Happy Is On Hiatus by Arthur A.C

Author:Arthur, A.C.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2022-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

LOOK, BUT DON’T TOUCH.

He was fine. Then again, she’d already come to that conclusion.

Sharae watched Desmond walk across the food court to where she stood in front of the Great Cookie shop. She’d had a good ten minutes to stare at him before he’d turned and noticed her. Cursing now because instead of ogling him she should’ve taken that time to make a quick exit, she shifted her purse strap on her shoulder and moved the bag with the cute flip-flops in it and the cookies she’d just bought from one hand to the other. Not that she was nervous about seeing him approaching. That would be ridiculous. He was sort of her attorney, after all—her very tall and slightly bowlegged attorney with the alluring bedroom eyes, strong jaw, and lips that appeared very kissable.

Dressed in slim-fit gray slacks and a button-front white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, he seemed just as at home in this crowded mall as he would be if he’d been dressed in an impeccable suit moving throughout the courthouse hallways. And as comfortable as he’d been sitting at her dining room table, although she’d been trying her best to forget that night and the weird emotions it’d made her feel.

“Hey,” he said in a tone that was as casual as if they were dating.

That thought threw her even more off-kilter, and Sharae stood up straighter. She wished she were still wearing the pantsuit she wore to work instead of the white shorts and purple tank top she’d changed into after her shift. Not only did her pantsuits look good—and cost a pretty penny—but they served as a sort of armor between her and the world. It was much easier for her to interrogate a suspect or stare down a colleague when she felt like she looked as if she should be taken seriously. It was seven thirty at night, and she was in the mall wearing sandals with her toes out and buying chocolate-chip cookies. At least this time she was wearing a bra when she faced him. A few seconds passed before she found her professional voice and managed a quick hello.

He nodded down to her bag. “Shopping?”

“Yes. For a trip. I’m going away tomorrow.” Not that he needed to know any of that. “Are you shopping too?” Because really, he just looked like he was walking around the mall sharing his good looks with the masses.

“Yeah, need a couple new things for work.”

“The fact that we’re standing in the food court definitely says something about our shopping habits.”

He laughed and surprised her again. When he was at her apartment, he’d given her only glimpses of his dangerously sexy smile. And the sound of his laughter was genuine, like he enjoyed laughing and did so often. That shouldn’t seem so foreign to her considering the only thing she really knew about him was that he hadn’t been to church in a while.

Reminding herself that all she needed to know was that he was just her lawyer, she continued.

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