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He’d forget she was around at times and act like she assu with the staff, and full of good hureat relationship with his secretary, Cynthia, asn’t afraid to scold hiot too riled up Unfortunately, she was out to lunch at the , now?" he finally snapped She flushed, glad he couldn’t read ht here, you know There’s absolutely no need to yell inher hand to wipe her brow He hadn’t actually spit on her but she was trying to get hiain
"Number one, I don’t shout, I speak to be heard Nuh the corner of his mouth came up a fraction of an inch He seemed to enjoy their banter as much as she did The amount of passion he exhibited in his everyday life had to ine he did anything in halfoff her clothes and taking her right there against the solid desk She could feel the heat building inside of her She shook her head, war her cheeks even more His own eyes darkened at her reaction
"I ht," she said in a rowl escaped his throat and he stood back up and began pacing She breathed a sigh of relief, though it didn’t help being enveloped by his scent
"You don’t need to be writing every little thing down If your goal is to ain, when she interrupted hiazine reporter I want an in depth look at the life of Max Anderson The more notes I take, the better the article will be," she said as if talking to a child who needed a time-out He did appear to need one
"We need to have a talk Followto his office That didn’t sound good She should be more upset, even a bit scared, but all she could feel was exciterab a couple cups of coffee, too, thisat his back, with heron around the office She couldn’t believe the man had the nerve to demand she serve hi in her head She kneas trying to get a reaction from her, and she shouldn’t take the bait, but he had a way of eliciting a rise out of her unlike anything she’d ever experienced She hated it when he acted like a deet the upper hand was to act as if she didn’t care The more bland and unaffected she reacted, the more irritated she’d make him
She slowly rose to her feet, walked over to the coffee pot and poured him a cup of coffee She smiled to herself as she added several shakes of salt to the cup, anticipating his reaction at the first sip She knew he’d never believe it had been by accident, but she was also sure it would be the last ti hi of the fragrant drink
"Thanks," he said as he took the cup He took a large sip, then spit it out on his desk, covering soht not to s the sa?" she asked innocently
"What the…" he sputtered She just looked at hi sip of her own coffee He glared at her before rising to grab some paper towels He quickly cleaned up thehis seat Then, to her amazement, he picked the cup back up and took another drink, his expression not even flinching Daht irritably
The phone rang, and he quickly picked it up, not able to hide the relief fro for a moment, he turned to her
"I need to take this We’ll continue this conversation later," he dised to hter flew from her She stayed there until she was sure she had herself under control, then made her way back to the office She decided to steer clear of Max for the rest of the afternoon, and instead spoke with several eative to say about hi
The next day, Cassie hted to see both Joseph and George talking with some of the staff She hadn’t had a chance to talk to theet , Cassie How’s the interview going?" George asked as she stepped toward thereat, but if you both have a few enuine smile They were so easy to speak with and made her feel welcome
"We always have time for a beautiful lady," Joseph joined in She knealways ca, verses creepy, like so woave her the creeps
"Why don’t we head down to the cafeteria so we can have soe asked They er than normal, since everyone seemed to want to stop the twoto talk with everyone frohest of positions She took some notes as inconspicuously as possible Max said she couldn’t talk about the private lives of his fa out how all the Andersons see everyone feel valued He couldn’t co to keep that son of e smile
"I don’t think anyone is up for that task," she teased back
"You’ve got h "But, I’ht and narrow"
"He thinks he’s tough but I’ my own," she said with a bit of pride He actually scared her a lot, but not because he growled and shouted once in a while, but because he caused her body to go into overdrive every ti eyes on her