It was Mia's first day at the Grossberg law offices. And BOY was she bored.
She'd expected this, of course. Can't come into a law office and expect a high profile murder case day one.
The place was nice enough, and her boss could be annoying, but he was hard to hate.
Her co-worker, on the other hand…
The word infuriating came to mind. Diego Armando was her senior and he made sure she knew it, giving her the business at every opportunity.
He was snarky, condescending, a pain in the ass… And drop dead gorgeous.
What? She's a woman. She can notice when a man is hotter than the Sahara.
Said sexy lawyer walked by her desk at that moment, placing a Styrofoam cup of coffee on it.
"On the house, Kitten." He said, punctuating it with a wink before walking off.
Mia grabbed the cup and took a quick whiff before trying a sip.
Blech!
God, did she hate bitter coffee.
She was still shaking. Only an hour earlier, her first client, Terry Fawles, had committed suicide on the stand.
What had she done wrong? She thought she'd done everything perfect. The truth couldn't have been any clearer by the end of the case, yet the true killer had walked free and her client, an innocent man by all accounts, was dead.
She'd tried to run home, but her legs just wouldn't cooperate. She felt like screaming.
But now she was here, in some random coffee house she'd never been to because of Diego. He'd found her outside the courthouse, hyperventilating in the cold rain. And so he'd brought her here for 'the best cup of coffee you can get outside of my kitchen.'
He silently placed a cup in front of her. "Just the way you like it." He said with a sincere smile before taking a seat across from her.
She quickly brought the hot beverage to her mouth.
He was right. It was just how she liked it.
Bitter.
As Diego would put it, that was hotter than Hell itself.
The last thing Mia remembered before waking up nude in this bed was having the craziest, hottest, most toe-curling sex she'd ever had with her caffeine addict beau.
And by GOD was it satisfying.
She caught the scent of coffee in the air. Assuming Diego had awoken first and decided to brew up some java, she threw on one of his shirts and made her way to the kitchen.
There she found only a cup of coffee and a note.
Kitten,
Caught a lead on a certain case and went to go talk to a witness. Might also stop by the clinic to get tested for cat scratch fever. Turns out a certain kitten really does have claws.
Don't wait up, Diego
Smiling at the note, Mia took a sip of her hot beverage.
God, she loved bitter coffee.