Chapter 70
CHAPTER 70
G emma felt all the blood drain from her face. Her hand was still around the back of Kent’s neck, frozen there, as her head turned to face Sophie in the door. A heartbeat passed, and she suddenly realised what it looked like. She dropped her hand to the side, inching away from Kent as if that would be enough to convince Sophie that she had not been in an uncompromising position with the owner of the cafe and her boss.
“Kent—,” Sophie started. “Oh my god. Sorry, guys, I didn’t—oh my god, I’m interrupting. I’ll go, I didn’t see anything at all.”
Her eyes met Gemma’s with a look of disbelief, or was that disgust on her face? Gemma couldn’t read it. A second later, Sophie had turned around, leaving the kitchen door swinging as she headed back into the cafe.
“Do you think she could tell?” Gemma said, only to shake her head. Of course, she could tell. They hadn't been kissing, that was a small relief, but really, having her hands around Kent’s neck was hardly an appropriate workplace action. She needed to explain things, explain that it wasn’t going to affect how they were working or what was best for the business. She moved to follow after Sophie, only for Kent to grab her hand.
“What are you doing? I need to go speak to Sophie, I need to explain. God, I should have told her when I told the others. She’s going to be so hurt that she didn’t know,” Gemma said.
“Please, I just want to talk to you first,” Kent said.
The ticket machine that Kent had implemented as part of his new ordering system beeped. There were still plenty of customers who didn't like that way of ordering, but occasionally there was someone who chose that method.
“You need to get to that and to whoever this person is that wants to see you. We’ll speak later, whatever it is, we’ll chat about it later,” she said.
A moment later, she was walking out of the kitchen, to find Sophie staring straight at her, although, unlike her immediate fears, she wasn’t looking angry the way Gemma had feared.
“I bloody knew it,” she said.