Hope

“But common sense comes too late, because Logan is now moving away from the counter and marching in my direction.

“Hey, gorgeous.” He slides in the seat across from me and places a chocolate-chip muffin on the table. “I got you a muffin.”

Damn it, I guess he’d noticed me right when he’d walked in.

“Why?” I ask in suspicion, and without saying hi.

“’Cause I wanted to get you something, and you already have coffee. Ergo, muffin.”

I raise one eyebrow. “Are you trying to buy your way into my good graces?”

“Yup. And excellent pun, by the way.”

“I wasn’t punning. My name just happens to be a homonym.”

His blue eyes gleam as he downright smolders at me. “I love it when you talk homonyms to me.”

“Uh-huh.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Mistake

“It feels like we’re walking around inside someone’s mouth,” Alex says more than once about the humidity,”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“When he opens the door and finds me standing there, a deep scowl twists his mouth. “What do you want?”
Okay then. I was wondering if Grace would tell him about the kiss, and his visible hostility answers that question.
“I came here to declare my intentions towards Grace,” I announce.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Mistake

“First of all, Flannery O'Connor is not an asshole. She's shy.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation