Before Wendell had started working for Nicholas, she would have gone to the restaurant to see how everything was coming along, but now she opted to stay away. She’d told herself that she didn’t need the hassle of any further flirtation from Wendell, who was bound to be at Reflections on the Bay, working on the final preparations with Nicholas. But now, as she lay on top of her bed after work on Thursday, contemplating what she would wear for tonight’s big launch, she found herself thinking about Alexis’s words and admitting to herself the real reason she had stayed away. If you tell me you can completely resist him no problem, I’ll know you’re lying. Alexis was right—she couldn’t. The story Wendell had told her about Pam and his child had taken the edge off her anger. And that kiss... Damn it, that kiss had stirred something in her she thought she’d already put to rest. Suddenly, Zienna had found herself thinking about her past with Wendell, and wondering if maybe everything she’d felt hadn’t been a lie.
