that’s because she thinks that I was flirting with you the last time I saw you. I just have a flirtatious personality. I do my best to temper it, but it’s all in good fun. I’m like that with all women, I hope that I haven’t crossed a line with you or anything. If anything that I say becomes too much, feel free to slap me down.”
“I will keep that in mind. However, you’ve been nothing but professional in all of our real life communications,” Jamie said.
“Our real life communications?”
Jamie mentally slapped herself. She was being an idiot! She definitely couldn’t tell him that she screwed him in her dreams, that was just creepy and he would probably run out of her office. Flirting and cheating were two different things and a lot of people didn’t cross that line.
“I’m sorry, poor choice of words. I don’t know where my head is,” Jamie laughed. “Of course all of our communication is real. How about we get this meeting started?”
“Sounds good to me,” he said.
“Okay, the public has been responding very well to you and your wife and they want more. The searches for you and her on search engines have skyrocketed; we have their interest. Now it’s time for us to start spoon-feeding them information, because the only real information out there about you is what’s in your bio, and of course, the public wants more than that.”
Nathan nodded his head, “Speaking of backgrounds, what’s yours?”
“You’ve already hired me, isn’t it a little late to ask about that?” Jamie asked.
“I’m not talking about your credentials. I’m talking about where you grew up and what makes you tick.”
“Why are you so interested in that?”
“It’s only fair right? You’re going to be a huge part of my life and I’m sure that you’ll know most of the details, even the bad stuff that I try to hide. How about we even the playing field? I would be a lot more comfortable working with you if you tell me a little about yourself outside of work.”
Jamie squinted her eyes at him. What in the hell was he doing? Earlier she said that he had been a professional, but now he was starting to cross that fine line. Sure, she could have called him on it and set the conversation back on track, but her own curiosity was too much. “Hmmm, okay. I was raise by grandfather. He means everything to me.”
“Can I ask why you were raised by him?” Nathan asked.
“Sure you can ask, but that doesn’t mean that I have to answer. Now tell me something about yourself.”
Nathan smiled slyly. “Okay. Most people don’t know, but I have a very big sweet tooth.”
Jamie shook her head, “That’s not something of equal value. I need something juicier than that.”
“I don’t know if I want to play this game anymore.”
Jamie snickered, “Don’t start something that you can’t finish.”
Nathan looked at her seriously, “I finish everything that I start.”
***
Jamie sat in the back of the SUV as Perry drove her to the airport. She talked to Camilla on the phone. She didn’t know why she chose her to vent to about her problem, but she did. It seemed like a good idea when she picked up the phone.
“Camilla, I just don’t know. I can’t help but feel like I’m crossing some line. Our meeting today was not all business the way that it should have been.”
Camilla sucked her teeth, “Girl you’re talking like you gave him a BJ in your office. The two of you only chatted, there is no crime in that. Stop overreacting.”
“I don’t think that I’m overreacting,” Jamie pleaded. “I could feel it. There is an undercurrent of attraction that’s there and I may have to refer him somewhere else or let one of my staff handle him.”
“You better not!” Camilla protested. “He’s one of your largest clients. He’s the big leagues! You are a grown woman; you can handle this. Just make sure that you bring an extra pair of panties when you’re going to be around him.”
“What?”