In high school, Bianca Charleston was a nobody. An overweight wallflower, so invisible that Cole, the boy she had a crush on, never even knew she existed.
Things have changed, and she’s finally ready to show off her new bombshell look. Sort of. Maybe. After a one-sided pep talk with her cat, she takes a deep breath and flies home to help out with the annual hospital carnival. Cole is there, too—and he still has no idea who she is.
FBI field officer Cole Johnson doesn’t have an easy job, and his nights are usually booked solid. Then in walks Charlie, a blonde with killer…everything. Suddenly he’s mentally clearing his schedule for a rare night out. While Charlie doesn’t do one-night stands, somehow after-dinner dessert is served up against the wall of her hotel room. But happiness will have to navigate an emotional minefield of preconceived notions—and a couple of not-so-secret stumbling blocks.
At the end of the hall she glanced back, and then again as she stopped to stare. She seemed genuinely surprised they were looking at her. Quickly all the backs of his buddies’ heads disappeared, leaving him standing there.
He might have been drooling.
Maybe.
Hopefully she stood too far away to see.
Half the fun of watching was getting caught. So he winked at her and leaned against the door frame. Looking cool was secondary to concealing the hard-on that immediately sprang to life as he watched her walk away.
Her smile as she disappeared around the corner? Damn. And the giggle he heard a couple seconds later had to be her.
Double damn.
As he stepped back into his office, he adjusted his cock. Stifling his groan took complete focus. Reacting to a woman this strongly hadn’t happened to him in a long time.
“Who in the hell was that?” Grant didn’t waste any time.
Thankfully he had just enough time to sit and hide the evidence of what she did to him. “Charlie.”
“Yeah, I got that much from the meet and greet. But who is she?”
“A friend.” Yeah, it was a bit of a stretch, but it sounded good.
“With benefits, I hope?”
Nice and awful to know he wasn’t the only one drooling over her. “Don’t know yet, but hopefully.”
He might have been drooling.
Maybe.
Hopefully she stood too far away to see.
Half the fun of watching was getting caught. So he winked at her and leaned against the door frame. Looking cool was secondary to concealing the hard-on that immediately sprang to life as he watched her walk away.
Her smile as she disappeared around the corner? Damn. And the giggle he heard a couple seconds later had to be her.
Double damn.
As he stepped back into his office, he adjusted his cock. Stifling his groan took complete focus. Reacting to a woman this strongly hadn’t happened to him in a long time.
“Who in the hell was that?” Grant didn’t waste any time.
Thankfully he had just enough time to sit and hide the evidence of what she did to him. “Charlie.”
“Yeah, I got that much from the meet and greet. But who is she?”
“A friend.” Yeah, it was a bit of a stretch, but it sounded good.
“With benefits, I hope?”
Nice and awful to know he wasn’t the only one drooling over her. “Don’t know yet, but hopefully.”
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