Chapter 3
Kendra shut down the computer with a sigh. Her vision was beginning to blur. It was always like this during tax season. Forms and numbers danced before her eyes even with the system shut down. She closed them for a moment.
“You’re heading home?”
She opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder. Theo was in the office doorway. He cut an impressive figure with his arms crossed and his shoulder leaned up against the doorframe. He filled the space, height-wise and across the shoulders, and with his arms like that she could see the way his muscles flexed. It was a good thing he was a clear fifteen years older than her, with grey flecking his still-thick hair, and happily married or she was sure people would be talking about them working alone like this in the evenings. If there was
