At first, Charles was reasonable. People enjoyed things in different ways; his was to savor, hers was to indulge. But his reassurance that he'd not be eating slowly just to collect data for whatever files his people had on her left a bit to be desired.
"A wild--" Alex stared at him, fought a particularly strong urge to flip him off. Success! Infuriating man. With a smile that should absolutely not be attractive when I'm getting a mad on. "It's not like a buried my face in it and spread it across the damned table," she hissed. "I can do that if you like, but we'd probably get kicked out. And then where would you be?"
She threw up her hands. "Who am I kidding? Probably still sitting there, chumming with Johnny, sipping that starsent coffee and smiling that infuriatingly sexy grin." Sexy? No. Just infuriating. Why would I think sexy? That's...no. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to regain her mealtime bliss, find calm like she'd been trained to, nibbling as slowly on a fry as he had his first bite of burger.
He'd been teasing. She'd actually been warming up to him. Sure, there was a lot of build-up of her particular workplace anxieties, but if she was honest with herself, this time, there was absolutely no reason for her to be riled. Was there? First I'm a thief, then an animal. Of course I should be mad. Damn it. But her brain was whapping an apology around the inside of her skull that, should it escape, would make 3 for 3 since they'd made contact. Because Alex had to make this work. She wasn't stupid. Innocent people were being nabbed from their homes, and this partnership could save those lives.
Why the frag did he push her buttons?
Her hazel eyes suddenly snapped open, wide and round, as if she'd just hit replay and realized which--how very, very many--of the string of words clamoring inside her mind she'd actually spoken out loud. "Oh."
So much for not being hot-headed. She was really starting to hate that file of his.
"A wild--" Alex stared at him, fought a particularly strong urge to flip him off. Success! Infuriating man. With a smile that should absolutely not be attractive when I'm getting a mad on. "It's not like a buried my face in it and spread it across the damned table," she hissed. "I can do that if you like, but we'd probably get kicked out. And then where would you be?"
She threw up her hands. "Who am I kidding? Probably still sitting there, chumming with Johnny, sipping that starsent coffee and smiling that infuriatingly sexy grin." Sexy? No. Just infuriating. Why would I think sexy? That's...no. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to regain her mealtime bliss, find calm like she'd been trained to, nibbling as slowly on a fry as he had his first bite of burger.
He'd been teasing. She'd actually been warming up to him. Sure, there was a lot of build-up of her particular workplace anxieties, but if she was honest with herself, this time, there was absolutely no reason for her to be riled. Was there? First I'm a thief, then an animal. Of course I should be mad. Damn it. But her brain was whapping an apology around the inside of her skull that, should it escape, would make 3 for 3 since they'd made contact. Because Alex had to make this work. She wasn't stupid. Innocent people were being nabbed from their homes, and this partnership could save those lives.
Why the frag did he push her buttons?
Her hazel eyes suddenly snapped open, wide and round, as if she'd just hit replay and realized which--how very, very many--of the string of words clamoring inside her mind she'd actually spoken out loud. "Oh."
So much for not being hot-headed. She was really starting to hate that file of his.
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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