He waves at me and I do the unthinkable. I grab a banana from the fruit basket and wave it like a mad woman. His eyebrows shoot up just as Connor looks my way.
Did I just... Why did I... Why am I still... Oh fuck my life!
"Why are you wielding that banana like a weapon?" Angela asks, suddenly standing beside me.
"I..." What the hell am I supposed to say?
"Nikki?" Connor questions, a grin playing on his and Mace's lips.
The banana falls from my hand on the table and the soft thud makes the blush creep faster up my cheeks.
Can I just crawl under my desk and hide from this embarrassment for the next infinite time?
"Nikki agreed to help plan for Abby's party this weekend!" Angela says excitedly, saving me from the embarrassment that seemed to just have no freaking end.
"That’s great!" Mace and Connor say at the same time.
"Thanks Nikki, my brothers and I wouldn’t have a clue where to start organizing a party for a little girl," Connor tells me, his smile transforming his features. I have never noticed how incredibly attractive he actually is. With green eyes like Mace, thin lips, straight nose, not too short dark hair that's always styled to perfection, strong jaw line with a stubble trimmed Tony Stark style, Connor really is an eye-catch, but in my opinion he has nothing on the Adonis that's Mace.
"No worries," I reply, happy that everyone seems to have forgotten my awkward banana moment.
"I gotta run. Nikki, I'll come over to your place to start planning after you knock off?" Angela asks.
"Sure"
"Great! Come on Mace I need you help with some stuff," Angela says as she hooks her arm into Mace's.
"Bye banana girl," Mace teases as he winks at me.
"Oh no!" I unintentionally groan out loud, causing everyone to burst into a fit of laughter.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MACE
"Who are you sexting?" Connor asks before sipping on his coffee.
"I'm not sexting, jack-ass!" I shoot back.
"Really?" Chase chimes in. "It's 7AM on a Saturday morning and you're grinning like an idiot at your phone and there are no talks of wet panties? I call bullshit!"
"It's Abby's birthday, I have a reason to be grinning like an idiot as you so bluntly put it," I defend. They don’t need to know who I'm texting and why.
"I bet Nikki is the one brightening his morning like that," Connor says, hitting the nail right on the head.
I haven't seen Nikki since Tuesday because I've been crazy busy with work and she has been busy organizing today's party with my sister every night. So, we have been texting back and forth because I kind of get annoyed if I don’t speak to her in some form and that just means my employees have to walk on eggshells around me, which is not healthy for anyone.
Me: Need me to come pick you up?
I decide to text her instead answering my annoying brothers.
Banana Girl: Nope, Angela is picking me up in a few
Yes, I totally changed her name to Banana Girl after that incident of her waving at me with a damn banana on Tuesday. I have no idea why she did it but it was hilarious to watch and I loved seeing that blush creep up her face.
"I take your silence as confirmation," Connor laughs.
"Shut up and coffee me," I say while typing a response.
Me: Okay see you in a bit Banana Girl
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