caress over her face. She was so beautiful that Christina momentarily forgot
 
 about anything else.
 
 “I didn’t think you’d show,” Taylor said, breaking through Christina’s
 
 stupor. Taylor crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the car.
 
 “Yeah. Um— why— wouldn’t I?” Christina wasn’t used to feeling
 
 flustered. She never stammered over anything.
 
 “I don’t know. I thought you’d just look it up online and call it a day. I
 
 imagine you have more important things to do.”
 
 Christina was trying to think of a way to break it to Taylor that as of the
 
 moment this was her most important project since she was the one heading
 
 it out of their office, but she was interrupted by the arrival of a sleek black
 
 sedan. A man wearing a black suit got out. He ran a hand over his slicked
 
 back hair, gave both women a glaringly obvious once over, and offered a
 
 cheesy grin.
 
 “Hi.” He offered his hand to Christina first. “Sam Wellback. You must
 
 be Taylor.”
 
 “No.” Christina didn’t shake the hand. “Actually, she’s Taylor.”
 
 Sam Wellback, obviously the realtor and no less creepy than Charles I
 
 Crash My Work Computer From Watching Raunchy Porn In My Spare And
 
 Not So Spare Time, spun and looked straight at Taylor’s chest.
 
 Sam forgot about the handshake. He pasted on a greasy smile and
 
 strolled confidently up to the front door to make up for his faux paus.
 
 Taylor shot a look at Christina that was basically an eye roll without being
 
 an eye roll. Christina did roll her eyes, but she smiled too. An unexpected
 
 spark of warmth shot through her. It felt like they were sharing a secret.
 
 Passing notes behind a teacher’s back or something. Not that Christina had
 
 ever done that. She’d been sent to boarding school— her brothers also
 
 went, but to a private, all boy’s school— after her mom had passed away.
 
 She’d always behaved herself there. While some girls loved to get into
 
 trouble, that wasn’t her.