Noah works in tech support at a software firm. He gets a frantic call from Becky, the receptionist in Development, asking him to assist a new employee tackle his network problems. Jared is having a bad first day at work, and sounds unbearably cute over the phone, but Noah's been disappointed before.<br><br>To get away from the phones, he takes smoke breaks with his buddy Joel, Becky's boyfriend. When Noah sees a cute new employee, Joel's only too happy to help them hook up. Still, Noah doesn't want to write Jared out of the picture completely ...

Tech Support

He looks around as if trying to remember where he parked, and I want to ask him his name. Maybe this is Steve. My gaze lingers openly on his taut muscles, barely sheathed beneath his turtleneck. I want to say something to him, anything, but my mind’s gone blank, numb from his beauty, the frown on his face, his tousled curls, his blue-black eyes. 


With a quick smile my way, he starts out across the parking lot and out of my life. Fuck.I could slap myself. How close was he? I still smell the spicy scent of his cologne and I didn’t say shit. Way to make a good impression.


As he walks away, I watch the way his hips move beneath those jeans. Didn’t find out his name, where he works, nothing. For all I know, he might be “The One” and what did I do? Just stood there like an idiot. How smart was that? 


Chapter 3