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Hearound her waist in a way that was not at all appropriate for a businessher by Greek endearments hadn’t been either
Andreas pulled her into his side “Pleasure, Hawk I put rees, you can consider your terms acceptable”
Kayla nearly choked on the air she was trying to drag into her lungs He had not just said that Peeking up at his profile, she was snagged by an all-too-serious green gaze
She bit back her own epithet Oh, he’d said it all right And just like everything else he said, he meant it
“Whatever you proposedat her quizzically
Kayla gave him a sickly smile “Goodbye, Sebastian”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
KAYLA FOLLOWED ANDREAS into the suite She’d maintained radio silence since his pronouncement at the restaurant, but there was plenty she wanted to say Plenty
Once the door closed behind them, she spun to face Andreas, but words actually failed her
He shrugged out of his perfectly tailored jacket and even went so far as to tug off his tie before undoing a couple of buttons on his shirt
“Well?” he pro area, her business suit wholly inadequate arainst the emotions he provoked in her
“What do youlike that?” Yes, her voice was a few decibels above nor her arms like a madwoman, but ould blame her?
“So like what? Goodbye? Talk to you later?” he replied with totally inappropriate facetiousness
“You knohat! You told Sebastian Hawk you’d agree to his terreed to marry you”
Andreas shrugged, appearing supremely unconcerned “Yes, I did”
“You don’t want to keep any percent of the company”
Andreas undid another couple of buttons on his shirt “As Sebastian so astutely pointed out, your positive answer to my proposal is very important to me”
Noas not the time to notice how attractive the slice of hairy chest he revealed was
“Enough to sell yourself?” she de sold
“That is not how I see it” Andreas indicated she should sit on the plush creaht beside her “While you s and find our methods cutthroat, I excel at them”
She knew that She did And having hi powerful “But using yourself in terms I know you can’t want”
“I knehat Sebastian would ask for before ent into thatHe’s made no secret that he would prefer I maintain a nominal connection with the business since we started talks”
“When did you start those talks?” she couldn’t help asking
“Talks grew serious a couple of o” Andreas laid his ar his body that much closer to hers
Which was enough of an answer “I should have realized what you were up to I knew your long-term plan,” Kayla admitted to him and to herself
Andreas only nodded in agreement, his expression serious and watchful
“You consider h to keep that part of your assets tied up in the company?” she asked, still unable to believe that was the case
“I do”
“Why?” He’d made it clear he did not love her
He grimaced Whether because he didn’t want to answer the question or thought she should already know the answer, she didn’t know “Six years ago, I brought you into my business to keep you in my life”
In a way he understood and that he considered more perot that Now
“When youinto my new company withthe one person I consider fanificant way” He brushed her neck with his thumb, his expression oh, so serious
“You never take time off,” she observed
His brows rose in mockery “Pot? Meet kettle”
She s after me when you realized I was in New York”
He’d reacted very badly to her being out of his sphere, almost panicked She saw that now too
“I hopped a plane, but your point is taken”
“Because I’m that important to you?”
“As I have said” His tone implied he didn’t think he should have had to say so, then or now
“But you don’t love me”
“Is that a deal breaker for you?” he asked, rather than answer her