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"You need to leave" She didn't bother looking up

"Gee If I knew you better I'd say you weren't happy to see me"

She delivered a scathing glance "What gave you that idea?" came dryly

Chase frowned She looked pale "Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"I'll remind you to mind your own business and not to tell me what to do, Mr Madison"

So, they were back to that again "You need to—"

"I need? I need!" She tossed the invoices on the desk "What the hell do you know about what I need?"

Stunned by her te her to look him in the eye "I'd like to know, Tessa"

"Nothing from you"

"You're going to get it"

She frowned, eyeing hihly "That sounds too much like a threat"

He grinned, briefly kissing her forehead "I'm not out to hurt you, Tessa One of these days you'll have to trust me on it"

"I have no reason to trust you"

"You will" Chuckling, heto the door "You will"

Tessa's gaze dropped to his behind shifting beneath the silky nylon shorts She didn't trust herself, not when she wanted to reach out and squeeze that behind

Christian Madison braced his shoulder against theframe and watched the delivery truck pull up before his brother's offices He shook his head before twisting a look at Chase, elbow deep in paperwork "She sent theain"

Chase looked up and grinned "I expected as much" Especially after the dismissal in her shop yesterday