That meant we knew things.
It was easy to pick up on the silent details went you weren’t busy running your mouth.
Our eyes collided again, a spark of recognition shooting between us.
We were kindred spirits.
“Good luck. I hear Jane’s a real sweetheart and a bit of a gossip. If you drop something juicy in her lap, it will help you get the job.”
He nodded, then furrowed his brow. “Any suggestions?”
“Yeah. You could let it drop that Beckham Jones saved Eliza Wilkins in a snowstorm the other night. And that now they’re dating.Thatwill get Jane all worked up into a tizzy.”
“Who are they?”
“They were the couple who swung by at the beginning of the party last night. They only stayed a few minutes before going home.”
Actually, Emerald had caught them making out like schoolkids out on the back deck and told them to get a room. They decided to take her joke seriously and left. I could only dream of being in love with someone so much that they couldn’t keep their hands off me.
“Oh, yeah. I remember them.” Knox’s lips curved upwards for a moment, amusement flashing in his eyes. Then with a grunt of goodbye, he got out and walked towards the building.
Now that there were no sneaking eyes on me, I watched his fine assallthe way to the door. Damn, he had one of those juicy butts.
Some men were flat as a pancake. But Knox practically had a bubble butt.
I wonder what it looks like naked?
I tittered to myself imagining a buck-naked Knox.
But I was completely unprepared when he threw a backward glance my way.
Shit.Had he just caught me checking him out for thesecondtime?
The man was going to think I was flirting with him!
My face turned beet red as I pulled my car out and headed to Bookish.
A romance author had flown in to give a talk there later on tonight for the Mountain Man Romance Book Club. I knew the bookstore would be jam-packed all night long.
Half of the women on the mountain would be there.
Chapter 6
Knox
One week later.
Eric and I had gotten off to a rough start.
But we’d settled into a routine over the last week, and things were starting to gel better between us.
He was a decent man, and he’d figured out quickly that I needed him to take a step back. The man now understood that I was slow to warm up. But I was starting to thaw on him.
Eric and his wife were going out of town for some kind of doctor’s appointment, and they’d be back tomorrow. Which meant Gwen and I would have the run of the place.
Eric rumbled, “Any word about the job?”
I grunted. “Not yet.”
