Thom by Kate Hoffmann

Author:Kate Hoffmann [Hoffmann, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

6

ON WEDNESDAY, THOM flopped down on the sofa beside Malin, holding a bowl of soup that he’d purchased from a local deli. “Are you sure you don’t want some of this?” he asked.

“Not now,” she murmured, staring down at her iPad. “I have to get this work done. I’m way behind.”

“You have the perfect job,” he said. “You could be lying on some beach and still be able to do your job.”

“I suppose I could,” Malin said. “But I wouldn’t have you there to keep interrupting me.”

Thom frowned. He knew she was teasing. After nearly two weeks with her, he’d learned a lot about Malin Pedersen. He could read her moods as easily as he could read a newspaper. And right now, she was slightly irritated about the amount of work she had left to do. She was also worried about something she didn’t want to talk about. Thom suspected it had to do with the trade hanging over his head. Though she’d worked hard to marshal the power of social media, Thom wasn’t sure it was making a difference. The number of followers he was gaining had slowed, even. Malin had insisted that he post twice a day and had recently given him a poll to send out on whether he should stay or go.

Of course, the results weren’t difficult to guess. Only seven percent wanted him to go, and Malin explained that those votes probably came from fans of Blizzard competitors.

“I’ll be done in fifteen minutes,” she said. “Why don’t you do some laundry? Or work out?”

“I could go buy you some skates,” he said. “I really want to get back on the ice. It’s been almost three weeks.”

She set her tablet down and focused her attention on him for a moment. “I completely trust you to go out on your own.”

“I don’t want to go alone. I want you to come with me,” he said. “Who will take the photo for social media if you’re not there?”

“Go!” she shouted.

“No, I think I’ll just finish my lunch and hang around here.”

She gave him a dirty look and he took the hint. He’d just have to figure out another way to find out what was bothering her.

* * *

MALIN SHOOK HER head as Thom headed for the kitchen. She’d wondered if the day would come when she wanted some time to herself, and she realized that the “honeymoon” they’d been on was coming to an end. She’d let her work slide to the point that she was now three or four days behind.

Or maybe she was just reacting to a severe lack of sleep. After another passionate night together, she’d been left with only four hours of sleep.

Her phone rang. She picked it up, and a Snapchat of a naked and very muscular chest appeared.

There was no question as to who the chest belonged to. “Thom!”

He didn’t answer, and the picture disappeared from her screen, only to be replaced a few moments later by a close up of his abs, finely carved into a perfect six-pack.

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