Played By Riggs

24

My plan to get James back consisted of more apologising and a little seduction. Tina's plan to get James back consisted of seduction, and nothing else. My plan listed ways I could apologise. Tina's plan listed dirty drawings.

"What's that supposed to be?" I asked, pointing at a small drawing in the corner.

"Well, that's a cock..." she said, smirking.

"I can see that. But what's the two circles it's going into? They don't look like breasts, they look... you know what..." I paused, grimacing, "never mind."

She snickered, folding the piece of paper up and shoving it in her drawer.

"You are vile. It's not even 10am."

"What do they say? It's 5pm somewhere..." Snickering some more, she stood up from her desk and flicked on the kettle. "So, he's picking you up in five minutes. Are you ready?"

"For what?" I asked. "Him to drive me again, or the plan?"

Both were scary. Both were surreal. Was I ready for them? Not in slightest, but forcing confidence was easier done than said. I could pretend like I wasn't nervous to get in James' car and let him drive me to the site, because although I had done it once, the thought of making it a regular thing still chimed on my fear radar. I could also pretend like I wasn't nervous to carry out my plan of apologetic seduction. I'm sorry, James... take off my bra?

Yeah. It was going to be much harder than that.

"You'll be fine," Tina said. "You made a big statement by letting him drive. He won't just pass that to the side."

I hummed in agreement. "Maybe. I don't know, we'll see how he reacts."

"He agreed to drive you again, so that's a good sign."

"A good sign that he's not letting our issues mix with the project, but that's that. Him driving just makes things easier."

"We'll see..." Tina trailed off, her eyes sparkling. "I've bet Kevin and Keith five quid that you'll have made up by tomorrow evening."

I raised my eyebrow. "What's their odds?"

"Next week, sometime."

"Well... that's just great," I huffed out a long breath. There was no need for me to take my coat that was hung over the back of the chair due to the decent weather, so I didn't bother grabbing it. I wore cropped grey trousers, a wrap front blouse that, admittedly, did show more cleavage than necessary, and flat black shoes. Practical for the day ahead, since it was to be spent on the building site, and yet Tina still complained. If she had her way, I would be nude with a ribbon around my neck. She figured seduction was all it was going to take. I knew better.

Still, the cleavage would help. Hopefully.

Kevin peered into the office. "He's outside. Can't come in, something about parking spaces and tickets."

I exhaled a deep breath. "Right, okay. I should head down. You know what you're doing, right?"

"We've got everything covered here, you go take care of things down there," Keith smiled.

"Literally," Tina added, grinning.

As soon as the lift doors opened, I saw his car parked out front through the glass doors. His window was open and he had his arm leaning on the side. He had rolled his shirt sleeves up to his elbows. His white shirt. He looked really good in white.

I approached the car and he looked up. His eyes hardened but he gave me a slight smile. "Hey," he said.

"Hi," I replied, biting my cheek.