Chapter 10
“What are you working on? And what is that divine smell?”
Joshua jerked back up from typing, inhaling like a diver emerging from the depths after his air tank had run out. Once again he’d missed Melanie’s entry into the condo.
He could only watch in stunned amazement as she crossed from the front door over to where he was set up on the dining table. She always walked like magic, every motion was a joy. But there was something more today. A lightness in her step, the damn woman shone like the springtime outside.
That she came directly to him and hit him with a kiss as powerful as any Taser, left him stunned speechless.
“Joshua? Melanie to Joshua? Hello. Anyone there?”
“Uh-uh.” Definitely not. He didn’t trust himself to try words yet, even mustering up a grunt was a hard-won
