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‘No need’ He straightened away from her desk, his eyes cool ‘I’ve ordered a car’

Stuck in the back of a car with Sa rush-hour traffic

‘Terrific,’ she said with a wide smile

Sathy address and tuned into the blonde sitting beside him Not hard when his body was already so aware of her it ached

While he’d been interstate the previous day he’d decided to ignore the searing attraction between the two of the the other way in the corridor when she saw hi more than once and it annoyed the hell out of hi to do? Throw her over his shoulder and drag her into the nearest office to ravish her? He’d already told her that he never mixed business with pleasure and it was a code he’d never broken

Before

A moody scoisted his lips The truth was, he still wanted her badly and he didn’t care about the fact that she worked for hi her and watching her shatter in his arain until the only name she could form on her well-sated lips was his It wasn’t a desire that th of it, but it wasn’t one he seeht either

Much to his consternation

The whole idea of being led around by his passions was anathes he desired, and yes, he was usually successful in achieving them, but he wasn’t a risk-taker like Tino, or a win-at-all-costs guy like Dante He was the easy-going brother The one least likely to feel deeply about anything or anyone

Except when it came to Ruby Clarkson

He took a healthy s of the cabernet sauvignon in his glass, easing out a slow breath The wo the stunning attraction between theher Would one ht on his terms to work this crazy attraction out of his system He didn’t know, but his body liked that idea a whole lot more than it did avoidance

He noticed Missy Lawson, the chairlanced at Ruby She had her hair loose, the shiny golden strands like twin curtains frah to be deh that it showed off her sensational legs It ers to the zipper at the back and sliding it slowly doard