Chapter 20
The two of them rode to work together the next morning. Pete kept reaching for her hand and looking over at her as if he was making sure she was real. She loved the way he looked at her, it made her beautiful. The minute they entered the elevator they heard Tilly's voice. "I bet I know what you did last night, more than once."
They both laughed, "Why are you still here Tilly? Wasn't last night's showing exhausting enough just watching?"
"Heck no, I'm sticking around for an encore."
Pete walked up to the camera and winked, "I want that tape Tilly."
"And here I was considering switching it with the annoying elevator music they make me play on occasion."
The doors opened and they headed towards the lounge where they knew they'd find the rest of the scheme team. The minute they opened the door Cooper dropped his coffee mug. Violet rolled her eyes, "For heaven's sake Coop, Pete will not murder you. He's too busy having elevator sex to bother with homicide."
Pete walked over to the coffee pot and poured himself and Addison each a cup. "Nah, there's always time to plot murder on an unsuspecting victim when they least expect it." He looked over at Coop, "Do you like hunting?"
Coop quickly walked to the other side of the room and stood behind Sam. "It was all Naomi's idea, ask anyone."
Naomi sipped her coffee and smirked, "So I am glad to see that you two finally swallowed your pride and admitted your feelings for each other. I mean geez all it took was locking you in an elevator with sappy music and wine. I'm glad we didn't have to go to plan B."
Addison shook her head, "I'm not even going to ask."
The six of them laughed and filed out of the lounge. Pete followed Addison to her office. As soon as they were inside, he pulled her into an embrace. She kissed him back then stepped back and grinned, "Down boy, we need to save our energy for later."
"You're so right because I don't plan on getting any sleep tonight either." He kissed her once more and walked out of her office, whistling all the way down the hall.
Addison sighed and sat at her desk. She wasn't sure how she was going to get through the day without thinking about him; his scent, his touch, his breath taking kisses, his sexy voice. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a knock on the door. Naomi peeked her head in, "Is it safe to enter?"
"Lucky for you, I'm unarmed and in a really good mood."
"I just wanted to come in and check on you." Naomi closed the door behind her, "Look, I know what we did was bad but we were running out of time. I didn't want to see either of you pass up the chance to find true happiness. Even Sam agreed to help out and he was completely against you two seeing each other in the beginning." She paused, "What I'm trying to say is, I would do it all again just to see the look on your face you have right at this moment."
"I'm not mad at you. I'm impressed with your ability to scheme and plot with the best of them. I didn't think you had it in you."
Naomi scooted her chair closer, "Okay sister. Spill it, I know you're happy but I know you want to hear you say it."
Addison rolled her eyes, "Does anyone work around here?" She bit her bottom lip, "Okay, okay… I feel like…. I have been climbing a mountain for the longest time and each time I would get to a point where I thought I was almost there, I would look up and realized I still had a long way to go. Now, I feel like I've finally reached the top and instead of looking down at the beautiful scenery alone, there's someone there who has been holding my hand the whole time. Does that sound corny?"
"No, it sounds like you've finally found true love and I can't think of anyone who deserves it more than you do." She looked at her watch, "Darn, I have to get going. I'll be around later if you need to talk." She paused at the door, "Congratulations on making it to the top Addie. The two of you were traveling the same path all along and now you can continue on hand in hand."
Addison sighed; nothing could ruin how wonderful she felt now that she was finally experiencing true love.
