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26 year old, Connor Deluca, is a professional Hockey player in the NHL; who just moved into the expensive Citrus Grove Community.
23 year old, Serena Jade, is the recluse famous author known to the public only under her pen name Skylyn Voss, and...
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_____________ Connor watched Serena destroy a plate of buttermilk pancakes with a small bag of cat food sticking out of her purse.
The minute her lips touched the fluffy bread, its like she remembered how hungry she was. Connor had to put his hand over his smile to stop himself from chuckling, she was barely acknowledging him as she ate, clearly lost in the sweetness of the sticky breakfast.
"You know you're supposed to breath between bites right?" She stopped and looked up at him with wide eyes, he shrugged and continued, "might prevent you from choking and me having to resuscitate you. Would that be something."
Serena's eyebrows furrowed together and she swallowed the bite in her mouth , shyly wiping her sticky lips, "Are you patronizing me?"
Another shrug from Connor, "Maybe."
She rolled her eyes and took another bite, moving comically slow now, "Better asshole?" She parted her lips, pushing the dripping pancake towards her opened mouth at the pace of turtle.
He couldn't help but laugh at her, leaning forward he pushed he hand softly, making the fork jerk the piece into her mouth, "You're a piece of fucking work, Rena."
Glaring at him with a full mouth, she chewed her bite. Connor just shook his head and smirked. From the outside looking in, they probably looked like they were together. Sitting there in the worn pleather booths, talking over a meal in dim fluorescent lights.
It made him wonder how they looked to the world, if the reality that the two them barely could stand each other was apparent, or if the little blips they showed the world conveyed a different message.
The idea intrigued him, made Connor wonder who left the restaurant with the notion they were a couple.
Foxglove Love, his favorite book popped into his head while he watched her.
The main character, Mavis reminded him of Serena in different ways. He wasn't really sure why because he knew very little about Serena's personal life, but when the light caught her eyes in certain ways and specific times when she withheld a smile. He felt like he knew her in and out like he knew that character.
Now was one of those moments, his heart caught on itself, he stared at her as she wiped her mouth clean and enjoyed the sweet food.
"I was chatting with Melody earlier." Connor blurted out.
Serena stilled over her nearly empty plate, and the connotation of what he said dawned on him.
"About how she edits Skylyn's book."
She slowly looked at him with a deadly still face, her eyes slightly wider than they normally rested, "really?"
He raised an eyebrow at her and scratched the back of his head, "yeah that really surprised me when I heard at the game last week. I've told you about how I love Skylyn's books, I mean you've seen my collection, so I was picking her brain apart."
