Chapter 127

“No. I worried like hell about you. Let me take you to lunch.”

“We shouldn’t.”

“I just want to talk.”

Tessa hesitated. “All right. Give me five minutes.”

“Sure.”

Zy hit the head and locked his computer, then headed to Tessa’s desk.

As he arrived, she slipped her purse strap onto her shoulder and dug for her keys. “Ready?”

She drove since he usually rode his bike to work, though this morning’s chill had convinced him that Louisiana definitely had more in the way of winters than he was accustomed to. Maybe having a car wouldn’t be a bad idea. After all, he wasn’t in Cali anymore… But he’d be damned if he wrote home and asked for the overpriced Porsche his parents had bought him. He’d fucking buy something himself.

“Yeah. Mexican? Chinese? Burgers?”

She sighed as he held the door open for her and they headed into the parking lot. “Salad. I’m doing my best to stay healthy. I keep trying to exercise during evenings and weekends like I