Chapter 54

“No problem,” Cedric said, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his slacks. If he could have had his way, he’d be with Anna right now, doing the same damn thing. “I just need to talk to him for a few minutes, if you don’t mind.”

“Not at all.” She reached up, rubbed lipstick off Collins' smiling mouth with her thumb, then turned and picked up her purse off the table. “I’ll let you guys talk. I’ll see you later at my place, honey?”

Collins' eyes gleamed. “Oh, yeah.”

She was gone a moment later, leaving a trail of perfume behind her.

Cedric looked at Collins. “So, SHE is your girlfriend?” he asked, feeling quite silly for the time he called Collins one of Anna's boyfriends.

“She is. But is that what you came to talk to me about?” Collins replied, folding his arms over his chest and giving Cedric the kind of hard stare reserved for bad dogs and crazed children. Apparently, Anna had already talked over the situation with her friend and it was no surprise