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“Mind if I join you?” A man’s voice, the tone deep and with a sexy touch of smoke, interrupted her mid bite. But he wasn’t just any man; she’d recognize that voice anywhere, and for some reason, her heart skipped a beat.
It was Luc Marcella.
He stared down at her with those gorgeous dark eyes. He wore a black knit toque that hid his hair and highlighted his brown eyes, and was smiling and motioning to the side of his mouth.
“What? Oh…” Crap. Cheese sauce. Grabbing a napkin, she quickly wiped her mouth, and sure enough, she still had cheese sauce on her face. Smooth move, Kass.
“Mind if I join you?” he repeated, holding a little bag of food and a drink. “Unless you’re here with someone?” He looked at the large amount of food she had on the table.
A groan formed in her throat at the realization of what she must look like with all this food. “No. Have a seat. This… When I get chicken, which is not very often at all, I like to get enough for leftovers. It saves me from cooking dinner, or it makes a nice packed lunch. Sometimes I share with the girls at work, too.” She had no idea why she was explaining herself to him. Why did it matter what he thought? Even though it did.
“Sure. I agree. Especially with the special they have going on.” Luc pulled out a chair and sat down. He opened his to-go bag and dumped three sliders onto the table.
Great. Look at his order of just three sliders. And look at my order. “You don’t have a very big meal.”
“Nah. I was going to take it to go, and make some mac ’n’ cheese at home.”
Kassie looked at all her food. “Well, I have mac ’n’ cheese and coleslaw. You’re welcomed to share. And if you want a chicken leg or something, there are plenty. Help yourself.”
“Thank you, Kassie, I think I will. Nothing like a nice greasy piece of chicken once in a while.”
“Exactly.” Wasn’t she just thinking that?
“By the way, nice scrubs.” His eyes flashed with light as he looked her over.
She shrugged at his comment. They were just scrubs; why did everyone keep commenting on them? “You know, uniform.”
“Yeah, well, that’s the nicest set of scrubs I’ve ever seen.” Luc smiled as he said the words.
She’d had a long day at the office, and ending her work day with Rob hitting on her had left her exhausted and defensive to more comments. “Please. You’re getting a little cheesy now.”
“Oh, sweets, you haven’t seen cheesy. Plus, I’m just being honest. Uniform or not, you make them look good.”
“Look, Luc, before you start flirting and trying your playboy ways on me, understand that?”
“My playboy ways? Interesting.” The corner of his lips curled up. Her words appeared to amuse him.
“Let me finish, please. I don’t date athletes. Also, I’m not that easy.” Her boldness even surprised her, but she was going with it.
“So, as I’m understanding it, you can’t be swayed by my playboy ways. Because you don’t date athletes. Oh, and you’re not that easy.” Luc repeated with that sexy smirk on his face.
That damn. Sexy. Smirk.
“But you couldn’t help but invite me to eat with you.” Luc took a bite of his slider, but his amused eyes never left hers.
Kassie shrugged. “I didn’t say we couldn’t be friends. We’re going to see each other all the time.” She knew it was messed up the moment she said it. Having to keep her distance, and yet still have him around. Not to mention dealing with the way he still made her feel, regardless of the guy code that had been drilled into her brain since her childhood. “Besides, there weren’t any vacant tables, so why wouldn’t I let you sit with me?”
Her words fell on deaf ears, as he focused on the wrong part of her comments.
“Oh? So maybe my playboy ways do affect you just a little wee bit?” Luc held his thumb and forefinger close together to show a little bit, his smirk more devilish than ever now.
“I, uh, no. I never said that. I just—”
“You just want to see me as a friend. Right? ’Cause that’s what you said.” Luc ate a spoonful of mac ’n’ cheese, but never took his amused gaze off her.
“What I said was, we’ll still end up seeing each other. You know, because of team stuff.”
“And that you want to be friends.” Her words weren’t getting through to him. He was focusing on only the ones he wanted to hear, again. With the same cocky look on his face, he continued. “Because we can totally do that.”
