Skin Deep
Section I: Change is good… Real good
AW, HELL, what was it about her?
Michael Romero absently rubbed the back of his neck with his palm and eyed where Kyra White sat two tables away at the Tampa, Florida bar and grill frequented by employees of neighborhood businesses, including the architectural firm where he and Kyra both worked. Aside from being co-workers — he was one of four partners while she did the bookkeeping — they were best friends. A relationship that had been cemented when she'd first hired on at Fisher, Palmieri, Romero and Tanner four years ago. The first week on the job, she'd made a number of nervous mistakes and his partners had wanted to let her go. Instead, Michael had realized where the problem lay — her fear that she wouldn't live up to the job — and had befriended her. No big sacrifice. She'd turned out to be one hell of a bookkeeper. And the status of their relationship quickly escalated to them becoming best friends and led him to where he was right now. Essentially lusting after a woman who was off-limits to him.
Well, maybe "lusting" wasn't the word. But there ... read full excerpt from: Skin Deep ebook
