Karen Kirst - From Boss to Bridegroom

“That all depends,” he said on a sigh.

“On what?”

“On what it is I’m waiting for.”

She didn’t have a response, merely watched him with that stoic expression.

“I have a question for you.” He imagined he could see her pulling her armor in close.

“Yes?”

He took his time pouring coffee into the cups. “Why aren’t you gloating?”

“Excuse me?”

“You warned me. I didn’t listen, and now—” he replaced the kettle on the stove “—they see me as the bad guy. I’ve been waiting for you to rub it in.”

“You’ll be waiting a long time.”

He held out the mug. She studiously avoided his fingers. Quinn had noticed she took pains not to accidentally touch him. Why was that?

She wasn’t shy. What, then? Did he make her uncomfortable? He frowned at the notion.

“You’re not the type to point out a man’s errors in judgment?”

“I clearly don’t need to. It hasn’t even been a week and you’ve already seen the effects of your decisions.”

“You think I should open my store to loiterers.”

“Folks will eventually get over you moving the merchandise around. The organization makes sense.” Against the blue mug, her fingers were long and slender, piano-playing hands, his mother would say. “Prohibiting folks from gathering for harmless fun and conversation, on the other hand, strikes them as callous and unfeeling. They won’t forgive you for that.”

“It was purely a business decision,” he defended.

“The wrong one.”

The ringing of the bell echoed through the store, and Nicole left his quarters to go and greet the new arrival. He refused to be disappointed at her departure, even if, for a couple of minutes in her presence, the magnitude of his problems seemed to have receded.

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