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I shuddered as I passed the hallway that led to the building’s parking garage I had tried to drive Danny’s car my second day here and had hated every second of it Everything was backward The steering colu side of the road Combine that with all of the roundabouts and new-city-confusion, and it spelled disaster I’d e that had been delayed, but when I got back, I drank half a bottle of wine to cal soain, I did prefer to stick to my routine

Which is exactly why I was here in London, trying to shake things up After ree seemed useless and I still hadn’t left the aircraft builder’s office where I’d been working during school I still drove the sa the exact sae And then Danny proposed to Tess And Tess, one ofher pick out dresses and look at flats--ha! I got it right that time--online As I watched hernowhere The more I delved into my life, the more static it started to seem I even realized that the , predictable, and even ht that

Coffee smells wafted from the little café at the corner of the street and I sht new drinks Rachel, the barista, always brightened when I ca every time, but that I was always a surprise

"There she is! How are you, Ava?" Rachel leaned a hip against the counter Her bright dreadlocks swayed around her head and her nose piercing shined brightly

"Good, you?" I stepped around a hter’s spilt juice

"Excellent What are you going to try today?"

"I’m not sure" I looked up at the board above her head "Why don’t you surpriseyou don’t want?"

I alue "Nope You make it, I’ll try it"

"Have I mentioned how much I love it when you come in here?" she asked "And not just because of your cute Aet to experi your creativity"

"Sa, isn’t it?" She s in a cup I watched and tried to pick out the ingredients When she brought it over to me, she watched expectantly, so I took a test sip

"Caramel" I took another sip "Pumpkin?"

"Got it Better than the raspberry?"

"Definitely" The raspberry coffee hadFruit and coffee was apparently notI handed her soe Rachel was one of the few people that I had met the past ho had become familiar Mostly because she was a sucker for my accent Which was funny, because I was a sucker for hers

The first couple of days I’d sat at the sa into yet another safe routine, I’d started picking random spots The chair closest to one of the open s called my name, so I decided it would do for the day My eyes drifted over to the seat I’d used yesterday and froze A man in a suit sat in the corner, his arm draped over the back of the chair, a paper in his hand Sharp cheek bones, coreen eyes, co aze There was a quick zing that zipped through uiltily before chastising , but I should have just sto the internet I didn’t realize he had left the café until I saw him walk past myHe s I watched his back with interest as he headed down the street It was a rather nice backside and it had been a while since I’d enjoyed a good romp in bed I was a bit surprised by the ih All of the h around the edges, but this one had been very nicely put together

"Looks like you’ve got an admirer" Rachel sat a new cup down on the table

"What?" I looked up at her, confused

"The hottie got this for you Said to get you another cup of whatever had rinned broadly at row hot He had definitely noticedhim out Not that I blame you Those eyes were to die for" She cocked her head to the side "Had a dangerous feel to hied, but not in a ht" I held up my hands in defeat "Sexy He was sexy"

"And he knew it"

"They usually do" I shook my head and looked at the cup

"Don’t worry I hed