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Not for the first time, he wondered what she’d told the poor sch his date with Cass Had she admitted to her date that an old boyfriend had unexpectedly come to town? A business deal had suddenly fallen in her lap that she needed to attend to? She had to wash her hair?
It probably didn’t ardless Cass was a gorgeous, sophisticated woman who ran a multimillion dollar company and she likely had her pick of companions Suave execs, successful doctors, cut athletes with Pro-Bowl or all-star credentials The dating circles ide open and she waswith someone A woman like Cass wouldn’t be alone except by choice
That burn in your gut? Feels a lot like jealousy
Ridiculous So Nicolas didn’t get it right all the time
Gage and Cass hadn’t been an iteht about her and wondered whattied down, but he hadn’t spent all his nights alone since then either Though lately, a couple of hours at the dog park with Aras h the pool of wo your freedoible women pretty quickly
“That’s so generous of you to leth sarcasm to clue him in that she still wasn’t clear on what she owed him
“You always have choices,” he countered “One just ht lead to a different place than the other”
“Well said” With a cryptic nod, she brushed past hi him in a delicious haze of jasmine and other exotic spices On Cass, the scent was half “cohly arousing combination
So off into a ditch Or a shadowy hiding place between two buildings where he could ravish the cool beauty in the next seat If he wanted her willing, he had to get back on track But the ice in her spine seeht
The restaurant was as highbrow as they ca, just in case The maître d’ led thee had instructed, and left them blessedly alone
Except Gage still didn’t kno to play this dinner Seduction or strategy? Which would get hih the front door of Cass’s house at the end of the night? Because seduction et what he wanted in the end A sated Cass ht make for a ether on the leak or the fornore the need to discuss strategy
Fortunately, what he apparently lacked in ESP, heit Like always
Gage barely glanced at the wineit over to Cass “Since you called dibs on ordering the wine, here you go”
She arched one of those cool brows and took the leather-bound wine listing The e, where scarcely-contained nipples threatened to burst free of their cranberry lace cage at a moment’s notice A bead of sweat slid between his shoulder blades as he tore his gaze from her breasts
“I was expecting ument,” she commented as if the sexual undercurrents didn’t exist “You’re not a fan of wine, if memory serves”
No, but the fact that she recalled his preference put a good deal more warmth down south As if he’d had room for more
“I’ll make an exception for you”
The oddess, or at least that had been the plan once upon a time when his faculties were in order Back in her office, she’d seemedbrittle As if she’d needed solass of wine and an orgasm, and not necessarily in that order
That ive her a chance to relax, as he’d entreated her to One of them should be able to anyway Seduction first And then they could talk leak strategy later Much later
With their food, Cass ordered a four hundred dollar bottle of wine—exorbitant, as promised—and once the waiter left to retrieve it, she folded her hands, conte little puppy she didn’t knohether to pet or send outside for peeing on the floor