Chapter Thirteen

She looked up as she heard the knock on her door and Will was standing in front of her office for the first time in two days. They had agreed that the notes in the box hadn't been the best solution so they would try to get back to a normal work relationship and he was clearly about to make the first attempt.

"Do you have a moment, Diane?" he asked and she looked at David, who was sitting opposite her before looking back at the man in her doorway.

"David and I are discussing a case, can it wait?" she proposed, trying to act naturally, so that the other man didn't suspect anything.

"Actually, it's rather urgent, but it will only take a few minutes."

David was still facing her and he didn't show any interest in why Will was there. Diane looked from one man to the other, trying to decide what to do. She wasn't even sure what Will expected from her, if he wished to come in or wanted her to send David out or simply go to him. She wasn't exactly comfortable talking to him in other people's presence, even if the third person seemed rather uninterested.

"Surely you don't expect me to leave," David finally broke the silence and she was actually grateful for his interference.

"No, I just…" Will started and took a step inside the office, which made Diane stand up from her seat, but she still wasn't sure if she should move closer to him or stay where she was and her hesitation started to catch David's eye.

"Make it quick," David said and took out his phone from his pocket.

Diane stepped away from her desk to get closer to Will and she couldn't miss his astonishment when he realized what she was wearing that day. It was intentional on her side of course to choose a pant suit that morning, she had no desire to take the blame anymore, just because he was unable to control himself around her legs.

She reached him and waited for his reaction, but he was just staring at her and didn't say a word. She looked at David again, who seemed to be too occupied at that moment to mind what was going on a few steps away from him.

"Perhaps we should…" she started as she turned back towards Will.

"Don't you have something to discuss?" she heard David's voice again, who was apparently still keeping an eye on them and surely couldn't understand why they were standing there almost speechless.

"Let's go to my office," Will finally proposed and she took a step towards the door right away, but since Will also moved in that exact second they literally bumped into each other.

"Sorry," Will apologized and her first reaction was to look back at David again, who was now openly watching them.

She decided that the best she could do was leave her office right away and don't look back again.

o-o-o

"Is he still watching us?" she asked as Will sat down at his desk in front of her.

"No, why would he? I'm sure he has better things to do."

"Do you think we gave ourselves away?"

"No, you are paranoid," he said smiling.

"Wow, thank you, you haven't told me this for such a long time, I truly missed it," she replied rather bitterly, due to the memory that line brought up at once, even though he said it in a completely different manner this time.

"I'm sorry," he reached out his hand towards hers that was lying on the desk, but she quickly pulled it back, not because she was angry at him for what he'd said, but because she was still not sure if anyone was watching them.

"Why is it so hard to go back to normal?" she asked.

"Maybe because you intentionally hide your legs from me," he teased, even though her question had been rather serious. But he was probably right that he changed the tone of the conversation, it really wasn't the right time to analyze things.

"And you still manage to blame me, I'm amazed," she replied, smiling, "Now tell me about that urgent matter."