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‘Anything else?’

Magenta listed everything she thoughtbanning sexist comments

‘You are turning into quite a force to be reckoned with’

His thoughts on that were unreadable Would he crush her, or would he give Magenta and her team a chance?

Quinn pushed a bowl of salad towards her with the instruction to add dressing and give it a toss She did as he asked and then sat down across the polished-steel breakfast bar from him

Quinn’s gaze ree’

‘Gentle h’

‘You want things fast and now’

Intensity had drawn their heads closer to the point where she could see the flecks of ah, and she started to draw back, but Quinn caught hold of her wrist, stopping her ‘Don’t back off now, Magenta’ His voice dropped low ‘You know there’s nothing e’

Just when she thought she was safe, Quinn reminded her there was another tension between the to do with business Part of her longed to go along with this, to soften and invite as Quinn expected her to Fortunately, that part was firmly under control

‘You’re blushing,’ Quinn observed

Yes, because he had no inhibitions and she had plenty

The breath hitched in her throat when Quinn ran one firertip very slowly down her heated cheek until it came to rest on the swell of her bottoenta?’

‘No reason,’ she said, pulling back ‘The heat of the kitchen, probably I’e

‘The ry?’

‘I don’t know many men’

‘I taught myself how to cook’

‘That’s good’

‘More like necessity’

She relaxed a little ‘I didn’t mean to offend you It’s just, you don’t look the type’

‘To cook? What type of enta?’