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"Mia, I apologize for bothering you at work, but I needed to ask you so her head in confusion, she asked, "What are you doing here? I was supposed to be ave her a sheepish look before ad the front desk for your floor She politely pulled me out here and asked me if I was ‘out of my damned mind ’ I’m not sure what that means, but she assured me that you wouldn’t want to have this conversation in your office for everyone to eavesdrop on" Dragging a hand through his hair, he added, "Shit, that woman is scary, isn’t she?"

Mia felt her heart race as she looked at him God, he was a beautiful ot to get back to work" As she turned to go, he grabbed her ar to channel all of the anger she had felt that night, but instead it was ize to you for what happened"

"That’s not necessary," she said quietly

"Yes, it is Pleasejust give me five minutes" When she didn’t object, he took a deep breath and continued "The woht was Ashley We dated ere in school and have had casuals randomly since then I know you s to go that far with her We didn’t have sex, nor would we have She left right after you did I was intrigued by you I still a where whatever this is between us would lead You’re a beautiful, funny, intelligent, sexy wo, I’ about you I’ie says, and tell you how I feel I’ you, baby"

Mia shut her eyes and iven to hear that froht "I believe you," she whispered, "but it’s too late We had sex and I was hopeful that there wasa s, she continued, "Other than that one, erissueI really enjoyed our ti more"

He picked up a bouquet of wildflowers and a bag from the bench behind him that she hadn’t even noticed and said, "These reain Take the day and think about it I’ll call you toave her a gentle kiss on the cheek and was gone

She forced herself to go back to her office instead of running to her car and following him like she wanted to It was over Hell, it had never really even started Just because he looked and sood as ever wasn’t a reason to open herself toon the table behind her desk and buried herself in work for the rest of the day

When someone knocked on her door late that afternoon, she almost fainted when Suzy stuck her head inside "Mind if I come in for a ing open Suzy settled in the seat across fro that to you this nized Seth from the restaurant When I heard him ask for you, I pulled hiuy looked like he had it bad He told me that he had screwed up and was here to talk to you about it so I suggested he do it somewhere a little more private He wasn’t sure that you would come down if you kneas him, so I sort of left that part out"

Mia sined "It’s okay He apologized and that’s the end of the story"

Looking at her curiously, Suzy asked, "So, you don’t plan to see hi her head, Mia said, "No I think I need to ave her a shrewd look before standing "Just , she said, "Let’s do lunch soon" With those words, she was gone and Mia was s heavily on her ot a lunch invitation froed off her co When her fingers instead pulled up the bag that Seth had given her, she grimaced God, she was sure it contained breakfast and she had left it sitting all day long She peered inside out of curiosity and gasped at the contents She ju onto her desk Her shock finally wore off and she started laughing as she studied the contents: a pair of handcuffs, a black silk blindfold, and two sht were nipple claht not know every detail about her, but he da back in the bag and had never been ht she would return to the scene of the criht he was, he would be ready and waiting

Seth paced the foyer of his penthouse looking at his watch again Shit, why had he listened to his brother? Ash had assured him that to win Mia over, he had to appeal to her needs as a wo Well, the flowers, which had been his idea, hadn’t brought her around so he had lost nothing by leaving her the bag He liked to fuck hard, but he had never dabbled e Where was she? He paced for another thirty iven up when he heard the chih that door, he would have to fire her because seeing hi but a black tie would be the end of their working relationship He shuddered in relief when Mia stepped off wearing a long, dark jacket with black stiletto heels His cock jumped to attention when she dropped her jacket to the floor leaving her in tiny, black panties with the handcuffs hanging off one wrist, the blindfold sitting around her neck, and, shit, her strawberry nipples held erect by the nipple clamps "Fuck me," he breathed

"Oh, I intend to," she purred He had her pushed up against the foyer wall in the blink of an eye "This doesn’t "