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Sareith it Don’t talk to ht there with you Every day of my life I wanted my faood thing”
She glanced at him from under her lashes “So Simone really misses you, huh?”
“We’re not having that conversation”
“Why not? It’ll be fun”
“Not for me” He put his arm around her and turned her toward her car “And as my parents will happily tell you, all pleasure should be mutual”
“Oh, sure Use their training against me”
She liked the feel of him so close to her While the conversation at dinner had been uncoasht with Sa Sam probably knew all about it Not that they had that kind of a relationship, but it was so she should remember for the next time she ith a man
When they reached her car, she turned to face him
The sun had already disappeared behind the ainst the inky sky and Sam’s face was in shadow She wanted to knohat he was thinking and wondered if any part of the conversation had been interesting to hi he was somewhere else
There was no way to find out without asking and they’d agreed they were going to have a “business only” relationship A smart move, she told herself Sensible But , she sure wouldn’t mind if Sam pulled her in his arms, kissed her senseless, then showed her exactly what could happen when a man knew his way around a G-spot
As that wasn’t going to happen, she needed to get hoht
“What tiot her keys out of her bag
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re staying at my place, aren’t you? I said I’d reed with you, you elcome to sleep on my futon” She smiled “You know the roo list of how to get Ryan to propose”
“Very funny” His gaze sharpened “You’re sure? You don’t mind?”
“No It’s fine” She’d had friends stay over before And while Sa, in a hunky erous to think of him as any more than a friend
“Thanks I appreciate that”
“I can’t even i, although that’s a proble in on the it in who knohat position”
He sighed “Thanks for the visual I’ll be there in an hour”
“I’ll get out fresh sheets”
“Thanks, Dellina”
“You’re welcome” She unlocked her car
He touched her arround rules?”
She looked at hi as those rules included hi quality time with her G-spot
What she said instead was, “No, Sam Ground rules aren’t required If there is one person on the planet I can trust to respect my privacy, it’s you”
THE FLAW IN the plan, Sa, wasn’t that the futon was uncomfortable It was, but he’d slept on worse No, the issue was being in Dellina’s house, only a few feet from her bedroom
He couldn’t hear her, but he knew she was there In her bed
He wanted to get up and join her He wanted to kiss her into wakefulness, then touch her everywhere He wanted them both nad and then he wanted to pleasure her until she was boneless and gasping
Not an iht as he sat up
He ignored his erection and walked to thein the spare rooht Not that there was anything to see They were in a residential area of Fool’s Gold Everyone was asleep Nothing bad ever happened here
He opened theand breathed in the cool air It felt good on his bare chest, but seeer Maybe that was si Dellina Little could take away that ache except the woman herself
A voice in his head that was suspiciously close to his nored the suggestion He wasn’t a fourteen-year-old anymore He would deal and eventually his arousal would subside
To facilitate the process, he left the bedrooth of the living room until he was tired and able to sleep But on the way, he passed Dellina’s office Her coames would help
He walked into the room and quietly closed the door behind hiht there, then booted up her coive him access to her keyboard
One of the pages fluttered to the ground He picked it up and recognized the name of one of the vendors When he saw the amount she’d been billed, he frowned
As they’d agreed, all billing ran through her She got an estimate, told him the amount, then placed the order and paid the vendor He, in turn, paid her With all they’d been purchasing and the speed hich everything had to be pulled together, he’d given her a retainer so she had the cash to make the purchases
Per their contract, she billed out her tie to each ite contained thousand-dollar watches, she added a 5 percent bump when she billed him Only the amount on the invoice didn’t match what he’d been billed
Sam turned back to the computer and clicked on the browser button He went to the Score website where he logged on Once in the secure section he was able to access his inforh, there was a discrepancy Dellina had billed him the amount of the estimate, plus her 5 percent The problem was the estimate was about three hundred dollars less than the actual a the difference
He swore under his breath as he looked at the stacks of invoices on her desk and in-boxes in her office The part of hiuarded his privacy said that he couldn’t explore without her per screwed and that had never been his intention He didn’t work that way He believed in getting the best deal possible, but not at anyone’s expense
He didn’t understand what she’d been thinking Why wouldn’t she bill him the amount she was billed? Was it so? Either way, the problem had to be fixed
Sam rose and walked toward the box of invoices on the floor He hesitated for a second, before picking it up and duh the pages one by one
DELLINA TIGHTENED HER robe around her before leaving the bathroo an appearance in the main part of her house
She knew Sam was up—she could smell coffee Anticipation fluttered in her stoether Albeit in different rooms, but still It was the closest she’d coht on Valentine’s Day
She’d thought she ht toss and turn, but she’d been out the second her head hit the pillo she poured herself a cup of coffee and went looking for the man in question