The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Author:Christina Lauren [Lauren, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781982123963
Amazon: B08LDYBGJD
Goodreads: 55692620
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2021-05-17T23:00:00+00:00
FOURTEEN
BY BRANDONâS RAVING account, Trevor and Caroline Gruber were completely lovely people. Yes, they were GeneticAlly investors, and yes, after that Union-Tribune profile they wanted to host a cocktail hour to meet Jess along with some of the other major donors, but Theyâre unpretentious, Jess, Brandon had insisted. Youâll love them.
Trevor was some sort of tech genius from Detroit, and Caroline was a pediatric orthopedist from Rhode Island. Worlds colliding, true love, all of that.
That theyâd chosen to give a cool few million to a company whose goal was to match people up with their soulmates gave Jess hope they and their guests wouldnât all look like the Monopoly man. There were a thousand good investments in this booming biotech area, but as someone who manipulated data and helped companies evaluate risk, even Jess couldnât say for sure that, under different circumstances, sheâd choose to give money to GeneticAlly.
That said, one look at River when he picked her up out in front of her building, and she would happily throw her wallet and banking passwords at whoever was asking. He was in a tailored navy suit. Polished shoes. Perfect almost-too-long hair, bright eyes. The Adamâs apple sheâd thought of licking more than once since the Shelter Island interview a week ago. Brandon had talked her off a ledge earlier, insisting GeneticAlly would spring for her dress and send someone to do her hair and makeup. A thoughtful and generous gesture, it had mainly served to highlight that the event was Very Fucking Important, which sent Jess deep-breathing into a paper bag.
And just when sheâd convinced herself she was both socially adept and attractive enough to handle being on Dr. River Peñaâs arm all night, he stepped out of his car looking like solid muscle and sexual energy poured by a fancy German-engineered machine into that suit.
Jess took a flying leap off a mental bridge. She was so completely screwed. Sheâd lowered the drawbridge to sex thoughts and now they were stampeding across. Frankly, if she and River ever managed to get it on, he was going to have a lot to live up to. Fictional River was a wonder in bed.
He bent and kissed her cheek againâthis time she was at least prepared for it, but she was not prepared for the assault of sensation. He smelled⦠different.
He did a similar deep inhale near her ear.
They spoke in unison:
âAre you wearing perfume?â âAre you wearing cologne?â
Her question echoed last, and louder. Is he blushing?
âA little. My sistersââ He cleared his throat. âThey told me to go to Neiman Marcus, get some recommendations.â
Jess pulled out a mental bag of arrows and took aim at the imagined saleswoman whoâd dabbed his skin with various colognes and gotten close enough to smell him. âYour sisters told you to get⦠cologne?â
âTheyâre invested. In this.â He sighed, but she knew he was only pretending to be exasperated.
His sisters were invested in them? Was that adorable or terrifying? âThatâs very sweet,â Jess managed.
River laughed dryly. âThatâs one word for it.
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