Accidentally Falling for the Tycoon (Whirlwind Romance Series) by Shadonna Richards Page B

service.
I mean here you are in between jobs which I would never have known, by the way,
and yet you gave me the biggest smile I’ve seen in days.”
    “Oh, my gosh, now I’m all flustered. No one’s ever said that
before. I mean I don’t really notice it.”
    “Keep up that beautiful smile.”
    “I will. I guess it’s just something I can’t help. I mean,
my mom always raised me to believe that every job is important, whether
cleaning the streets or running the country. Every person has value.”
    “That’s true.” He smiled, his deep, sexy voice slid out like
smooth honey.
    From the corner of her eyes she caught him glancing at her, a
grin on his face. Jen felt her insides tingle until she remembered he might be
hot, charming, and caring but…he was somebody else’s man. She quickly wiped the
smile off her face and regained her professional composure.
    “Rose must be someone real special.”
    “She is.” He wiped his brow and ran his fingers through his
dark, smooth locks of hair and grinned to himself. His dimpled grin was so
adorable. Gosh, Rose was lucky.  He was tanned, had gorgeous facial
features and broad strong looking shoulders. She wouldn’t be surprised if he
worked out regularly at the gym. He towered over her. She guessed he must be at
least six feet two inches. “Getting back to my asking you if you were new. I
didn’t mean anything by it. I just…come here often.”
    “Oh?” It was Jen’s turn to be surprised.
    “Yeah.”
    “You buy Rose quite a lot of flowers. How sweet. Are you two
getting married?”
    He grinned. “Oh, no.”
    Jen didn’t know what to make of it. Just then another
customer rang the door chime as she entered, an older lady carrying a rather
large brown handbag. She started to peruse flowers on the other side of the
store.
    Unfortunately, their conversation was cut short. Which was probably
for the best. She did not look at taken men, even if they were unmarried. Was
he living with Rose? Stop it, Jen. He’s just a customer. It’s none of your
business.  Still, she didn’t see any harm in appreciating a gorgeous guy
when she saw one, especially one who obviously had a gift of making even
strangers feel warm inside. He definitely had something. A special gift when it
came to making friends.
    After she’d rung up his transaction she asked him if he
wanted any message on the card. He told her yes, “To the most beautiful woman
in the world.” His voice was deep, low and seductive.
    Jen felt light inside. Was that a tinge of jealousy? She
felt terrible for feeling this way about a woman she didn’t know. She was happy
for her. It was a good jealousy. The I-hope-to-be-as-lucky-as-her-one-day kind
of jealousy. She truly meant them well. 
    How sweet of him, she thought. Her ex never did anything
like that for her. Rose was very lucky indeed, she thought again.  
     
    ***
     
    “He was that hot?” Kelsia leaned forward, gaping at
her friend Jen as they sat down at a table at Starbucks.
    “Seriously. So I guess there are good guys out there.
Just not in my path,” Jen chuckled as she lifted her coffee cup to her lips.
She’d just finished her shift at The Special Gift Flower shop.
    “Come on, you never know…he could be available.”
    “Doubt it.”
    “What makes you say that?”
    “Because…”
    “Because what?”
    “Well, for starters he was buying flowers for a woman named Rose .”
Jen cocked her brow.
    “Did you ask him if Rose was his wife ?”
    “No. He didn’t wear a wedding band. Besides, I was too
chicken. When I asked if it was for his mother, he said no. Then I told him
Rose was a lucky woman. And he agreed. So I just left it at that.”
    “Girl, you give up way too easily. I would’ve come straight out
and asked him if he was single.”
    “Kelsia!”
    “What? If he was as hot as you said he was.”
    “He was. Oh, trust me on that one.” Jen swallowed hard. She
had a lot more on her mind than men.
    “So how is the job hunting