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The next four days, Gavin appeared with coffee at my door promptly at seven in the morning. On the fifth day, when it didn’t appear, I peeked through my door in confusion. Maybe I’d gotten used to him bringing me my morning fix.
I worked on my makeup and grabbed a light jacket and my purse before heading down the elevator. I left earlier than normal so that I could find this coffee shop that he’d proven was the best.
But when I stepped off the elevator, Gavin was standing there with two cups of coffee in his hands.
He laughed when he saw me. “Sorry, running late.”
“You don’t have to do this every morning.” Even if I liked it. “I can get my own coffee, you know?”
“Sure,” he said, handing me my coffee. “But if I’m going anyway …”
“Then, you can take your car service straight to your office instead of walking all the way back up to my apartment.”
He grinned. “What do you have against my car service? I could drive you?”
“Or you could take the subway with me.”
“I’ll stick with being above ground, thank you.”
I snorted as we passed through the front doors. A sleek black car waited out front.
“Well, that’s me,” he said with a grin. “Until Monday.”
“You really don’t have to get me coffee,” I said, holding the cup in my hand protectively.
“Ah, but then I wouldn’t get to see you in the morning.”
I rolled my eyes. “Such a flirt, King.”
“You’re the one who moved into my building, Bowen. These are the consequences.”
Then, he hopped into his car and disappeared into the New York City traffic.
What an infuriating man. Yet I couldn’t stop smiling.
* * *
Coffee continued for another week. I’d make sure I was finished getting dressed by the time that he brought it, so we could take the elevator downstairs together. He’d hop into his little black car and drive away while I traipsed to the subway to get to work. Showing up a half hour early wasn’t a problem. In fact, it was almost necessary with paperwork stacking up in my office. I had client meetings all day and surgeries the rest of the week. Though it was a tremendous amount of work, I never regretted a minute of it. I loved it. I loved it more than my work in LA.
As Dr. Varma made his plans for the summer, he encouraged me to take time off when I needed it. My time off was in my hands. He didn’t want me to burn out.
Maybe there was something in the coffee that was placed in my hands every morning because I felt more invigorated than ever. The doctor laughed at me and called me young.
In time, I’d need more time off.
But plan for it?
I shrugged it off.
After another week, I started meeting Gavin downstairs to go to the coffee shop with him. The place was magic. My regular black coffee was phenomenal, but I tried all the varieties that he recommended. An iced Americano was probably my favorite, but unsurprisingly, I was really into lavender lattes.
We were walking back to the apartment so that he could catch his car for work when he touched my arm and pulled me in the wrong direction.
“Uh, where are we going?” I asked.
“I told my car service to come back tomorrow.”
I blinked at him in surprise. “You did what? How are you getting to work? Oh my god, are you playing hooky?”
