Pyramids and Promises (Omega Mu Alpha Brothers Book 2) by Kimberly Loth

her hand did though. He sat straight up and looked around, obviously confused where he was for a moment. The blanket pooled around his waist, and Jessica couldn’t quite discern exactly what he was wearing on that end.
    “Morning.” She smiled when he grinned at her, and held out his phone.
    “Ahmed. Always punctual,” he murmured and scrubbed a hand over his face. “Is there coffee?”
    “It’s brewing,” she said.
    “Good. Mind if I grab a shower?”
    “Why did you stay?” she asked at the same time.
    “I wasn’t leaving you alone.”
    That was sweet of him. She blushed. He chuckled.
    “Now, your shower?”
    “Depends.” She shrugged.
    “On?” He raised an eyebrow at her.
    “What all you’ve got on?”
    He laughed. Her face was on fire.
    “I didn’t sleep in just my t-shirt, love. I promise I have boxers on.” He stood up before she could say anything else. Thankfully he was truthful. He had on black boxers, but still, if Jessica blushed anymore, she could light a roman candle with her cheeks.
    “I assume there are towels in the bathroom.”
    He walked on in without waiting for an answer.
    Ahmed delivered his suit while Conner was in the shower. Jessica looked through the peephole and opened the door for him.
    “In the bedroom,” she said.
    Ahmed dipped his head. “Sabah al khayr.”
    She smiled. “Good morning to you too. Thank you again for checking the place out last night.”
    “Afwon.” He headed into the bedroom.
    “And for dinner as well.” Jessica called after him. For some reason, she really wanted him to like her. She hadn’t really met anyone else close to Conner so his staff were the only ones she had to really make an impression on.
    He returned a moment later.
    “Can I offer you coffee?” she asked, holding out a cup. An empty cup. “Well, I could put some coffee in it.”
    She giggled nervously.
    “No, thank you, Miss. Tell the mister I will be waiting downstairs.”
    “I sure will. Have a lovely day.” Jessica smiled brightly. Never mind that she probably didn’t look her best as six a.m.
    “You too.”
    Ahmed didn’t waste another second. He probably couldn’t wait to get out of there.
    She set the coffee cup down.
    “Well, hopefully he thinks I’m only slightly nuts.”
    “Who thinks you’re nuts?” Conner waltzed into the kitchen in his boxers, toweling off his head. Jessica breathed out. His stomach was rock hard. She’d seen it before, at the pool of course, but that was far from looking at home in her apartment. His blonde hair fell in wet waves that grazed his forehead.
    He reached past her for the forgotten empty cup and poured his own coffee. He smelled like her flowery body wash, but it didn’t smell so girly on him.
    “Huh?” he prodded.
    “What?”
    “Who thinks you’re nuts?”
    “Oh.” She licked her suddenly incredibly dry lips. “Ahmed.”
    Conner sipped his coffee, but over the rim of his cup, his green eyes sparkled at her.
    ”I forgot to thank him for dinner last night,” she rambled on and looked anywhere but his abs. “Then I tried too hard to make up for it.”
    “I pay Ahmed not to notice such things.”
    Conner sat his cup down and backed her up until she was locked between him and the counter. His hands rested on either side of her hips.
    He wasn’t touching her, but oh how she wanted him to.
    “But I notice all sorts of things.”
    “Like what?” she asked.
    He smiled. But it wasn’t the kind gentle smile that he’d given her last night or even this morning. This one was as hot as the desert sun. Jessica nearly melted.
    “Like how adorably pink your cheeks have been this morning. Do you always wake up so flushed?”
    He winked and backed away. That was good. Safe for him. She wanted to smack him more than she ever had before.
    “I’ve got a business dinner tonight,” he called from the bedroom. Jessica hadn’t moved. She swallowed. Why hadn’t he kissed her? Surely he wasn’t taking her seriously about the