able sell her property in no time. I thank her for accepting me as her realtor, and ask if I could stop by sometime today to sign the contract and take a look at her property. She tells me anytime this morning will do, and says she looks forward to meeting with me. I smile hang up the phone and wonder if this property could possibly up the ante in defining my career. Maybe I will even be featured on HGTV’s Million Dollar Listing, who knows what could happen from here.
My smile quickly fades when I see Ben saunter in the office. He is wearing a perfectly pressed dark grey suit with a crisp white shirt and a Burberry tie. He looks good, too good, and I feel my heart sink. What is he doing here so early? I slouch down in my chair hoping he won’t be able to see me behind the walls of the cubicle. He scans his eyes around the office before they land right on my desk. My heart stops. He doesn’t see me at first, but when his eyes change from worry to relief, I know I am spotted.
Without even thinking, I start to gather my things. I toss my cell into my purse and shove my files under my arm. I am about to bolt out of the office, but Ben is calling out my name. I am mortified to see a few co-workers look up at our commotion, making me turn fifty shades of red. I casually turn back around in order to avoid complete office drama, which would only roll into juicy office gossip around the water cooler later this afternoon.
“What?” I sigh tapping my foot on the floor.
“Did you get my note?” Ben asks biting his sexy and luscious lower lip.
“Yeah I got it.” I say with more conviction than I thought possible to ever come out of my mouth.
“You didn’t come into the office yesterday. Are you okay?” He asks with concern. He takes one step closer to me and adds, “You look great by the way.”
I roll my eyes, “I’m fine thanks. Is there something you want or can I get back to work?”
“I’d like to talk to you.”
“Well I don’t know if I want to talk to you.” I snap in a hushed whisper.
Ben scratches his head and let’s out a sigh. He nervously glances around the office and leans in leaving a few inches between us, “Come on Megan –“
“Just say what you have to say and be done with it.” I snort and adjust the files slipping under my arm.
“Can’t we just hit up the Overflow Coffee Bar like old times and talk there?” Ben says with a gorgeous smile.
I cringe at his reference to old times and it practically knocks the wind out me. How stupid could I have been? I should have known he would slip me right back into the friend zone. How could I forget? I am just his loyal dorky little buddy, Megan Daniels.
“No sorry. I don’t have time. I have a lot of work to do.” I say holding back the tears.
“Well when will you have time? I really want to talk to you.” Ben leans back and shoves his hands in his pockets.
“I don’t know. I am really busy.” I say, and turn to leave.
“With Mrs. van den Berg’s listing?” Ben shouts stopping me in my tracks. Of course he knows. I am sure everyone does.
“Look Ben, I really don’t have time. Maybe you should have talked to me before you booked it from Costa Rica without telling me.”
I watch Ben nod in defeat and let out a huge sigh.
“Right” He looks up at the ceiling then drops his gaze back to me, “Look, I will be at the Green Mill Pub tonight to meet a client around seven. Please come by around eight, he’ll be gone by then.”
I don’t know what to say, so I don’t say yes and I don’t say no. I just nod and turn on my heel leaving him in limbo land. I need to get out of here! The last thing I want to do is have him think I am okay with us just being friends again. I storm away from Ben not looking back once and head directly to Clint’s office.
I give Clint’s office door a gentle knock before I step inside. I immediately ramble I am leaving to meet clients for the day. He asks if I spoke with