City Magic: Halloween Steam by EmKay Connor

Author:EmKay Connor [Connor, EmKay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

5

“Come on. It’s almost three. Let’s grab lunch.”

Ross leaned a hip against the frame of Macy’s open office door, tempting her with his offer.

“Eleanor got me a salad. I’m good.” She forced her attention back to her computer screen, but the numbers on the spreadsheet for a corporate Christmas party turned into indecipherable squiggles.

“Take a break,” he coaxed. “I have an idea for the challenge. This might be the tie-breaker.”

“You thought handing out free tickets in Times Square was a tie-breaker.” A warm, gooey sensation started in her core and oozed throughout her body.

Spending virtually every hour with the guy had propelled her attraction to compulsive need. Although she still called him Nelson to his face, she’d compromised and begun thinking of him as Ross because, fingers crossed, he really was a nice guy.

Three days into the challenge, and they’d each come up with a kickass element to accomplish the challenge Beau had issued. After brainstorming ideas with her girlfriends, Sunday had suggested an after-hours Halloween-themed lingerie fashion show.

“Promote it as an elite, exclusive fashion experience,” Sunday said. “Tatiana will love the publicity, and we have several designs that haven’t been revealed yet.”

“Pop-up stores, limited editions, and limited-time shopping opportunities are huge right now,” Elise added. “My brides and bridesmaids spend double at pop-up stores than they do at permanent boutiques.”

Score one for Macy.

Ross scored the next win. After approving the fashion show idea, he secured the perfect location with a single phone call.

“Hey, Jason? Are you still renovating that abandoned cathedral on Second Avenue?” Ross winked at her as he chatted with his cousin. “Almost finished? Great. Listen, I’m working on a special project, and I need some help.”

He went on to explain about the fashion show, got his cousin’s buy-in, and disconnected the call with a satisfied smirk.

“An after-hours Halloween lingerie fashion show in a restored, allegedly haunted, historic 19th century East Village church is going to be da bomb.”

“I never thought we’d pull it off.” Conceding it had taken both of them wasn’t as painful as she’d expected. In fact, working with Ross was fun.

And a huge turn-on.

The challenge provided an excuse to share meals, learn more about him, soak up all the happy vibes he put out, and preen a little when he cast admiring looks at her. He wasn’t obvious about it, but he had a way of examining her from head to toe that felt like a physical touch. Gerald had always insisted on fooling around with the lights off, making her insecure and self-conscious. Ross made her feel like he was shining a spotlight on her, revealing every imperfection…except in his eyes, they weren’t flaws.

She knew the second he walked into a room because her nipples puckered and her thighs started to tremble. It was getting harder to resist the impulse to throw herself at him, but one thought of Gerald’s critical attitude was like a bucket of icy water that doused the flames.

“Lunch.” He pulled her plaid wool coat from the rack behind her door and held it out for her.

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