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Brontë studied her nails, positive that her cheeks were lit up like a string of Christhts She peered at Marj’s face, but Marj seean after all

Sharon was still staring at Bront&eu’s under control, Mr Hawkings," the consultant said "I’ll send you an said, adjusting a cuff link as he turned toward the door He paused, glanced at Bront&eu Miss Daith me"

And there it was The looks of the other waitresses turned froave them all a hesitant wave and then bolted for the door as soon as Logan opened it Everyone knew she’d just e with e what they thought vanished instantly

"Well," she told hi to o back to work"

He frowned down at her, as if just now realizing what she meant "Should I have the consultant speak to theine how that conversation would go "Let’s just forget about it I’ll give it a few days to die down before I coit" He put a hand on the s black sedan

She stopped, looking up at hi?"

"Indefinitely I want you with me"

Her ain Hadn’t she been so excited to take a vacation? To get away for a few days? This was just an extended one, really "And I’ll have reed

Of course, if she and Logan didn’t work out, that wouldto work doubly aard She tried not to think about that "A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind," she reminded herself If that philosophy worked for Cicero, it would work for her

Logan esturing for her to enter Brontë eyed it Black, shiny, and brand-new It screamed money Totally not her kind of ride She pulled her keys out of her purse and jingled thean extended his hand, palave him a curious look "You want to drive to ri, Bront&euet to back in the city We don’t have tio back to your apartment I can have someone drive your car back safely"

Her jaw dropped "You want ht now? I don’t have any of my stuff"

A hint of a slasses "I need to go, but I’ain So, yes, I want you to come with me"

"I’ll need clothes," she warned him

"I have credit cards"

Yeah, so did she, but they were pretty much maxed at the moment Bront&eu to buy me a plane ticket, put me up in a hotel, buy me clothes, and pay me a salary, all so I can spend tiht"

"That puts all the power in your hands, don’t you think?"

The set where I a others have control"

Yes, but what did thata kept woman"

"Think of them as necessary expenses for my newphilosophy consultant"

She snorted

He grinned, and for a minute, he didn’t look like the confident, aloof billionaire He looked like a mischievous little boy Her heart ru hi outabout wo the keys "You’re safe on that count"

Bront&eu the plush black leather seats The ere heavily tinted, the interior ilasses nodded at her froan slid in beside her and shut the door

"Where to?" The driver glanced at the an rested a hand on Bront&euesture intimate and possessive He looked over at her and that arch smile returned to his mouth "Ever ridden on a private plane?"

"Never You have one?"

"Two, actually"

"Naturally," she said "Let e?"

He chuckled