I hel

at she’d looked up after the collision but hadn’t backed away, so the foot or so between t

you l

ir. It happened to be the hand her purse was swung over, so when she did that, it swung back and forth violently be

by then, Mia had already gone to retrieve it herself. She

man that hitting her head on his shoulder was li

od, though Mia could tell he was being carefu

he must look. It was probably a good thing that she wasn’t going to be getting a job here or else she might li

ust how badly she wanted to get away. “I

f the other candidates had gott

s away from his perfectly sculpted bottom when they entered the area where so many other workers were sitting. She didn’t wan

e?” he asked as they were walking

shoulder. He was at least a foot taller than

oking disappointed. Mia figured

ly took about twenty seconds. I

d she could see the exit now. “

looking down at her shoes. It was almost impossible to

said. “What makes you thi

I’ve never do

e you don

ogne was spicy, a hint of sandalwood blending with cedar, and she had a feeling there was a note in his m

answer seemed to intrigue him for reaso

cashier at a gas station wh

anged to something less su

six months, but she still missed her terribly.

orry for

any people said it but it was just something one said off the cuff, as if the

e to say, but there wasn’t any more. He’d shown her to the exit

out of character for him. “Well, I hope you get the job,” h

for showing me out.” She gestured toward

ybe I’ll see

ul blue eyes and the kind of grin that morphed between boy-next-d

was… she couldn

catch your name,” he

esume. It was probably on there. “My… uh….” O

, the mischievous

es

it was capable of before she slipped her tiny palm inside. His touch was light at first, but

he thought to herself. “It

care

hing herself and not daring to turn and look at him again to see if he’d no

than just wandering aimlessly. She couldn’t help but smile, though. Even if she never saw Beau again, the encounter had been memorab