Burning Bright by Megan Hart Jennifer Gracen Stacey Agdern KK Hendin

Author:Megan Hart, Jennifer Gracen, Stacey Agdern, KK Hendin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Molly

MOLLY’D BARRELED INTO 6B with a sense of authority she didn’t deserve, and had managed to act just like those horrible biddies that ran the building’s coop board in the process. It was probably why instead of refusing his invitation for coffee, she took him up on it.

No. Not the guilt. Most likely she’d accepted because her sense of self-­preservation had gone AWOL. Jon, 6B, had come to the door in only a pair of boxers, a ratty T-­shirt, and early morning scruff. She couldn’t stop staring.

“Any particular requirements on the coffee front?”

The words popped her thoughts like a balloon, forcing her to focus on his mouth, as opposed to his body. She came out of her daze, only to realize he stood in front of a long granite countertop that had been taken over by an elaborate array of coffee preparing machines. There was a grinder, a huge espresso machine, a drip pot, and then one of those machines that produced individual cups of coffee.

She couldn’t help herself. “So that’s what you focused on?”

He shrugged his shoulders. “I travel constantly and need a consistent supply of caffeine,” he explained, before pausing. “I’m Jon, by the way.”

“Molly,” she said as he took her hand in hers, before realizing she’d introduced herself already. “That is . . .”

“I got it,” he replied, smiling. “I’m tired but not hungover.”

She laughed, wondering why he felt the need to clarify the reason for his semi-­awake state.

Aaah. Yes.

She’d definitely made him think she was one of those horrible biddies. “Sorry,” she said, attempting to fill her voice with as much sympathy and understanding as she could manage. “I’m energetic.”

“Decaf?”

She glared at him this time. Only a fool would drink decaf. He was trying to be helpful; she could see the warmth in his brown eyes. Which meant he didn’t deserve to have his head bitten off for what he obviously perceived as a helpful suggestion. “No. Not really. It doesn’t taste the same, so I never drink the decaf.”

“Good to know,” he answered. “So what do you want?”

“Surprise me,” she said. “Give me something good.”

He nodded, and the smile on his face was a joy to behold. “Your wish is my command.”

She found herself transfixed as he gracefully maneuvered around the coffee machines. He managed to work a coffee grinder, the espresso machine and a milk frother like musical instruments, in a crazy dance that had her mixing her metaphors and getting the wildest thoughts in her head. Namely, she wondered what those hands and that agile body could do to her.

“See something you like?”

She couldn’t be offended because he’d caught her staring. Especially considering she was thinking below the board thoughts about him, his coffee and his body. Embarrassment was apparently the emotional order of the day. “I . . .” she managed, despite the fact it felt like her tongue had inflated to twice its normal size. “I guess . . . I . . .”

“It’s okay,” he said in a voice that was genuinely charming.

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