Fortune's Prince Charming by Nancy Robards Thompson

Author:Nancy Robards Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

After the Robinson dinner, Zoe and Joaquin were inseparable outside of the office. The more time he spent with her, the more he wondered why it had taken him so long to get his head on straight. She made him so damn happy, he couldn’t imagine a day, or a night, going by without seeing her.

That was why, when Zoe decided to show Joaquin some of her favorite places around Austin, he was psyched to let her be his tour guide. Once, they went to dinner at Botticelli’s South Congress. Another night they headed to the SoCo area to hear a band that Zoe loved. They went for drinks at the Driskill Hotel. And that night after work, they’d visited the Harry Ransom Center, a museum on the edge of the University of Texas campus. The place was open until seven on Thursday nights. Afterward, they grabbed a quick bite to eat.

In the past, when Joaquin started dating someone new, this much togetherness would have made him itchy for his own space. But after dinner, when he took Zoe to get her car, which she’d left in the Robinson office parking lot, he didn’t even hesitate when she asked him to come over.

In fact, the thought of saying good-night left him with an emptiness he didn’t quite understand. So he followed her back to her place, a nice town home located about fifteen minutes from the office.

Once inside, he followed her past the small foyer and into the living room. She turned to him. The sensual way she looked at him made him crazy. He closed the distance between them and pulled her into his arms, weaving his fingers into her hair and kissing her deeply and soundly with all the pent-up passion that had been building in him since the first time he’d set eyes on her.

When they came up for air, she took a step back, looking a little disoriented. A piece of hair had fallen across one eye and he brushed it back, resisting the urge to pull her to him again.

“Have a seat,” she said, gesturing toward a teal blue sofa. “I’ll get us some wine.”

The living area was an open design. He could see her in the kitchen, taking two wineglasses down from the cupboard.

“Do you need any help?” he asked.

“Nope. I’m good,” she called. “I’ll be right there.”

He looked around, taking in everything. The high ceilings and the crown molding. The walls were painted light blue and the furniture was a perfect mix of formal and quirky, like Zoe herself. It was a nice place, tastefully decorated with feminine floral patterns and lots of color.

It was the first time he had been to her place. It was good to get a glimpse of Zoe’s world. He hadn’t had a mental picture of where she lived, but now that he was here, it was so her, somehow he couldn’t imagine her anywhere else.

She came into the living room, carrying two wineglasses and an open bottle of red, and set them on the coffee table so she could pour some into each glass.

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