Christmas at Tiffany's by Marianne Evans

Author:Marianne Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611165517
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2015-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

5

Mitch made excuses to see Tiffany, to be close enough to observe. JR’s arrival in the city complicated matters, because everyone realized the search for Mitch’s successor had reached critical mass. As such, office-wide attention homed in on him and sharpened focus. Stilted behavior turned into the rule of the day.

Regardless of office innuendo and curiosity, all of a sudden he noticed everything about Tiffany. Everything. In the days that followed, he took note of finer details, like her ‘tea routine.’ Each morning she had a habit of spending a few minutes in the café area of their office space, chatting with colleagues while she brewed peppermint tea. The scent struck Mitch as spicy and appealing. Today, oddly enough, her glasses landed on his mental radar screen. She probably wore contacts as a rule, because she didn’t sport glasses very often, but today she wore red frames that struck him as both studious and adorable. The stylish, oval specs popped color in a lovely way against her fair skin and dark, chin-length hair, calling attention to large, dark brown eyes.

And when she really lost herself in a given task—as seemed to be- the case right now—she tended to nip at her lower lip, visibly focused and intent. The image stirred a pulse jump and the kind of warmth he hadn’t even known he was missing before now. Before her.

And, he was staring.

Mitch forced back a groan and focused on the conversation he held with a colleague as they stood near Tiffany’s work station. He discussed Internet connectivity issues being faced by a prominent client who had just moved into multi-floor space in a large and less than updated office building near Battery Park.

He turned toward his office, intending to prep for an upcoming interview. At that exact moment, Tiffany noticed him, and a smile curved into life so quickly, with such unguarded sweetness Mitch froze for an instant. He answered the gesture promptly with a nod and smile of his own. Enticed, he ambled toward her station and came up with a perfectly valid work-centric reason to connect.

“Hey.”

“Hey, Mitch.”

“I wanted to catch you up on the status of the Shelter Helper program for Pets Finding Home.”

A spontaneous, happy light struck her features.

“We have a full slate of volunteers for the event.”

“Already?”

Mitch nodded, savoring the taste of her enthusiasm.

“My word, that’s amazing. To be honest, I was afraid we’d struggle to find many people who’d be able to step up so quickly; it’s such a busy time of year.”

“I thought that might be a possibility as well, but it’s the holidays, and it seems homeless animals tug at the heart, which is as it should be.”

Her smile deepened a pair of soft dimples at the corners of long, tempting lips… “Spoken like a fur-parent. You should consider adopting a shelter animal when you return to Los Angeles.” Her eyes went slightly narrow and speculative.

There was a leading edge to that comment, an underlying question that Mitch had to side-step in deference to office protocol.

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