"Very well!" he laughs, striding into his office and gesturing to the old fashioned coffee brewer and the matching pot.
"I actually tend to hand grind the coffee. It lends it a sort of. . . texture that preground or electrically ground coffee doesn't have." he says while he waits for the coffee to finish.
(You're back! :))
Anna followed him and watched as he pointed out the brewer. She leaned against the doorframe and smiled at his explanation. "Makes sense," she replied simply, glancing back at her desk briefly as if expecting her phone to ring.
(Yeah! I went on an unplanned hiatus from the site, but everything's good now.)
Jariah notes the glance but doesn't comment - yet.
Instead, he waits until the coffee finishes brewing. He pours himself and Anna a cup of coffee each, then gestures for the woman to relax on one of the comfortable leather chairs in his office.
(I get it. But I'm glad everything's good now! 😊)
(Also, I know I said in our pm to ignore the Harry and Daisy stuff on Anna's page, but I think I'm going to include them lol)
Anna sighed softly at the motion he made and reluctantly seated herself. "Jariah," she began quietly. "You don't have to do all of this for me. I'm fine, really."
"Nonsense." Jariah chuckles.
"So. . ." he looks Anna in the eyes. "Tell me how life's going. The bags under your eyes aren't just from lack of sleep, are they?"
Anna lifted her cup to her lips to drink, but she immediately stilled at his pointed words. There was no dodging his question now. She sighed quietly and lowered her drink with both hands.
"No," she admitted reluctantly. "It's things with my former husband. They've been complicated recently. And my daughter. She wants to go to a private, all-girls school next semester that I won't be able to afford."