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Cari Chandler paused in the doorway of the conference roo very young and very determined Since he’d never been a “happy”He certainly wouldn’t be convivial at this randson of his hold

Since the late ’70s the Chandlers and the Montroses had been feuding and trying to cut each other out of the video-gao skir Thomas Montrose out, but none of that mattered today as the Montrose heirs and their Playtone Ga bloith their hostile takeover of Infinity Ga Cari and her sisters, Ee soacy

But Cari as COO was the one who’d been chosen to deal with Declan Montrose It made sense, since operations were her area, but the secret she’d been harboring for too long suddenly felt like it had a choke hold on her, and she wished she’d confided in her sisters so that maybe she wouldn’t have to deal with Dec today

The conference table was long and made of dark wood, and the chairs positioned around it were leather She focused on the details of the roo by theHe hadn’t changed hteen months since she’d last seen him

From the back she could see his reddish-brown hair was a little longer than it had been before, but was still thick and curly where it hit his collar His shoulders were still as broad, tapering to a narroaist and that whipcord-lean fraainst her as he’d held her A shiver of sensual awareness coursed through her

Don’t Don’t think of any of that, she warned herself Focus on the takeover One problem at a time

“Dec” She called his na, which pleased her since inside she was quaking “I didn’t think I’d see you again”

“I’rin as he left theand walked over to stand not more than six inches from her

The familiar smell of his spicy, outdoorsy aftershave surrounded her, and she closed her eyes as she reht at the base of his neck Then she forced herself to get it together, crossing her ar he was here for business The knock at the door provided her with the distraction she needed

“Come in,” she called