Free All Said and Undone by Angelita Gill Page A

with me, right?”
    Straightening his own tie and smoothing the front of his suit with a hand, he gazed at his wife with both pride and wonder. “That’s her.”
    He left Tom in stunned silence as he casually walked over to Mr. Hughes’s office, half-a-dozen questions circling his mind.
    “Here’s your husband now,” Mr. Hughes announced as Jack approached them.
    Jack found his heart was beating extra fast at the moment, as if he would be talking to a high school crush for the first time.
    Grace turned around with a soft smile. “Hi.”
    He couldn’t take his eyes off her. God, she was gorgeous. “This is a surprise….” Especially after last night.
    “One of the actresses threw a tantrum and refused to work, so they postponed filming for the rest of the day,” she explained.
    Mr. Hughes chimed in. “When my secretary told me she was out here waiting for you, I just couldn’t let a pretty lady sit out here alone. You didn’t tell me she worked on the set of Housewife Secrets !”
    Mainly because I just found out myself . He rocked back on his heels. “I didn’t think you watched that kind of show, sir.”
    “The wife does.” He leaned in, as if to share confidential information. “It sucked me right in, unfortunately, fool that I am for pretty women with attitudes.”
    Grace laughed softly, slipping her hand in his boss’s arm. “Would you like to come to the set one day and meet the cast?”
    The old man’s eyes lit up. “Only if I can bring my wife, too. Or else the next time you see this face, it’ll be with my head on a stick.”
    Jack chuckled, still amazed. Not only was Grace here, she’d totally charmed his boss.
    Mr. Hughes beamed at Jack. “Where have you been hiding her all this time?”
    Grace cut in before Jack could think of a reply. “It’s my fault, Walter. I’ve been a showbiz workaholic.” Her gaze met Jack’s as she said, “But I promise to make it up to you as much as I can.”
    Jack’s jaw clenched, and he suppressed the urge to sweep her into a kiss that would make the whole office blush. He didn’t understand why she was doing this, because he frankly didn’t deserve it, but he decided not to analyze her motives right now.
    And did she just call his boss by his first name?
    “Well, I’ll leave you two,” Mr. Hughes said. He turned to Grace. “You have no excuse tonight. I plan to see you both at the Four Seasons.”
    Grace gave him a nod. “I’m looking forward to it.”
    Mr. Hughes gave Jack a sound pat on the back as he walked past him.
    Jack couldn’t keep the incredulity off his face.
    “Your office?” Grace asked in an innocent tone.
    He put a hand to her back and led the way to other end of the hall. Once inside, he closed the door, her scent tickling his nose and fueling his blood. It took all the strength he possessed not to push her up against the wall and ravish her. Down, boy, down .
    He headed around his desk to put something solid between them. “Grace, about last night….” Unable to think of anything articulate to say, he said with a shrug, “I was an ass.”
    Looking down, she crossed her arms. “You were, but I should’ve been more considerate with our…situation. I should’ve stayed home so we could talk.” Slowly, she raised her head up, her blue-green eyes sad. “But it seems like whenever we try to do that we end up right where we started.”
    Jack sighed. “I know. And I went about it the wrong way, accusing you of pushing me aside for your job. It was petty.”
    “I’m sorry you felt that way,” she said. “That’s why I’m here. I thought maybe if we were in your office, we’d be able to have a conversation instead of an argument.”
    He gave her a half smile. “Not a bad idea. I’m glad to see you.”
    She smiled in return.
    “And apparently, so is my boss.”
    “I’d forgotten how much I liked him!”
    “So much so that you committed us to attending the cocktail party tonight?”
    She gave a small shrug.