RRC - My Boss by Jolie Day

Author:Jolie Day [Day, Jolie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BBW Romance Novel
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

She was floating. Her feet barely touched the floor as JR guided her in a waltz, his hands warm on her body, heat blooming where their skin met. His cologne invaded her senses, tickling her nostrils and causing the hair on the back of her neck to stand on end. Avery wanted to bury her face into the crook of his neck and just stay there for a little while, but she resisted. Especially when she caught sight of Joel stepping out onto the floor with Emerson Hart’s hand held delicately in his.

He met her eyes over JR’s shoulder and she saw that flash again. It was so quick that she felt as if she might have been imagining it, but he continued to hold her gaze until she broke it, looking back up at the line of JR’s stubbled jaw. Unlike Joel, he’d obviously seen no reason to give himself a clean shave before the night began.

“So, Miss James,” JR began, quite suddenly.

“Avery, please,” she corrected gently, pulling away to look him in the eye, even as they continued to dance. She no longer felt like she was floating, but there was still a fog surrounding them, like they were in a completely separate world from the rest of the room.

“Avery.” He smiled at the name on his tongue. The way it fell off his lips sent a shiver down her spine. “Where are you from, originally?”

“Illinois,” she informed him.

“Chicago?”

“Greenfield.” JR nodded like he knew exactly where that was, but Avery knew that he didn’t. That was why she had left. “Where are you from?”

“Originally? Spain. I was born in a small town near Madrid, but my parents moved us to the U.S. when I was four. I grew up in Miami.”

“So what led you to New York City?” Avery asked. JR spun her out a little and she laughed. “That’s not part of the waltz, is it?”

“I’m not sure,” he replied. “But it’s fun, eh?” He tugged her back against his chest and Avery felt his hand fall a little lower on her waist. They continued to dance and he took a breath before answering her question. “When I started thinking about university, I wondered what I might do, career-wise, you know? I liked machines and I was good with my hands.” As if to prove a point, Avery felt his fingers clench at her waist and she held back a gasp at the pressure. JR smirked. “But I’ve never been good at school,” he continued. “I didn’t like staying still for too long. I liked to move, to be active.” He shrugged. “New York City seemed like the perfect compromise.”

“How so?” Avery asked, looking up to meet his beautiful brown gaze.

“Nothing is ever still here,” JR said. “You can have a moment of perfect stillness, all on your own, but at any given moment there’s something happening just ten feet away from where you stand. Something big. I loved that. So I packed my bags and I came up to New York.

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