The Best Man's Holiday Romance (Heartsong Presents) by Gail Sattler

Author:Gail Sattler [Sattler, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Natasha felt her eyes drifting shut as she fell back onto the couch. Her eyes were closed by the time she landed.

She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so exhausted. A nasty flu bug had ravaged the store and half the staff was missing, both on the floor and in the office. Every person well enough to go to work needed to put in extra time to keep things running. She’d worked eleven-hour days for four days in a row, and it wasn’t over yet. Tomorrow was Friday, the busiest day of the week. She didn’t want to work a twelve-hour shift, but had a bad feeling it was going to be necessary. A few people were expecting to come back tomorrow, but they were still going to be significantly short-staffed, which didn’t include clearing the backlog. As HR director, her position was in the office, behind a desk. But she’d been needed to work the floor, and the customer service counter.

Oblivion had nearly overcome her when a knock sounded on the door. “Tasha! It’s me. Jeff. I’m coming in!” The doorknob rattled, followed by the creak of the door opening. “You should be more careful about locking your door. Any weirdo could just walk in, you know.”

“Some weirdo just did,” she moaned without opening her eyes. “You came a long way for nothing. I’m not moving.”

Something crinkled. “But I brought food. No salad, though. Not a lot is still open so late. I didn’t have many choices. So I brought burgers and fries. And nice, cold, refreshing drinks.”

At this point she would welcome a burger and fries. If she could sit up or raise her arms. But she couldn’t. Her body wouldn’t let it happen. “How did you get in so late?” During the evening, residents often let people in they’d seen before, but now it was late, and there wasn’t a lot of people going in and out at this hour.

“That woman on the third floor let me in. Is that all she does—sit on her balcony and watch the door?” His voice lowered. “I think she likes me.”

“She doesn’t even know you. Even though she’s seen you hundreds of times, have you even met?”

“Uh. No. But I wave when she lets me in. Where can I put this? I think we should forget about going all the way to the kitchen and eat here.”

She really hadn’t been hungry, but now that she could smell the burgers her stomach reminded her that she hadn’t eaten since lunchtime. “I think I am kind of hungry. And really thirsty.” Except she didn’t know if she could get up.

“Then come and get it.”

As she opened one eye, Jeff stood above her with one hand extended. Without words she accepted his offer of help and slipped her hand into his. He pulled her up gently, then released her to empty everything out of the bag.

Instead of grabbing for the burger, she picked up her drink and drank greedily. “I’ve never known that an ordinary drink could be so good,” she murmured, then drank more.

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