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I shrug "Don’t get ahead of yourself, sweetheart Anderson’s co you a bone"
"A bone?"
"Yeah You’ve had your lips attached to his ass since you started I’ures this will get you off his back for a little while"
Always strike first--remember that too The team who scores first? They’re almost always the team ins Look it up if you don’t believeto throw her off her garew up I never had to sharesucks
When she speaks, her tone is lethal, sharp as a fucking ether, Drew, I think we should get a few things straight I’m not your sweetheart My name is Kate--Katherine Use it And I’m not a kiss-ass I don’t have to be My work speaks for itself My intelligence, ot your father to noticein those depart ular, doesn’t she?
"And I knooet your attention and one of your char to happen with roupies or a notch on your bedpost, so you can save your lines, your smile, and your bullshit for someone else"
She rises to her feet and rests her hands on the edge ofover
Hey, you know if I just sit up a little bit ht down her blouse I love that spot on a woman That valley just between her--
Stop it!
Mentally, I slapnu daddy’s special little man Well, there’s a new player in town Deal with it I’ve worked da a naht? Too bad You can either et in et there"
She turns to go but then looks back at me, her lips curved into a saccharine sood luck with Anderson, but I won’t bother All the luck in Ireland isn’t going to help you Saul Anderson is mine…sweetheart"
And with that, she turns and stalks out of ht past Matthew and Jack, who stand in my doorway open-mouthed
"Well…daht now?" Jack asks "Seriously, I got wood here ’cause that--" he points in the direction Kate just went "--that was fucking hot"
It was hot Kate Brooks is a beautiful woman But when she’s pissed off, she’s spectacular
Steven walks in with a cup of coffee in his hand Seeing the looks on our faces, he asks, "What? What’d Ihis touch He just got verbally bitch-slapped By a girl"
Steven nods grinore the Three Stooges My attention is still focused on the challenge Kate just thren The testosterone puh my body screa short of a full, uncontested knockout will do
Chapter 5
AND SO IT BEGAN--the Oly I’d like to say it was a ent colleagues I’d like to say it was friendly
I’d like to…but I won’t ’Cause I’d be lying
Re the first one in the office and the last to leave? It stuck inAnderson wasn’t just about putting on the best presentation, coht--but I knew better The man is my father, after all; we share the same DNA It was also about reward Who was more dedicated Who had earned it And I was determined to show my father that I was that "who"
So, the next day I co when Kate arrives, I don’t look up from my desk, but I feel it when she walks past ht pause in her step as she sees me? The scowl that comes when she realizes she’s the second to come in? See the steel in her eyes?
Obviously, I’ for keeps
On Wednesday, then, I arrive at the sa away at her desk She looks up when she sees me She smiles cheerily And waves
I Don’t Think So
The day after that, I co the pattern here? By the ti up to the front of the building at four thirty
Four-fucking-thirty!
It’s still dark And as I get to the door of the building, guess who I see across fro at the exact same time?
Kate
Can you hear the hiss ineach other in the eyes, clutching our extra-large caffeine-filled double-mocha cappuccinos in our hands
Kind of reminds you of one of those old westerns, doesn’t it? You know the ones I’uys walk down the eh noon for a shootout If you listen hard, you can probably hear the lonely call of a vulture in the background
At the saes and make a mad dash for the door In the lobby, she pushes the elevator button furiously while I head for the stairs Genius that I aure I can take thes The only problem with this, of course, is that my office is on the fortieth floor
Idiot
As I finally reach our floor, panting and sweating, I see Kate leisurely leaning against her office door, coat off, a glass of water in hand She offers it tosle her at the sa to see its benefits
"Here you go You look like you could use this, Drew" She hands ht