Chapter 17

“Well now I know not to pick a fight with you,” Nathan joked as we settled outside. 

“You still wanna talk?” I tried to redirect the conversation so we could get it over with. 

“Yea,” he sat up a bit straighter, “I wanted to apologize, I know I haven’t been very accepting of you telling me not to pursue things between us. It doesn’t change how I feel about wishing there was something, but I’ll try and back off unless you tell me otherwise.”

“I think we get along great Nathan, and it’s not that I’m not attracted to you, I just don’t think it’s a good idea when you and Dez are in business together. Maybe nothing happens now, in a year, in two, but if it went sour – that’s g