Sexy Bites by Jade Lee

Author:Jade Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2013-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

Cafe Kopi was quiet, the music trendy, and the tables tall. Sitting on a high stool, Joe DeLuce looked distinctly out of place, and yet he seemed completely at ease sipping a mocha latte, double sweet. It was quite a disconnect for Micki, and she struggled with even looking at him. First of all, he was too big for the place. Too big for the tiny tables, too big for this intimate little space in the front corner. Hell, he looked too big for the huge picture window that backlit him with warm afternoon sun.

"Nervous?" he asked as he took a long drink.

"What? No! Not at all. Of course not." She clamped her mouth shut before she started gibbering like an idiot.

He just nodded and looked at her with his dark gaze. He knew, of course. She could look her parents straight in the eye and give a bald-faced lie: Yes, Dad, I desperately want to be a corporate lawyer. Yes, Mom, teaching is what I'll do until I can marry a future senator. And, Yes, I know the best way to work with inner-city youths is with a checkbook and an intermediary. Lying to her parents had become second nature. But with Mr. DeLuce, her insides seemed too jittery. Hell, even her feet kept twisting beneath her for no obvious reason. Her new Chinese velvet Mary Janes had felt like heaven when she put them on, but for some reason they now pinched or were too large or something. It was weird. They were really just black flats with a strap across the top. The sole was simple rubber. They were the definition of conform-to-your-foot, but right now they felt awkward. Or maybe she was just avoiding continuing this conversation with the enigmatic school cop.

"Okay, let me have it," she said, bracing her hands around her candy apple red travel mug. "What am I doing wrong?" Then she abruptly took a gulp of coffee rather than look him in the eye.

"What makes you think you're doing anything wrong?"

She was so startled by his question that she forgot to put her mug down; she held it before her lips and stared at him over the rim. "Is this some cop technique? Answer a question with a question? Two can play that game, you know."

He smiled, and the skin around his eyes crinkled. He had a weathered look she really liked: tan and used to smiling. Awful on a woman, but on him it screamed rugged, manly stud. "No trick," he said, interrupting her lust. "Sometimes it's important to identify exactly what isn't working."

She shrugged. "That's easy; the kids don't listen to me. Which means they don't learn."

"So, that's your goal? To make them learn?”

She set her mug down and frowned. "That is my job, isn't it?"

"Nope," he said, then took a long draw from his paper cup, forcing her to wait for his explanation. "Your job is to teach English. Is that your goal?"

She rolled her eyes. How many

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