across the busy New York street. One wrong step and everything cou
alread
ld sneakers splashed through a puddle, but she didn't stop. Ahead of her stood a hug
s off and leave, she to
g out of a movie-shiny floors, gold accents, and the smell of expensive colog
é apron, feeling com
ter," she said softly
e replied with
a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Her cheeks were red from the cold, her hair messy, but he
stopped on th
ncy, and intimidating. A woman with straight blonde ha
Mr. Blackwood?"
no
He's w
heart skip
offee to an assistant, not Adrian Bl
th and pushed open t
s suit fit him perfectly, and the bright city lights be
sk," he said with
deep, calm,
ut she tried to act normal. She should have left right after, but something m
he tu
caught in
lue eyes that looked like ice, dark hair combed back neatly-he l
ed on her and
er name tag. "You're not
oday," she said quickly.
gaze move over her like a wave. It
ee on your sle
caramel had spilled on her arm.
bled. "It's been
rink coffe
s a double carame
lse. They didn't show up."
at him, sur
ike wastin
up. Their fingers t
simple touch. Her heart skipped
" she wh
or a moment, his
omething that
ly want you to deliv
s widen
tructions well,
at, he turned ba
ppened. She finally stepped out of the o
e leaned against the wa
was
lionaire just
city. She wasn't rich. She wasn't fancy. And she d
ver even b
her like she was
e wanted to
was about
o was