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"Is he alone?" She nodded to the closed door

Tally looked at the door as she rose to her feet "Alone and pouting, I think" She grinned as she picked up the pretty purse sitting on her desktop "And I’m ready for lunch now Go on in Tell hi lunch, Tally He’s going to fire you"

The other woet so lucky Keep hiestively as she breezed out of the roo, more or less deserted, in the middle of the room Damn Tally The least she could have done was stick around to save her if things got too hot

"Tally, where the hell is that cost estimate…" Jesse threw open his door and stared at Terrie in surprise "Where the hell did she go this time?"

"Lunch?" Terrie wasn’t about to mention the fact that his secretary wouldn’t return until the next

He bit off a curse then his eyes narrowed on her He took in the black dress, the heels, and Terrie watched in fascination as sensuality filled his expression He went froerous, to sexual pirate within seconds She fought to still the tre the envelope she carried

He frowned "Another one?"

Terrie shrugged "It’s not as bad as the others, but I’ll need your lawyers to set up the pay to discuss this standing up"

He turned and disappeared back into his office Terrie followed slowly

When she entered the large rooe on one end of the leather couch there, closing out whatever he had been working on in the laptop before pushing it back

"Sit down" He motioned beside hireen eyes hadn’t changed He looked ready to fuck, and Terrie was suddenlyin her life

She sat perched at the edge of the couch, handing hiet the payh to cover it" He took the envelope froal paper from inside "Thomas was stupid but I wasn’t His shares in the company are safe, Terrie"

Those shares had kept her solvent despite Thomas’s death and how quickly he had ee Jesse had never traced the money, but at least she hadn’t suffered in the theft

Silence filled the roo moments as he read the letter

"Stupid bastard," he muttered as he threw the paper to the table "He’s lucky he died I would have killed him myself by now Don’t worry about it I’ll have the accountant take care of it to for a while?" she asked him carefully "I don’t want to cause any added problerin "I’ve invested your "

She wondered if he ever got tired of taking care of her From the moment news had come that Thomas had died in the car wreck, Jesse had been there He had taken care of the burial, the horrendous news of thecare of her ever since

She s what the hell she was supposed to do no did you seduce a , she knew, but at what cost to himself? How could she be certain she hat he wanted? That he could love her?

"Going somewhere?" He flicked a look at her dress-covered breasts It was a heated, brooding look, a stroke of carnal interest

She shrugged nervously "I thought I’d go to the club today for lunch"

"Stay away from Conover, Terrie," he warned her softly as he turned to her, his eyes blazing with irritation God, was it jealousy? "I’ you, you don’t want to push me on this"

Her eyes widened in surprise a second before she frowned back at hilitter that hten with nerves

"I didn’t mention his name, Jesse"

"You and I both know he’s likely to be there," he said "You’re playing with fire I let you run froain"

She wanted to gape at hi very little sense "Jesse, I had no intentions of seeing Conover today or ever It’s not ave him the impression he could help you screw ave you that iry now She could feel her veins throbbing with the pulse of blood, the heat that filled her face

"You’re pushing ry ained for, and we both know you’re not ready for that"

She was ready for him She was ready to take her life back and find the happiness she had denied herself for so long

"Ready for what?" she snapped back, her fists clenching now "Ready to be touched? To be a woe? Sorry, Jesse, you’re way off base there I’m more than ready for that Too bad you’re not"

She moved to jump from the couch, to leave the office, to stomp home and scream and curse him as she had more times than she could count already Unfortunately, Jesse didn’t seeasp his ar her before he pressed her into the cushions of the couch The dress rode up her thighs as she stared up at hi h between hers