Chapter 157

“Yeah. Okay.” Her stomach gave another unsettling tug. “On one condition.”

Candace froze with her pinky still in her mouth. “Uh-oh.”

“You stay another month.”

“No.”

“Two weeks.”

“Michelle.”

“A week and a half.”

Candace pressed her lips together, but a smile threatened anyway. “Five days.”

“A week, Candace. Come on. He’s worth it.”

“Maybe.”

“Good.” She finished her own cone and pushed away from the car, too twitchy to stand there anymore thinking about men. She wanted to go home, change and jog a few miles, get rid of this restless energy. Tomorrow she’d visit Nick after work. It did seem like a sensible idea, and she was trying very hard to be sensible. Plus, having decided to go, she might as well get it over with. She’d pretend to stay late at the office after he went home, or have a drink somewhere first, maybe with Jenny, to give Nick time to settle in for the evening with Emma. Jenny could give her courage…or stop her