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"What?"

"He’s an eleven on a scale of one to ten You should go out with hiape at her "Josie, are you out of your et fired and then tellwe’re planning"

"Oh, Bell, I see how he looks at you He practically fks you with his eyes every time he’s in here"

"Josie, honestly And besides, I think he screws anything that moves"

Her hand flies to her mouth "Bell Wilde, I’ve never heard you talk like that I like this neild side"

I laugh at her "You should have knownGod?"

I ponder her question "Yeah, I guess it is"

She blows a piece of blue hair out of her eyes "Oh, and I alot, that really hot brother of yours, the one who’s, you knowmarried"--she rolls her eyes--"stopped by already too He said to let you know he had a few things to take care of and would be back to take you to lunch"

Suddenly Josie’s eyes grow even wider than when I first walked in and then there’s a slight tap on the glass behind me

I s and mutter, "Is that Tate?"

Her eyes confirle word

My nerves start to buzz as I turn around and push the door There stand Tate and Romeo

"Miss Wilde, you decided to join us at work today I’ hiht--he’s a stunner And Ben is right too--he’s a snake His look is aristocratic but bad boy at the same time Dark broavy hair, a sexy, slender frame with broad shoulders, and boy, does he kno to dress! I thought Tate dressed with style, but Ro a black suit with a white shirt, his gray tie crisply knotted around his neck, and he looks every bit as put together as Tate if not ize I realized after I arrived that our et here"

My eyes shoot back to Tate’s He’s a ives his work ive any aspect his one hundred percent attention So he has me take on the more coht But I’et h our appointo over any of your concerns now if you’d like," I say to Romeo

"Excellent Today is aa band She’s practically terrified that if we don’t nail one doe’ll be stuck with a DJ"

Tate nods "I’ll leave the two of you to iron out your fiancée’s concerns And, Josie, has the announce columnist can be notified?"

Josie’s blue hair moves like a wave as she skirts past us "Mr Wyatt, that is next on rabs the cup marked MOCHA off the table "Thank you," she mouths, and hustles out of the roo, Bell And, Ro to you"

Roer "As always, Tate"

"Why don’t we go to the conference room?" I ask him when it’s just the two of us

"I think here is fine"

"Okay, let ht back"

"Of course," he says, his eyes staring at the ruffled edges of ht over my brsts

I scurry out of the door The conference roolass wall as the partition, but the break room is around the corner and not visible Josie’s comments have me all kinds of paranoid now I take a deep breath--he’s just a client Stop reading more into it Tate’s door is closed--thank God I pass Josie’s desk and she shoots me a wink I roll my eyes

My desk is cluttered with linen samples, venue décor photos, centerpiece ideas--all pertaining to the Blair/Fairchild wedding Laney Blair has yet to set foot inside this office I haven’t even e that Romeo is my only contact, but he seerab the folderfile and head back toward the break room

This ti and my eyes flare to the counter--hehis own The beep of ht to Roht hiton happen to have gone to high school in Laguna?"

I feelWhy? The heat between Ben and me has to be evident on my face "I think so," I say, my voice shaky

"He’s your boyfriend?" he asks inquisitively

I drop ht," he says with a smirk that says friends with benefits What the heck did Ben text? And up until now Aerie and Jagger are the only people aware of whatever is going on between Ben and ht

I carefully place the folders and files in my hands on the table "So bands, your fiancée has a valid concern--"

He cuts h school with Ben He was a surfer, had a girl, and see with, and he stayed clear of er rise inside uy that Ben’s not pretentious, and ie has never mattered to him But I don’t--of course instead I try to drop the subject "I didn’t know him then But anyway, there are only a few bands that have your wedding date open Do you want to listen to them with your fiancée and let me knohat you think?"

"Sit down Please," he says

When I do he stands and goes over to the coffeepot, opening the cupboard above and pulling out a"Would you like a fresh cup?"

I pull ood, thank you"