Her Sweetest Revenge (Delphine Publications Presents) (30 page)

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Only a few times. I don’t get to go out much. I’m usually a homebody.”

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Oh yea, me too. I’m rarely out unless Gloria drags me somewhere.”

The mention of her best friend made me want to ask her questions about her personal life. Mainly, I needed to know if she was taken.

Taking a sip of my drink the waiter left behind, I scanned the room to take my eyes off of Kyla for just a moment. It wasn’t easy sitting across from a woman you have wanted for so long. A woman who hasn’t shown any interest in you expect for the casual conversations. I needed more, and I was done making small moves. I need to do something drastic.

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So, Ky Ky, tell me about you. I’m ashamed to say I don’t know much.”

Kyla began to laugh again at the sound of my playful nickname. “Wow, a night of drinks out with coworkers over a year ago and I get stuck with that name. You better be glad I like you, Keith.”

I raised a brow and decided to play on her choice of words. “You like me?” My voice was deeper than usual and as bold as I wanted it to be. I leaned forward in my seat as if I wanted a better listen.

Kyla’s expression was of complete confusion. “Well, of course, I do. I did come to eat with you just now, which is something we have never done. But mainly because I try to respect a married man’s space.”

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Married?”

Kyla stopped her glass midway to her lips and looked up toward me with curiosity. “What did I say wrong?” she asked.

Grunting and leaning back in my chair, I start to recall different situations with Kyla in my head. This would explain why she always seemed so distant with me. “Kyla, I’m not married.”

Now as if I had her full attention, she sat up straight and looked me over. I don’t know what her eyes were searching for, but I knew it was for clarification in some way. “What do you mean?”

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Kyla, I am not married. Who told you I was married?”

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Well, Gloria did. She told me this when I first started over a year ago.”

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I’ve never been married in my life. Maybe she said that because I was in a long-term relationship a while back.”

Kyla began to sit back in her seat, and I could tell that she was going over her thoughts in her head. “Wait, so this here isn’t a social dinner? You asked me out?”

I placed my hand on the table and reached for hers, gently landing mine on top. “Kyla, I have wanted to ask you out for a long time. But you’ve always stated you don’t date anyone in the office.”

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Yes, that’s true too, and I don’t do married men, which I thought you were. OK, this is awkward.”

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Hasn’t my bare ring finger ever given you the hint that I wasn’t?”

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No, in this day and age it didn’t. I just went by what Gloria told me.”

The table grew quiet, and I was sure that Kyla was going to get up and walk out. She was right. This was an awkward moment, and I was not sure how we were going to get past it.

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