassed, “Eric don’t. Tim has been nothing but helpful to me today.”
“Yeah, I’ll bet.”
Tim shook his head. He couldn’t understand how someone like Eric could manage to land someone like Tasha. “I need to get going anyway.” He gathered his things, picked up his jacket, and keys, “Call me if you need anything.” After giving her a warm smile, he left the apartment.
“Why the hell was he here Tasha? You know I can’t stand his ass. He’s always trying to show me up.”
Tasha was pissed, “Are you really doing this? I was just in a nasty car accident. I’m in pain and can barely move and your concern is Tim being here? You should be happy someone could be here. I didn’t have anyone to help me and he’s the only person who could.”
Eric looked sheepish, “Well, you know today was crazy important. I would have been here if I could have been.”
Tasha closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. “I know that. I’m just saying Tim was a godsend to me today and I’m thankful because I needed it.”
“I’m sorry. He just makes me crazy because he’s always around.”
Tim was starting to make Tasha crazy too. He was so off limits. She still couldn’t even understand what just happened in her apartment. That kiss...made her forget everything and everyone. She’d never experienced anything like it.
My god the magnitude of what she’d done was finally starting to hit her. She’d kissed Sabrina’s husband! Not her boyfriend, not that that would ever be acceptable either but her husband! Her head was swimming and it had nothing to do with the medication.
The first step to getting control of her feelings was to admit to herself that she was attracted to him. She would bury those feelings deep down in that special place never to be revisited.
Not that he ever would but lord help them if he ever really returned her attraction.
Chapter 14
It was after midnight when Sabrina finally made it home. The house was dark which gave her hope that Tim was probably sleeping. She closed the door softly behind her not wanting to wake him if he were. However, as she continued to tip-toe into the house, her hopes were dashed after seeing light escaping from underneath his office door. He was up and most assuredly angry.
This was the third night this week that she’d come home after midnight. Maybe she should just go upstairs, take a quick shower and go to bed? She could deal with him in the morning.
Or, maybe she should run upstairs, take a quick shower, and give him something else to think about other than being upset at her. Either way, she needed to take a quick shower.
Tim sat still for a moment…waiting…wondering. He’d heard Sabrina as soon as her car pulled into the garage. He knew she was standing outside his office door. As he put his elbows up on his desk while twirling his pen, he wondered what decision she was going to make. Was she going to come inside and try to placate him with another lie, were they going to have an honest fight, or was she going to go to bed as if nothing were wrong?
Her footsteps going up the stairs gave him his answer. He dropped the pen he’d been holding and continued to review the contracts he’d been working on.
An hour later, Tim was still hunched over his desk working. He threw his head back and rolled his shoulders. He thought to himself that he needed to go to bed especially since he had an early conference call.
Buzz…buzz…buzz…Tim had no idea who would be calling his cell at one o’clock in the morning. He checked the caller id. It was Craig.
“Hey. Everything okay?”
“Everything is better than okay. I know it’s late…hell…early but I couldn’t wait to call you.”
The excitement in his brother’s voice was seeping into him, “Well…what?”
“You’re never going to believe this but…I think I’ve met
