Mikhail glances up at me while fixing his shirt cuffs. “I would stay, but there’s still a lot of organizing to do at the new offices.”
“And you called in sick yesterday.”
“I didn’t call in sick. I don’t need to call in sick at my own company. I told them I was busy.”
It wasn’t a lie. Mikhail was busy…. ordering in lunch from my favorite cafe, playing with Dante in the pool, and thoroughly distracting me from whichever movie it was I convinced him to watch with me. We didn’t even make it through the opening credits, so I’m really not sure.
It was a nice day and a very nice night, but it felt loaded. As the day went on, I found myself waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“What was all that about, anyway?” I ask as casually as I can. “You never take off work.”
“We spent a week in Costa R
