pole and hold on as the waves of lust crashed over me. My face tingled, my hands vibrated, and my girlie parts were panting in need.
There was not a man alive that had ever made my body feel like this. I was ready to tear right out of my office and attack him, but I didn’t. He still thought that I was with Blake. Maybe after tomorrow, after he watched the show and saw that I had broken it off with him, then he wouldn’t hold back.
Man, I did not want him to hold back.
I brushed a hand over my forehead and then sank into my chair. I forced my mind away from Harvey and onto the paperwork sitting on my desk. From time to time, I would hear him moving about and wondered if I should go out and help him.
Yeah, that was a big fat no. I had a feeling that if Harvey needed my help, he would rather die than ask for it. I yawned and glanced at my watch to see it was after three. I stood and stretched and figured that enough time had passed that I should check on him.
He was whistling softly to himself as he messed with a tablet, and I saw him smile slightly as I approached. “I was just about to get you. I’m sorry it took so long.” He lifted his face and looked at me. “You look exhausted.”
“I’m okay. I can sleep in. How are things coming?”
“I’m just about done. I was just checking all the camera views.” He pushed the tablet toward me, and I looked at all the little squares. Only three had any movement, and those were ones that overlapped with where we were standing.
I turned to see where the camera was. “Where the heck is it?”
He chuckled, stepped around me, and pointed to a screw on the stainless steel. I looked at him. “You’re kidding? That screw is the camera?”
“Yep, the lens is painted with a special paint that is see-through for the lens, but people on this side only see the head of the screw.”
“That is crazy. Where are the rest of them?”
Harvey walked me around the kitchen, pointing them all out. Then he took me to the fridge and freezer to show me those. There were no cameras inside the units, so we had to hope that whatever was done, was out here in the open somewhere.
“Wow, this is kind of amazing. I’ll be able to see everything.”
“Yes, but I suggest here at work, you only view the four main cameras. Otherwise, someone else might see all the other views.”
I looked up at the ceiling. “Where is the fourth camera?”
“In the employee locker room.”
“Oh!” I turned to him. “How will I know if something happens?”
“Well, we can watch it from time to time, but if you think that something might have happened, you let me know, and we can check the video. Just try to give us an approximate time so we can narrow it down. We will start recording tomorrow morning when Mike makes the system live. We will keep the footage until we don’t need it anymore.”
“Okay, so I guess I have to wait for someone else to get sick. Then I can pull the order and find the times on it.”
“Yeah, that would work.”
“I hate that someone else is going to need to get sick.”
“Yeah, that does suck.”
“It’s killing my reputation. Ever since I started in this industry, I have had a spotless kitchen, and now I have a bunch of complaints on my name.”
“I bet that’s hard.”
“It’s horrible.” I sighed. “Okay, what else do you need to do?”
“Just clean up and get someone to pick me up.”
“I can take you home.”
“Um…” He hesitated, and I put my hand up.
“I can take you home and behave myself. I promise.”
“You sure?”
“Absolutely. You load your stuff by the back door, and I’ll go make sure everything is off and locked out front, then we can go.”
“Alright, if you don’t mind.”
“Not at all.” I hustled out front to turn off the coffee maker and a few lights and then came back to the kitchen to start turning the lights off. Harvey had his tools and two bins by the back door already. I collected my bag from the office and turned off the rest of the lights.
I helped him load his stuff into the back of my SUV and then climbed behind the wheel. The minute he closed the door, I started