It Takes a Thief
Excerpt
December
Jared waved at the doorman as he made his way to the elevator. He spent enough time here that no one expected him to sign in. When Mia first moved in, they stopped him every time, worried that he was an overbearing lover. The thought still made him cringe. Explaining that they were cousins gave him a pass to go up to her apartment without question.
When the door swung open, Mia looked surprised to see him. “What are you doing here?”
“Happy birthday.” He bent and kissed her cheek. “Did you think I would let you spend your thirtieth alone?”
“Who says I plan to be alone?”
He glanced around the empty room, taking note of the open bottle of wine on the table and single glass beside it, and raised an eyebrow. The woman had lived barely above hermit status
