It would make her life easier to be able to hide her thoughts from this man. Then she wouldn’t concern herself over whether he was giving her a shot because he thought she deserved it or whether he was thinking only of the powerful sexual pull between them and how best to capitalize on it.
Wow, Nina. Lump him in with all the other jerks you’ve known, why don’t you? Nothing like being tried and convicted based on your gender, she thought.
Okay maybe that was wrong to judge him like that, but what about Abby? What if something happened and her friendship with Abby was ruined. She didn't want to hurt someone who had always been good to her, and definitely not someone who had welcomed her when she had no one to turn to.
“Relax. You’re thinking way too much,” Julian murmured close to her ear. "You were the one who said you wanted to do this professionally"
"And I am doing this professionally," she replied.
