Randi waited impatiently for his turn at the coffee shop
in Amesport, having stood in line for almost ten minutes
before arriving at the foot of the queue. He wasn't used
to standing in line, and his turn was usually immediate.
He was wasting time, and that annoyed him. He didn't
squatter time that he could be used for work, and he
didn't spend any evenings so distracted that he stopped
the dictation he'd been doing on an important financial
report to find a diversion.
He'd ended up driving himself to Brew Magic for a
nonfat mocha coffee with no whipped cream, a beverage
he'd come to tolerate after Jared eat dragging him into
the coffee shop to get his fix. If Jared was here, he wouldn't
be sparing the whipped cream or the fat. Evan's younger
brother liked his coffee with every available evil now to
man, usually accompanied by several of the calorie-,sugar-,
shelves of the racks behind the glass.
"Can I help you, sir?" A friendly teenager stepped up
to assist him as Evan became the next person to place his
order.
He quickly told the smiling girl what he wanted, feel-
ing uncomfortable in the cramped, busy space. People
were vying for tables to sit and sip coffee, probably to get
out of the frigid temperatures outside. People milled around
him as he waited for his coffee to be blended.
What am I doing here?
Unfortunately, Evan knew exactly why he was there.
After finding out that even his pen pal had a date, he'd been
restless. For some unknown reason, he'd been annoyed that
she was actually going out on a date. He hadn't been teasing
when he'd told her he was jealous. He was envious of the
man she was out with tonight. Somehow, he'd come ad-
dicted to her words on the screen, and he wanted to know
what she was doing. Was she having a good time? Was the
guy she was seeing a decent sort of man?
Christ! This is ridiculous. I don't even know her, and I'm
worrying about her.
The problem was, she'd become a friend to him, and
Evan Sinclair didn't have very many friends. He had peo-
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The Billionaire's Touch
RomanceAfter a troubling childhood, wealthy Evan Sinclair likes life orderly and controlled. He rarely gives in to spontaneously urges--until he begins a chance correspondence with a mystery woman who sounds like his complete opposite...
