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Yeah, he’d pushed her into that date And, no, he wasn’t going to let her pull out But he wouldn’t want anyone else to do that to her

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Ah, well, after your date you won’t let anyone else close to her anyway

He wasn’t sure what it was about her that called to hily But he wanted her

And no one was going to get in the way of what he wanted Not this tiain

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Jardin stepped into the outer office just as Thea started to lower herself onto her seat

“You’re late, Ms Garrison,” he barked He felt a flicker of guilt as she startled, and her seat flew backward on its wheels She teetered on her heels and he dove forward

He ht be an ass at times, but he wasn’t about to let her fall flat on her butt Grabbing hold of her waist, he steadied her

Her waist was so tiny that his hands fit all the way around His pulse picked up He should never have hired her It had been a stupid, iic So Emotion would be his ruin Once, he’d let hi

Quickly, he drew his hands fro Need for her was a thirst inside him that would never be quenched Because Thea Garrison was off-limits

He’d hired her because he’d been desperate He’d gone through more personal assistants than every other lawyer in the firm Combined He was a hard taskive in hione All he had ork And family

And he dedicated his life to both Allowing nothing to interfere

Especially not a petite, gorgeous wo clothes, had far toofor him

“I’ these shoes”