Slow Burn: A Boston Heat Novel by Gina L. Maxwell

Author:Gina L. Maxwell [Maxwell, Gina L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gina L. Maxwell LLC
Published: 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Since Olivia’s last client of the day had canceled, she’d decided to leave the office early and work from the comfort of home. It had absolutely nothing to do with Erik’s weekly appointment being scheduled for that afternoon and wanting to avoid him after the disastrous end to their date.

Nope. She simply felt like going home. She loved her office at the Pru, but sometimes she enjoyed the quiet of her apartment, knowing coworkers wouldn’t disturb her if she needed so much as a restroom break. Her desk was in her bedroom in the extra sitting area space and faced the large windows that shared the same view of the harbor as her living room.

Usually, she got so much done in her little home office—but not today. Today, Olivia couldn’t focus to save her life.

She’d tried doing the things that usually helped her relax and refocus—drinking her favorite hot tea, meditating, a quick run down in the fitness room—but nothing worked. Her mind was like a playlist with a single track on it, stuck on repeat: Erik Grady, Erik Grady, Erik Grady…

It seemed as though nothing would relieve her of this new obsession her brain had. At any given point in the day, she wondered what he might be up to. If he was doing well or struggling with his past. Hanging out at home or out with his friends. Whether he spent his nights alone…or with other women.

And those thoughts in particular always gave her the sudden urge to claw the eyes out of every female in a three-block radius. That sort of thing was more Angie’s style, not Olivia’s. Olivia had always been the picture of calm and reason to her Latina friend’s displays of emotionally driven melodrama. That was, until recently.

For the hundredth time in five days, she wished she could go back in time to when Erik asked who the man was in the photo. She’d tell him this time. She’d bite the bullet and open herself up and take the chance that it might ruin things between them, because not telling him hadn’t been any better.

Part of her balked at the idea of opening herself up beyond the basic new date chitchat. It wasn’t like Erik had given her even that much on Saturday. She didn’t know much about him other than what was in his psychiatric file and the little things she’d picked up on from his messages to her over the last month.

But then the other part of her said it shouldn’t matter that he hadn’t given her anything personal yet. Growing up with her father and Uncle Eddie, both former Marines, Olivia understood that people who served in the military were often incredibly private, and the only people who truly knew them were family and their fellow service members. They ate, slept, and breathed esprit de corps, and if you weren’t a part of that group, you might as well be the enemy. So it wasn’t probable that a man like Erik

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