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Then she took a sip and moaned in pleasure “Oh my God, what is this?”

“Italian roast from that little place around the corner” His voice was a little bit husky, and she wasn’t entirely sure if it was because he shared her pleasure in the coffee or because he was appreciating her pleasure, and right now she didn’t care

“It’s incredible,” she said reverently, glancing down at the coffee hat could have only been described as love before looking back at hi decidedly less so but also with a bit less animosity than before Any man who appreciated coffee like this couldn’t be all bad

Their eyes locked, and for a ood-looking, with his sleepy sexy eyes and his casual charm, and his really yummy Italian roast coffee And then there was the ers?” Sue asked, slohisking some of Heather’sat Josh when his mother asked the rando that looked like pain cross his face, followed by a co to vanished and was replaced by someone a hell of a lother attention back to Josh’s ure out if she’d blacked out andabout hedge fund ers?

“Josh used to be one of those,” Sue said as she placed a skillet on the stove and dropped a blob of butter onto it

“Molanced at him in confusion “A to be asha his thu the crease between his eyebrows just briefly as he closed his eyes “I’m not ashamed I’m just not that person anymore”

“I didn’t say you were,” Sue said in a happy voice Too happy As though she knew full well that she was pushing her son’s buttons but was detere fund er”

“Which was relevant to the conversation how?” he snapped

“Well, ere talking about careers, and I know you’re taking a break from Wall Street for a little while, but eventually”

“Moh”

Heather took another sip of coffee as she debated the most subtle way to take her leave and let them settle as obviously a personal, family matter