Return to Me by Farrah Rochon

Author:Farrah Rochon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947628083
Publisher: Wandering Road Press

Chapter Seven

Jonathan flipped through the pages of the leather-bound tome he’d taken from the built-in bookcase behind his desk, his frustration growing as he continued to come up empty-handed. He clearly remembered making notes in the margins of a law book that dealt specifically with the state’s Usufruct and Right of Habitation law. He needed to find those damn notes.

He pulled another off the shelf and paged through it, but then stopped and shut the book. The usufruct law wouldn’t be in any of these. It fell under the Napoleonic Code, which was unique to Louisiana’s civil law.

“Shit,” he whispered as he slid the book back into place, rested his folded hands on the shelf and leaned his forehead against them.

All of the books on the Napoleonic Code were kept in their small library, which meant he would have to leave this office in order to search for it. Which meant he would possibly see her.

It was a damn shame that a grown-ass man would sequester himself in his own office to avoid running into a woman he’d asked to work here, but that’s exactly what he’d done for much of this week. What in the hell had he been thinking? Inviting Ivana to work at Campbell & Holmes was like a diabetic purposely choosing to work in a bakery. Nothing good could come from all that temptation.

He was disappointed in himself—disappointed and frustrated. And surprised. He’d spent the past three years building up a thick crust around his heart, yet after just one week of being near her every day, Jonathan found himself on the precipice of tumbling right back in love with her.

No. No, he wasn’t. There was absolutely zero chance of him doing anything that even remotely resembled falling back in love with Ivana Culpepper.

So why was he holed up in this office, afraid to walk around his own damn law practice?

He pushed away from the bookcase and attempted to bring the butterflies in his stomach under control as he strode toward the door. Butterflies. The woman had butterflies floating around his stomach.

The moment Jonathan stepped into the hallway, he heard her musical laugh drifting from the kitchen/break room. He shut his eyes tight, fighting off the wave of longing that threatened to pummel him. God, how was he supposed to function with her here?

She’d already charmed her way back into LaKeisha’s good graces. The two had taken their lunch break together yesterday, sharing a platter of hummus with all the fixings from his receptionist’s favorite lunch spot while talking about some British TV show they were both binge-watching. Jonathan had wanted to make a crack about misplaced loyalties, but this wasn’t about him versus Ivana. He was the reason she was here. How could he be upset that she was getting along with the staff?

The whiff of whatever spicy deliciousness they were having for lunch reminded him that he still hadn’t eaten.

He’d turned down two invitations to lunch this week, the most recent just a few hours ago.

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