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I walked to Susan and instructed her to take care of everything we needed to hire Erica Hudson Shane was in the vicinity, and he whistled through his teeth

“You still have twenty-four candidates to work through,” he said

“That won’t be necessary She’s perfect”

“I’ll say, she’s sex on a stick Fuck me, if only all secretaries were that hot”

I laughed “If they were, you would always be in trouble The only reason HR hasn’t clah to be your mother”

Shane shrugged “I keep thinking I should trade her in for a newer ood at what she does I don’t kno you’re going to control yourself around that one, though”

“I have better self-control than you do,” I said

The truth was, I wasn’t sure hoas going to pull eous, and so about her had attracted me instantly I had been with many women in my life, but I had never felt like they drew one on the hunt to find one I liked This was different Those brilliant-green eyes lingered, and I wondered if I would be able to handle the sexual tension that came with Erica

Of course, if I had to choose between less sex andand hard to buildit for just anyone Right now, Erica didn’t look like she was just anyone, but it wouldn’t take long before I got to know her if ere going to be working together Eventually, the chances were that I would realize she was just like everyone else A lot of people had great first iot to know theue Soht be destined to be alone

I scoldedI wanted—I was so rich I had no idea what to do with allwell, and without people in o was up So what if I didn’t have someone to share inas I kept re myself of that, I would be perfectly fine, even around people like Erica Hudson

Chapter 2

Erica

I met Katie at the bar for drinks The Wayland was full, even for a Monday night, and Katie and I found a spot at the bar I looked around How long had Katie and I been co—which felt like forever ago—we had been coossip about whatever was happening in our lives