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She rose and grabbed his arm He was ood "Matt, don’t I know it sees out of the way, it won’t be so bad You may like it Don’t you want to find someone special?"

"Maybe not this badly"

"You don’tthis?" he asked "What do you get out of it?"

"I’ about you It’s easier than thinking about ht now" She didn’t have a career or anything close to direction or a goal She changed guys as often asshe was proud of

He looked surprised "You’re the one who’s big on change"

"Those who can, do Those who can’t, teach"

He studied her for a second "You’re evasive"

"So question "Because I don’t always like who I ae, but I can see exactly how to change you It makes me feel better to make a difference"

"That was honest"

"I know It surprised me, too" She waited until he sat down "Give es, you can go back to your old life and it will be like it never happened"

"Not if I have LASIK surgery"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Maybe not"

"You have to trust me," she told him "I want this to work for you" Because somehow, if it worked for him, maybe it would work for her, too At least that was the theory

TEN DAYS LATER, Jesse nearly fell off the bench at the Kirkland Olive Garden She stood and pointed

"Who are you?" she asked

Matt grinned as he stopped in front of her "You told me which clothes to buy They shouldn’t be a surprise"

"They look better on than I re for hi what a little tirand on a credit card could do He’d been transforhty-dollar haircut at an upscale Bellevue salon had only been the beginning Gone were the too-short jeans, the tennis shoes and the geeky shirt with the pocket protector Instead, Matt wore a pale blue dress shirt, tailored slacks that showed off his slily sexy butt She’d teased hi leather loafers that cost nearly four hundred dollars but had been worth every penny

But the real change was how he looked without glasses

His face had masculine lines and a chiseled chin she’d never noticed before His eyes were even better than she’d iined, and his htly crooked s a slight tingle inside "Really sexy Wow"

He flushed slightly "You look good, too"

Jesse disers Her appearance didn’t matter This was about him

The hostess returned and offered to seat the Matt out as they were led to a table

"Did you see that?" she asked in a low voice when they’d slid into their booth "She was totally into you"

Matt flushed "You’re just saying that"

"I don’t think so If I were to get up right now and go to the restroom, she would be all over you"

He looked , are you?"

She laughed "Maybe next tiet used to the attention first, then you can start to enjoy it" She ignored the menu and leaned toward hi a new game The theory behind it is really advanced, but there’s a--" He paused as she dropped her head to the table and groaned "What?"

"Do I look like I care about game theory?"

"No, but you asked"

"I asked as neork That means with the people"

"Oh" He reached toward his face, as if he was going to push up his glasses, then dropped his hand to his lap "It’s different"

She straightened "How?"

"People are talking toresults "Worinned "Yeah A lot of the secretaries are saying hi to me now And this woman in Finance asked me to help her carry some stuff to her car, only it wasn’t that much and she could have done it herself"

"Did you ask her out?"

"What? No" He looked shocked "I couldn’t do that She was, you know, older"

Jesse raised her eyebrows "How much older?"

"Maybe five or six years She wouldn’t be interested in me"

"Oh, honey, you have so reat shape, you’re good-looking You have a good job, you’re basically sweet and funny and smart What’s not to like?"

He flushed "That’s not me"

"It’s exactly you It was all there, all the tiaze "I told you to throw them all out Did you?"

He rolled his eyes "Yes I said I did"

"Good"

Her cell phone rang She pulled it out of her purse and looked at the screen