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Standing froe built into one ofone up for Mac, but she shakes her head to decline

“Train accident,” I tell her as I walk back to my desk and sit down “Mrs Sanderson and her kids were on a train They were all killed when a truck driver as drunk off his ass got his rig stuck on the tracks Train couldn’t stop Kids and mom died a fiery death ”

“Oh,” she says, her eyes swi in sympathy “That’s terrible But hey… you should be happy What a settlement!”

“It orth more,” I tell her flatly, still a little burned up that we settled for that amount

“Then why didn’t you settle for more? Seems like you had the upper hand ”

“Mrs Sanderson’s husband doesn’t want to go to court At all He says he just doesn’t have it in hiavetoday and told o away ”

“So you were bluffing just then?”

“That I was,” I confirm

Before Mac can ask any other questions about the case, I decide to lay it on the line “I’ here ”

Those green eyes of hers go a shade paler and look to be tinged with frost The coolness of her voice athered that by your icy welcouess I just can’t figure out why?”

“You can’t figure out why I’rowl “How about because I had o, or the fact we both alot a fking hard-on the minute you walked in that conference room door? Take your pick… there are a variety of reasons why I’m mad ”

Yeah… didn’t mean to admit my hard-on to her, but fk… it pissed me off the way my body reacted to her so violently I expect Mac to be cowed by my words, maybe to tremble or shed a tear

Instead, she says, “I’ether It’s over We forget about it, and we go on ”

It takes every bit of strength I possess not to leap on her right then and there, push her to the ground, pull her skirt up, rip her panties off, and fk that silly nonsense right out of her head There’s no way I could forget that night, and I’m pissed that she sure as hell acts like she can

So I retaliate “I don’t need this shit inaround all doe-eyed atmore ”

Now, did I think Mac would do so like that? Hell no

Did I maybe subconsciously hope she’d do that? I plead the Fifth

“What?” she practically shrieks atthat?”

“I’,” I tell her with a shrug of my shoulders I really don’t think that, but her calme off even more It’s time to set her back on her heels a little

Mac, though, isn’t going to wait around for that She shoots out of her chair, leaning overher palms on the wood surface “Listen, you jackass,” she sneers at me “I can conduct ot uarantee you—you’re not the only man in New York that can acco around all… What did you call it? ‘Doe-eyed?’ I’m not even sure what the fk that is ”

Holy Christ, that’s fking hot She stands there, eyes looking all wild and her chest heaving with the exertion of her anger, and I want to bend her over my desk and fk her hard

“One last thing,” she says, and I blinkin my head “I’ll do my job, and I’ll do it well But if you so much as try to fire me or treat me any differently because of our little encounter, I’ll sue you for discrimination faster than you can blink Are we clear?”

She is absolutely sexy as hell in all of her raging glory, but I don’t like to be threatened so that causes ive her what she wants “Crystal clear ”

Mac doesn’t say another word, just spins on her heel and marches out of the room

Leaving me with s

Chapter 6

I love working on Saturday The office is usually cos thick in the air I can ith abandon, not worrying about getting interrupted a million times a day Usually, I can condense alood, ten-hour Saturday if I really concentrate

Except, I can’t concentrate for shit A certain wohts Has been all week, actually, but today, it’s even worse because I know she’s down in her office working as well on this beautiful Saturday

I’ressively better, and Mac and I made amends of sorts I actually extended the olive branch a few days after I called her “doe-eyed” and she threatened to sue me

I went to her office and, after she invited ize for what I said the other day I was more than a little unsettled when you walked in, and it had nothing to do with that bullshit about you being ‘doe-eyed’ In fact, I’m not even sure what the hell that means myself ”

She just stared at iveness Still, I made sure she really understood my position “It’s important to me that my business stay business, and my personal remain personal Understand?”

“Totally,” she agreed

“I ht, ere explosive,” I said