Yogasm: A Romantic Comedy (The Notorious Bachelors List) by Jane Henry

Author:Jane Henry [Henry, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Miguel

I somehow manage to focus the rest of the day even though I feel like it kills me.

I want to be over at that shop, perched on one of those stools, watching Sam do her thing. Flirting with her. Cornering her and stealing another kiss.

What’s come over me?

What the hell is going on here?

Of all the girls in Boston, of the thousands and thousands of eligible women in the city, I have to pick the one girl who my niece has latched onto, the one girl who owns the business that threatens mine?

But why does that all seem so… unimportant now?

I know Raul was working on finding ways to get rid of them, and I’d signed off on all of them.

But that was before. Before I knew the sound of my name on her lips. Before I knew the feel of her skin touching mine. Before I knew I wanted her more than I wanted her shop.

My mind is preoccupied with all things Samantha when I reel my ass back in and get to work. I can’t go see her right now. I can’t let myself get distracted any more than I already have.

So instead, I check in with my restaurant manager, sign a deal to open up one of my restaurants in San Diego, answer my emails, and manage to check in with Toni’s teachers at school to see about the work that she’s missing.

Her teacher agrees that Toni needs some time to adjust, but suggests we send her to school the following Monday to get back to some normalcy and see her friends. I promise we will. It’s Friday afternoon, so we have the weekend to figure out things like… backpacks and lunch boxes or whatever the fuck.

I start to head out of the office, to Raul’s raised eyebrows. “Lemme guess,” he says, eating an olive off a toothpick at the bar. “You’re craving a smoothie?”

I shrug. “Little mid-morning pick-me-up.”

“Maybe grab a sage candle while you’re there.”

“And why would I do a thing like that?”

“Supposedly wards off negative energy, might help you keep this whole nice guy ruse going.”

I roll my eyes. “I am a nice guy.”

He snorts. “Since when?”

I decide it’s best to answer that with a one finger salute.

“Did you DoorDash any more smoothies to yourself?” I ask him as I open the door to exit.

He gives me a sheepish grin.

“Yeah, you’re a nice guy, too.”

The day doesn’t pass quickly enough. I head over and pick up Toni around lunchtime, and this time she happily orders the chicken tenders, snickering at the description of tender, white meat chicken with a tangy sweet-and-sour brown sugar and pineapple reduction sauce for dipping.

Samantha doesn’t join us, says she she’s working through things with her friends.

I’m disappointed. I’ve only known her for a short time, and already things aren’t the same without her here.

I need her help with Toni, I tell myself, despite the fact that Toni and I have a perfectly nice lunch, even making decent small talk. She takes the news that she’s going to school on Monday well.

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