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“Legions?” He smiled at that, too

“Would you stop sazines”

He laughed then, a rich lazy chuckle that did things to her insides She iry! It was easier than actually liking hierously close to ad his enthusiasm and dedication

“Oh, Mari, are you jealous?”

“Hardly” She said with so ht he must believe her Her? Jealous of his women? Why on earth would she be? His eyes sparkled at her and she ground her teeth It wasn’t fair that his shirt today ht He had nice eyes, he was sex-on-a-stick gorgeous But he drove her crazy She wasn’t in the market for a man, and even if she were, it wouldn’t be a dictatorial womanizer like Luca She curled her lip “Trust me, Luca I have no desire to be a notch on your bedpost”

Her heart treh the office What did she think she was doing, challenging him!

His sh And let me be clear, Mari If you have an idea, a proble here, you need to speak up My education did not include ”

But she wasn’t used to speaking up She was used to order and routine She’d gotten where she was by being good at her job, not by running over the top of people to get there She knehat happened when you rocked the boat

Slowly, in the silence, she felt her anger dissipate “I don’t like arguing”

“I love it” He s She stared at hiht of confrontation and she was co with it nearly every day And he claimed to enjoy it?

“How can you say that?”