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She didn’t want to pretend any between the to break on Mondaywhen she walked into the office and Brant treated her like nothing more than his assistant Shit! This had been a bad idea froht not have had a great relationship, but it was one that they both understood He didn’t like her and she didn’t like him They both mostly enjoyed their verbal wordplay, but that was it Truth be told, the argu Even when he pissed her off, things were never boring She put in the transfer requests only because she kneouldn’t approve them She wasn’t sure what she would do if he ever did Now, though, she was forced to ad, even to herself: She was in love with Brant Stone and had been for a while He was everything she said that she hated, but it was a lie She loved hi, nondescript ties She was in so much trouble
Brant discreetly reain He thought he had rabbed his ass on the dance floor He had nicely but firmly told her he was involved with Emma and he wasn’t interested She had handled that pretty well until she had tossed back another half-dozen drinks Actually, the whole croas consu alcohol as if they had just been threatened with Prohibition at ht
Emma’s friends had settled into a table in the back of the room and, unfortunately, Jill had immediately taken the vacant seat on the other side of hi her for another wo his cock grabbed in public and packed his bags
Eainst the side of the building He had been on the verge of asking her if she was feeling okay when Madison jumped up and pulled E so out into a cold sweat How could he possibly be hard again this soon? It had nothing to do with Jill’s wandering hands and everything to do with the siren in the white dress looking at him so provocatively as she danced with her friend Danized who he was at this point He had torn up the dance floor with a group of strangers, thanking God along the way that he watched Dancing With the Stars often enough to function He had slow danced with a woman with at least five sets of hands, and he had fucked E for anyone to see This was not him at all He wasn’t a man led around by his penis or his heart He felt completely out of control and yethe couldn’t re in recent memory as much as he had enjoyed this weekend with E froo there with her?
"God, you’re gorgeous," Eainst his neck He jerked back in surprise He had been so lost in thought, he hadn’t seen her return froht, possibly with one tooher in his lap His cock was thrilled with her close proxih a bit frustrated with the barriers between theh I would have preferred watching it in private" She wiggled her bottoh him "Behave before I embarrass myself in public"
"Mmm, I’d love that," she teased He was thrilled when she added, "I’o whenever you are I don’t think I have another dance left in ht, Brant had theood-byes to her friends Another ht air His driver and car were parked around the corner, and a quick call had the better than to skip going back to her parents’ house and find a nice hotel for the rest of the night Unfortunately, they had a very early flight hoe It just wasn’t workable Maybe if they were quiet, though, her parents wouldn’t have to know that he was having sex with their daughter under their roofagain Yeah, he could do quiet
When they pulled up to the house, he helped a sleepy Emma to the door It took another few minutes to locate the key in her purse A lan of anyone awake Things were definitely going his way so far Eave her a lingering kiss beforea quick trip to the bathroom When he returned to the bedrooht up short E like a sailor Her dress had ridden up, exposing the tops of her creahs He tried not to dwell on the fact that she wasn’t wearing underwear Sighing, he dropped to her side and rehtly to pull up the bedcovers and then settled her back beneath thes further between them
He knew to day, and he probably needed all of his wits to make some decisions He had started to hope that she was as interested as he was in seeing where things ht lead between them There was no way this could have all been an act on her part He didn’t knohat he felt for her, but he did know that it was con to him He had never been this messed up over Alexia, even when she left hi between them, at least on his part, and he was both anxious and terrified to kno she felt
The last thought he had before drifting into sleep was that the wo-lost key to his heart
Chapter Eleven
E on the airplane beside Brant not having a clue as to what to do Thehad passed in a blur They had been up early for their flight and she barely had ti fro her out the door and into a taxi Since they were up late the night before, the ride to the airport was spent in cohtly Now, on the plane, the first moment of aardness had arrived She wanted to reach over and take his hand, but she didn’t know if that was okay anymore Was their time officially over now? As she continued to sit quietly, racked by indecision, Brant reached over and took her hand in his, settling the was still okay between them She leaned her head on his shoulder