breathed a sigh of relief.
She could smell Reddick before he could open his mouth with another comment. He must have fo llowed her over.
“I can take your clients if you need me to,” Reddick offered, knowing it would piss her off. Regina would never hand away a chance to make a sale. There was no emergency too big that she couldn’t finagle.
“I'm fine, thanks. Lucky I don’t have to see anyone else until tomorrow.”
“What about your date?” Reddick probed.
“My date. My date would love these shoes. He’ll gobble them up.” Which was true. Crunch loved to get his hands on anything fluffy. She never left any of her shoes out where he could get to them. “Serena is actually hea ding back to the mall for a return and is picking me up a new pair. So no worries there.”
He shook his head, acknowledging her story. She wasn't sure if he bought it, but what did it matter what he thought?
“Is there anything else? I have to get to work. Did you collect the proposal sheets from everyone?”
“Yup, they’re on my desk. Are you sure you wouldn't like to review them tonight over martinis?”
“What part of ‘I have a date’ don't you understand? How about this. You give me half of them, and I’ll read them tonight when I get home. You can buy me a salad for lunch tomorrow and we can talk about what we have to work with for our presentation.”
Reddick stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out the moonstone. He held it in front of her. “Show me yours.”
The sides of Regina’s full red lips curled up. She almost forgot. She reached in her drawer and put it in Reddick’s hand. They were identical, although if she didn't know any better, the stones appeared to shimmer when she put hers in his hand.
“They’re pretty,” she said as they both stared down at them.
Without lifting his head, he looked up at her. He was sizing her up. He didn't want to get caught saying something inappropriate about their boss. He might have gained his position based on his sales history, but at the end of the day, he knew they were girlfriends too.
“I don't even know what to say or what to do with this thing.” Regina broke the silence. “She is very colorful, to put it nicely.”
“You can say that again.”
Regina reached into Reddick’s palm to retrieve her stone. He grabbed her wrist and held both stones and her hand in his own. “Don't forget to put this under your pi llow tonight.”
Regina gently slid her hand back, along with her stone. “I guess it can't hurt.”
“Just remember I’ll be sleeping with mine under my pillow too. It will be like we’re sleeping together.” He pursed his lips in a devious but sexy little smile.
“You wish. Go get me those papers and for heaven ’s sake, do some work before I double your sales for the month.”
“Ha! You wish.” Reddick went back to his desk and buried himself in emails and calls.
CHAPTER FOUR
Regina’s New Shoes
THE DAY WAS winding down. Most of the staff had gone home for the day. A few sales reps were still attempting to grind out what they could. Serena’s gift card raffle had a select few going the extra mile, looking for not just an entry into the raffle, but multiple entries.
Regina and Reddick were both happy with where they were with their teams for the month. This was one of the first times neither of them was looking to cut any loose links. Regina felt strongly that the team they had on staff at this point was the main factor in having a steady i ncrease in revenue. Too bad Serena wasn’t going to accept that as an answer for how they were achieving the numbers or how they could continue to grow the business.
She looked at the folder on her desk with her half of the notes from the meeting. Her shoulders slumped a little bit knowing there was a bunch of rubbish in there. Not to mention, if there were any hal fway decent ideas, Reddick would have made sure they were in his pile.
Regina always felt like he