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“Hello.”
I call out timidly. I hear a thud, as what I assume is a head bumps
into the underside of the desk. A male voice calls out “Crap” and
I can’t help but giggle that I’ve surprised whoever is under
there. He then says, “I’ll be right with you.”
“Okay,
take your time. Sorry for interrupting. I’ll be waiting out in the
lab.” I make my way back out to the main room and wait patiently
for “under the desk mystery man” to meet me. And when he does, oh
my dear sweet Lord of all things hot. I was fully expecting
suspenders, a pocket protector, glasses, and plaid pants pulled up to
his chest. I was expecting someone more along the lines of Sheldon
Cooper from The
Big Bang Theory,
but what I got was Bradley Cooper from The
Hangover.
That’s
two very different Coopers.
My
mouth goes dry and I’m suddenly struck dumb. As he walks to me, he
wipes his hands on his faded and oh-so-soft looking jeans and then
inspects them to make sure they’re clean. Standing before me, he
extends his hand, and by some miraculous force, I’m able to put
together, “Hi. I’m here to apply for the job.” My voice is
squeaky as I wave the hot pink sign in between us. Shaking his hand
causes sparks of electricity to course through my arm. “Wow. I just
put that sign up this morning. I didn’t expect anyone to apply for
a few days.” His voice is like velvet and it does funny things to
my insides. When he releases my hand, it’s still hot from his
touch.
“Let
me go get some paperwork for you to fill out …” His sentence
hangs in the air between us and I realize that I haven’t told him
my name.
“Melanie.
I’m Melanie Crane. It’s nice to meet you …”
“Bryan
Mahoney.” And when he smiles at me as his name rolls off his
tongue, I feel like a giddy school girl.
“Okay
then, Melanie. Let me go get that paperwork and we’ll get the ball
rolling.” He turns to walk away from me and my eyes are glued to
his body. What the hell? A hot computer geek. You have got to be
kidding me. This boy is seriously fine. Tall, lean and just plain
beautiful. I should leave right now. I thought this would be a nice
quiet job where I could go completely unnoticed, but there’s no way
in hell I can work with him. He’s freaking hot and I’m, well, I’m
not. I’ll be a bumbling fool the entire time I’m around him.
Just
as I’m about to walk out the door, Bryan calls out to me. “Hey,
Melanie! Where are you going?” Call me crazy, but there is a hint
of desperation in his voice. With my hand hovering above the door
knob, I inhale deeply and figure what the hell. I might as well go
for it. The truth is he probably won’t even know I exist. Guys like
him never notice girls like me anyway. I turn toward him and smile as
I say, “No, I just have class in a few minutes. I wasn’t
expecting to actually do an interview or anything. I don’t want to
be late; that’s all.”
I
flat out lie and just hope he doesn’t catch on.
His
returning smile is blinding. Perfectly straight, white teeth flash
before me, but what hits me in the gut is how his eyes smile along
with his mouth. They crinkle in the corners and he shakes his head
just a little. It looks like he’s laughing at me, but not in an
“I’m making fun of you way.” Maybe he’s caught on, after all.
“Okay,
so can you come back after class, Melanie?” The way my name sounds
coming from his full lips makes my pulse skitter. For the first time
ever, I feel noticed. This hot piece of man-cake is actually talking
to me and looking at me and saying my name. And, call me crazy, but
he’s not just being nice because I’m applying for this job.
There’s something playful and flirty going on in his eyes, in his
voice, in his body language.
Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.
Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.
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