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He cut her a sideways look "Of course?"

"I’ve never known anyone to be at the door by the elevator," she supplied "Have you?"

He shrugged "I never gave it ht" But he had The location of the elevator for fast escape was always a consideration, as was the long walk to as likely a one night stand, in which you question how s any such thing She was, though Where she’d been cool and confident before, he sensed barely contained nerves that didn’t quite match the persona beneath the exterior he’d assumed What was it about this woht? And why the hell did he suddenly want to coe to scrub his jaare of her beside hi way she moved Of the soft scent of some sort of flower – jas he’d never liked until now

At the end of the hall, they stopped at his door to a rooinal one had been bugged Not that he couldn’t debug or defunct anything electronic he chose to, but safe was always better than sorry

Impatience wasn’t a trait he favored, but his blood ran hot for this woman and his hand nized this was an invitation for trouble He shoved the idea away as ridiculous as he opened the hotel door and motioned her forward She didn’t hesitate In fact, she rushed forward, seeet out of the hallway

Blake shut the door behind hi her purse and briefcase on the typical luxury rooed out of his leather jacket and tossed it on the king sized bed separating them "You have my money?"

"I’ll need to review the file"

He crossed the roo them within a few steps of each other Blake opened the drawer and re it on top of the desk He tapped the top of it "Now you show me yours Full exposure at the same time"

Her lashes lowered, and he could al about her next move, before her brown eyes met his and for just an instant he saw trepidation in her eyes She blinked and it was gone, but he’d seen it, recognized it for the hesitation and fear that it was, and silently cursed Holy hell He was her first gig like this She wasn’t even sure this here she belonged but soh to do this Fuck ht," she said, and she reached for her briefcase but instead of re the file, she carried it with her towards him She stopped at the chair and set it down, but didn’t reach for the file Instead, she stepped around the chair, close to him

Blake didn’t wait for her to act He pulled her to hiainst the wall "Why are you here?"

"I thought ere pretty clear on that point?"