Chapter 4
CARLOS BLINKED. WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED? Apparently, Anika didn’t want a knight in shining armor to save her or her Christmas tree. He nudged a piece of glass with his work boot. He looked up and saw the swish of Anika’s ponytail, probably heading toward the employee break room. Something had happened to her. Carlos recognized the look he’d seen in her bright blue eyes. It wasn’t right that a woman like her should hurt so much. Carlos figured that a man had probably been responsible for that hurt. He’d seen something like this once before, and many times in himself. Anika was pushing him away before he had the chance to get to know her. But she didn’t know how determined he could be when someone gave him a challenge. He’d been about to give up on the possibility of Anika last nig
