“Great.”She smiled brightly.It couldn’t have anything to do with her; that was one thing she was sure of.She’d just gotten to town after all.There was something else going on, and it must have to do with him.“See you there!”
“See you there,” Mason said as she and David walked out of the office.
The elevator arrived right away, and Audrey turned inside, hoping to catch another glimpse of him, but he’d already moved out of the lobby and gone to do whatever he’d shown up to do.She sighed internally.It was only natural to be disappointed when the eye candy disappeared.
The elevator started to move.
“So, that’s Mason.”
“He was nice.”She smiled at David.“I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of the team.”
“They’re all nice.Well, mostly.”David frowned.“Zeus is a little stand-offish.I don’t think he’s coming tonight, anyway.”
“He’s the new one.”Which was easy to remember because he was the only one who hadn’t been part of David’s team when David was still enlisted.
“Yeah, he has a thing with his girlfriend tonight that she wants him to go to instead.”
“That’s okay, I’ll meet him later.”
“If he even lasts on the team.”
“Why wouldn’t he?”
The doors to the elevator opened, and David shrugged as he started to walk out.
“Not everyone makes the cut.”
Audrey had a feeling there was more to it than that, but she didn’t want to push.If David wanted to talk about it, he would.Things were good between them right now, despite the fact that their parents were reaching out to him again now that Audrey had moved here, and she didn’t want to mess with that.
“Well, if he lasts, then I’ll meet him,” she said teasingly, tucking herself under David’s arm again and giving his hard body a squeeze.Yup, definitely not the same as Mason’s.“In the meantime, we’ll have fun tonight.”
“Yes, we will.You and Mick will be able to trade baking tips—although make sure that his doesn’t include adding weed to the brownies,” David added a little grimly, making Audrey laugh.
Mick was Jensen’s cousin, who also baked, mostly as a side hustle for the local farmers' market on weekends.She’d heard the story about how Cassidy had eaten two of his special brownies before going to the job interview where Grandma had hired her.She’d been high, David had been pissed, and Grandma had been delighted.
“As long as you’re not trying to set me up with him.”She was looking forward to meeting him, but not like that.
“I pinky promise I’m not.”David held out his free hand with his fingers tucked in except his pinkie.Audrey curled her pinkie around his, and they shook on it.She couldn’t keep the smile from her face.When they’d been kids, pinkie promises had been the ultimate agreement, and she loved that David remembered that.
It wasn’t that she’d sworn off men or anything after Cash.She did want to date.But she wanted to get the bakery open first, andthenshe’d think about dating.
And it was just a coincidence that Mason’s face flashed through her mind again.
ChapterTwo
Mason
Fuck.
Mason gave himself a shake as he walked through the hall of Black Fox to his office, feeling unsteady on his feet.He had never in his life been hit like a lightning bolt when it came to a woman.Sure, there had been times in high school that he’d experienced an instant reaction to something.
But nothing had prepared him for Audrey Bowers’ effect on him.
Her curves.
The pin-up style that was hotter than it had any right to be.
He hadn’t even known he liked pin-ups.
