*Elio*

I sat at my desk, my knee bouncing up and down as I read over an expense report and tried desperately to keep myself from glancing at the clock on the wall for the hundredth time since Cat had called me.

I had thought about her nonstop ever since our kiss, but I hadn’t wanted to push anything that she wouldn’t be comfortable with. Now that she had reached out to me, all bets were off.

I was going to take that as the green light from her that ...