Chapter 38

*** Solana ***

Another week went by while things settled into normalcy between Solana and Mark.  Or so it seemed on the surface. The motel was making progress. 

As far as Solana could tell, she and Mark were back to the time after she just got here. 

They worked together smoothly, pretending the past never happened. Playing the role of boss and employee without issues. 

Solana thought Mark played that role effortlessly. So she was determined to follow his lead, always wearing her cold, independent-woman, businesslike demeanor at all times.

Every morning whenever she got to her desk, she sternly reminded herself that they were boss and employee, nothing more! Despite the undeniable sizzling tension that lingered between them, she must always keep their professional boundaries in mind at all times.

The only challenge was the fact that the lingering tension was a spillover from their odd history of having seen each other