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The dinner ended up being farthe appetizer, I et about the disconnect bethat I saw and the Rod I knew, and the man in front of --the perfect dinner companion As the waitress cleared our dinner plates, Rod said, "Do youback at ht we’d enjoy"

Ordinarily, one off, but in spite of Rod’s reputation, he’d shown nothing more than a friendly, businesslike interest inhis spell, it was too subtle for ht about what it would feel like to kiss him

"That sounds nice," I said Of course, thehi him If that made any sense whatsoever But it wasn’t like I felt compelled to kiss him, just mildly curious

"No thanks," he told the waitress when she brought the dessert menu He paid the check, then we bundled up to brave the outdoors once more

The terees while ere inside I wished I’d been sensible and worn boots instead of being so vain as to wear a short skirt and the red stilettos Rod put his ar a move on me, and even if he was, I didn’t mind because it made , then both of us breathed a sigh of relief e got inside the warm lobby "I’d better not stay too late," I said, as aited for an elevator "It looks like that storh the snow"

"We’ll keep an eye on the , and on the clock," he said An elevator arrived, and he gestured for , so it seeot to his floor While we faced each other across the elevator, I felt a strange tension growing between us It was an entirely different feeling from the ease I’d noticed in the restaurant, and it seeht the feeling, rew faster

I didn’t think it was his attraction spell, though, or else it was affecting hi Could it be that ere really that attracted to each other? I’d never been the least bit turned on around Rod, except in the past couple of weeks when I’d noticed the effects of his attraction spell This kind of thing didn’t happen because of one good dinner, did it?

Both of us rushed for the door when the elevator finally carown very heavy in there I felt a little more normal once ere out in the hallway Whatever it was eased up, so I felt alain as I waited for him to unlock his apartment door

He ushered me inside "Have a seat, and I’ll make some coffee," he said I dropped my purse on the floor inside the doorway, then draped my coat across a chair and sat on the sofa The last tied It hadn’t changed h-end bachelor pad with leather upholstery, blond wood, hts "If you like, you can put on some music," he called from the kitchen

I went to his entertainh his CDs I had to biteas I noticed the number of surefire seduction discs in his collection He seemed to have the complete works of Barry White, as well as a broad collection ofof Ravel’s Bolero What Casanova didn’t? I selected the least sultry jazz disc and put it in the player

He es of frothy coffee "I hope this is good," he said "I found it at the store and thought it looked interesting"

"You didn’t have to go to all this trouble for me," I said, as he went back to the kitchen, only to return with a packet of cookies

"You’re worth the trouble You should know that But if itthese out on a plate Just take some from the box"

"Now, that’s h, as I took a couple of cookies out of the box I felt that ease I’d enjoyed during dinner return Whatever had happened in the elevator seeain for gettingeffort," he said "That’s the main reason I asked you to dinner For the first ti on in the company"