Jack - The Elite Part Ten by KB Winters

Author:KB Winters [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: steamy military
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-01-24T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Holly

“Good morning, Holly.”

Noah’s sunny smile lit up my morning and carried me out of my tangled thoughts as I sat staring out the window from the third floor of his building. I stood at his greeting and slung my purse over my shoulder. “Morning.”

He shook my hand and then ushered me into one of the conference rooms I remembered seeing briefly on the tour. My eyes immediately went to the ocean view and let the slow roll of the waves lull me. I hadn’t slept all night and despite the three layers of concealer, the puffy bags under my eyes were still visible. I just hoped that if Noah noticed, he’d assume it was from excitement and anticipation, not from crying myself to sleep.

“It’s all pretty standard,” he said, pointing at the pages he’d placed in front of me. He reached into his jacket and retrieved a smooth, polished pen. “Here. Use mine.”

The pen was warm from the heat of his body and for some reason the entire thing struck me as too intimate. Heat rose in my cheeks and I had the distinct feeling that I was doing something wrong. Rachel’s comments from the day before were still with me. If I wasn’t with Jack, would the conversation where I’d mentioned Noah being a good-looking guy gone differently? Would I have told her I was having unprofessional thoughts about my new boss? There was no doubt that Noah was hot. Any woman with eyes would admit to that. But there was more to it. It was his confidence and the way he carried himself. The way he made people feel as though they’d known him far longer than reality. He was warm and personable but I also had no doubt that he could be a shark when he needed to be. Not in a negative way, but in an aggressive, get-shit-done sort of way.

“Is something wrong?” Noah asked and I realized I’d been staring at the cover sheet for an inexplicably long time.

“Sorry.” I hurried to flip the page. “No, I just—uh—like to be thorough.”

“Don’t apologize, Holly.” I dared to meet Noah’s eyes and found him smiling. “That’s a very good quality in a CPA.”

I returned his easy smile and then dropped my eyes back to the contract pages. There was some truth to what I’d said. I wasn’t willing to sign anything unless I’d read every word at least once. Even those annoying phone contracts. Fifty plus pages of bullshit but I’d read it all. It was a habit.

I moved along, asking questions where necessary, and signing each page I completed. We were nearing the end of the packet when Noah pushed up from the table. “I apologize, I didn’t offer you anything to drink. Would you like some coffee?”

I’d had a cup, made with the cheap plastic coffee machine in my hotel room. The result was a thick, nearly black liquid that had enough grounds in it to make it feel like I’d eaten the damn beans whole.

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