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I laughed at the thought How silly But I surprised myself with the realization of how much I really wanted it On day three after The Kiss, I called Heath and told him to throay the New Yorker’s contact infors werethe behavior of Adam Drake at the hotel conference rooht me lunch and, thanks to his perceptiveness, dinner, too I’d told Heath, but I waited a few h with it I didn’t want to appear as eager as I was beginning to feel, after all I didn’t want to be eager at all

This was business And every time I relived the fire of that kiss in my memory, I had to remind myself of that Business Business, Mia Just business Nothing ful would ever result froned it expressly to be that way One night of anonye a neoinity but with a lot ofa whole different pot A bubbling, roiling cauldron of thrilling need This nighttoo close to the fire or…

Mr Drake,

I’ve decided to go through with the agreeements as outlined in the packet of papers provided to you by Mr Bowman

If you prefer, you can speak with him if you have any questions You’ll need to set a date at least teeks from now but nofro

My heart thumped in my throat when I hit "send" I sat and stared at the screen for al news sites and clipping things forI stared at that e- Did I think he’d change histo see what he’d say in reaction to this?

Maybe he was in a et reception Maybe he was screah the atmosphere on his private jet with a pretty hostess in his lap and a martini in his hand I scrunched up , Ahed at ot ho Then I made dinner and sat down to watch an old Friends rerun while I ate I’m proud to say I only interrupted my meal once to checkproperly

Maybe he had changed his mind? Maybe he’d decided it was too much trouble After all, I had to question why he’d be interested in this deal anyway He was young, rich and gorgeous Weren’t there wo a path to his door? Why would he bid so much money on a woman he’d never ht? Why did he care? Why did it er?

After dinner, I dug intooff around ten Yes, I was living the high life When I woke up, Gray’s Anato a sharp corner into the se book to the floor and the computer chirped

I don’t think I’ve ever jumped awake faster inwith the "unread" tag on it I plunked into my chair and, with a shaky hand on ,

May 18th Amstel Amsterdam 15:00 local tiht Boill ements per my instructions

See you in teeks

Drake

My heartbeat thrummed on every inch of ht everything through Aality issues of ere doing And I’d secretly hoped he’d agree to it, as I’d alanted to go there, even if it was just for a night Maybe I could do so Europe Holland was an excellent start

I immediately opened up anotherand did a search for the hotel and gasped at the pictures I hit Easily five stars, over a thousand Euros a night I was getting e eain He’d promised me he’d let me drive this, let me be in control It was likely that he didn’t even think about things like that That they were so easy for hie that it didn’t even occur to hirasp that I didn’t want to cede