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Chapter Seventeen

Claire picked up the items on Louise’s list and arrived in time for lunch Louise had decided to s and bacon with gusto Her ood day today, and the three of the after theLouise asked several questions about her trip, and Claire hated not being completely truthful with her Claire could tell by the sparkle in her eyes that she suspected there was , but she didn’t press her

As she was leaving, Louise told her that her nepheould be by tomorrow to start the roof repairs Claire left a check to pay him, in case he finished the work before she returned ho and promised to call and check on them while she ay

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Jason was in trouble He felt it in his gut, and his gut was never wrong The plan of getting Claire out of his systeht of the best sex of his life, he still wasn’t remotely satisfied In fact, he ached to be with her, inside her again The scary part was it wasn’t just the sex heenjoying the feel of her curled into his side, her bandaged toe resting on top of his leg, her sly on his chest His body was screa him to run like hell He practically bolted out of the bed and into the bathroom

While in the shower, he convinced his were just because he had known Claire for awhile They’d worked closely for several years so it was only natural to feel ht stand There was no reason this couldn’t work to his advantage As his assistant she could travel with hiress no one would question the sudden need for that

The novelty of crossing a line and sleeping with soood, so forbidden When the novelty wore off as it would, they’dout in hiswas still a go for Charleston He hoped he could continue to block the voice in his head urging him to run

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When Claire arrived ho

"Hey beautiful, how is your day going?" asked Jason

Pulse kicking into high gear at the sound of his voice, Claire tried to sound cool "Hey, it’s going great, how about yours?"

"No proble ever dared to go off schedule where Jason was concerned

"Did you get someone lined up to cover the office while we’re away?" asked Claire

"Yes, everything is taken care of How is your ood actually; I had lunch with her and Louise earlier, and she was her old self"

"That’s great; I’ to work from my home the rest of the afternoon I’ve several conference calls lined up, and I need to pack as well I should be free a bit earlier so how about I pick you up around six?" asked Jason

"Ok, I’ll see you then," said Claire

"Oh and Claire, I’vefor a reply, Jason clicked off after that coh her She had of course missed Jason terribly today but was shocked to hear him admit that he felt the sa that this was anything more than sex to Jason This wasn’t a fairytale, and he wouldn’t be taking her off to his castle He was, however, taking her off to Charleston where she would have the rest of the week to pretend just for a little while that her prince char had finally arrived

She was surprised to hear her phone ringing again She quickly answered it thinking that Jason had forgotten soed as Suzy said, "Well, well, well, is so horrified at the question, Claire couldn’t contain the laughter that burst out NoSuzy could be at tis that ca about?" hedged Claire

With a drah, Suzy said, "Really, fro the du Honey you know I’ht down to when everyone takes a leak every day Do you really think I haven’t heard that Jason requested a fill in for the office because he needed his assistant to travel with him this week? Now I may have been able to buy into it if I hadn’t run into hi That ht' look all over his face Men can’t fake that shit, he was fresh out of the sack with sooing with him this week for more nookie or he was fresh off so to work," finished Suzy s somewhere in life You should have been a detective or a cohed Claire

"Looks like you’re adht?" asked Suzy "You know I’ as under the hood of that baby for a while" Claire had never been in the position to kiss and tell before, and it was a strange feeling She knew she could trust anything she said to Suzy not to go further, but it was still hard to talk about so so private and special

"Er… yes, there’s been some new developments there," admitted Claire

"New develop about the weather or soave in with a sigh knowing she would never get off the phone otherwise, "Ok, we slept together and oh my God Suz, it onderful He was just… wonderful"

With a snort, Suzy said, "Yada, yada! Let’s get over the rated G version and answer such hard-hitting questions as, was it good? Was it big? Did he go for quality or quantity?"

As her face started to flaainst the couch cushions and answered, "It was great; it was big and quality all the way, both times"

"Yessss," squealed Suzy, "I knew it! So you’re going with hio; he’s picking ht," said Claire