Hot SEAL, Black Coffee by Cynthia D'Alba

Author:Cynthia D'Alba
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946899156
Publisher: Riante, Inc.

Chapter Five

When Trevor had first reviewed Risa’s speaking schedule for Wednesday, he’d thought her quite smart to have built in a lunch engagement, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. However, now as he sat at a table near the back of the meeting room for the local civics club, he changed his mind. Risa had been placed at a table with seven men, each one battling for a private word, or more, with her. And she did not disappoint. She moved salad around in her bowl as she spoke with the man to her left. Then, she shifted the entrée around on the plate while answering more questions than he would have had patience for. Through it all, she smiled and nodded and thoroughly charmed the men at her table to the point they seemed reluctant to allow her to leave her seat and begin her speech. However, at last, she rose and strode confidently to the podium.

He leaned back in his chair and watched her work her magic with the crowd. Her talk was basically the same one she’d given everywhere they’d stopped, except speaking to a live audience made her more alive, more animated. Her face glowed with excitement when she spoke about cancer trials and positive results. The sparkle in her eyes appeared as though a million fireflies were shining from inside. She gestured in concert with the words, making it appear she was directing a complicated sonata. She had the men and women, those community leaders, in the palm of her beautiful hand. He bet she could have sold a bunch of tickets to that Saturday event, had there been any available.

Once finished with the luncheon appointment and back in his SUV, she slumped against the door with a long sigh.

He shot her a quick glance as he signaled to make a turn. “You doing okay?”

She rolled her face toward him without lifting her head. “Sure. Just…I don’t know…tired of using my words today.”

“Adulting is so hard, right?”

She laughed. “Totally.”

“How much of that lunch actually transferred from the plate into your mouth?”

One corner of her mouth quirked up. “Some.”

“Some? Or very little?”

“You were watching me.” The tension around her eyes relaxed. He never gave a woman’s world much thought, but it made sense that knowing someone was watching out for her would be comforting.

“Of course, I was. That’s what I was hired to do.”

And while that statement was true, he also knew that his gaze would be on her any time they were in the same room. She drew him. After all these years, she still fascinated him. Unfortunately, the time apart hadn’t really resolved the issue that had separated them.

Her gaze shifted back to the road. “True. We’ve got a couple of hours before we need to be at the radio station. Would you mind if we ran by my office so I can see what’s been piled on my desk so far?”

He wrapped his hand around the back of her neck. “You’re the boss.

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