Maid For You 2: A Romance For Men by Virgil Knightley & Peter North

Author:Virgil Knightley & Peter North [Knightley, Virgil & North, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Guard Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-08-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Mark

The next day passed in a bit of a blur, much like the day before had, with Mark’s mind perpetually running back to Zuzu every time he had brain cells to spare. Fortunately, no one commented on it, so he figured he was flying under the radar with his head in the clouds.

He was pulling his lunch from his locker when Stacy Alison sidled up beside him with a shit-eating grin on her face. She crossed her arms and leaned against the locker next to his watching him sort through the narrow metal box to find his lunch kit. He wasn’t thrilled with the idea of having his lunch packed for him, and with Stacy watching Mark felt doubly self-conscious. It made him feel like a kid again, taking the brown bag lunch to school on days when his mom had to work and wouldn’t be home to make lunch for him.

“What do you want?” Mark grumbled, not meeting Stacy’s blue-eyed stare. “And why are you looking at me like the cat who got the cream?”

He watched Stacy’s grin widen from the corner of his eye. “Who is she?”

“Who is who?” he asked, refusing to be drawn into her game.

“Don’t give me that bullshit, McGuiness.” Stacy hooted and slapped her knee like he’d just told a hilarious joke. Then her eyes narrowed, and she fixed an intense stare upon him, like she was trying to see into his soul. “You’ve been distracted. But you don’t look angry or annoyed—”

“I’m annoyed right now.”

“In fact, I’ve even caught you smiling to yourself when you’re staring off into space,” she continued as if he hadn’t said anything. “I’m no detective, but even I can see something’s going on with you. You’ve never zoned out on the job before. You take this shit seriously. And you sure as hell don’t wander around smiling to yourself like you’re holding the world’s biggest secret all wrapped up with a pretty bow. So, I’m asking… who is she?”

Mark located his lunch kit—thankfully a masculine, Stanley stainless steel one—and pulled it out of his locker. He slammed the door closed and glowered at Stacy, not wanting to admit that she was right. She’d never let him live it down.

“What makes you so sure there’s a ‘she’?”

“Oh, come on, McGuiness.” Stacy shoved herself off the lockers and hooked his elbow in her own, leading him to a table where there were no other firefighters nearby. “I know that look. Never seen it on you, but I have seen it. Now that I do see it on you, though, it makes me wonder…”

Mark groaned as he sat down on one of the lunchroom benches. He set the lunch kit on the table in front of him and waited for Stacy to sit across from him before he said, “Wonder what?”

“Well, you’re no slouch in the looks department,” Stacy said, grinning as Mark raised an eyebrow at her. “And I’ve heard enough locker room banter to know you haven’t had a dry spell since I’ve known you.

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