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“Maybe so, but you fluster easily so I wanted to warn you”
“Can we go overfor the entire professional business world to look at me different because I’uard down because of a handsome face pisses me off
After an hour, she givesand wishesshe says, giving me a boost of confidence
I drive don to the large sky rise building and reets me and announces my arrival
A few ehair watches me with an impassive look and stands Anotherand faces the room My breath hitches and my skin prickles Maxwell McCoy stares back at ined, at least six foot two His dark hair is shaved close on the sides, but longer on top with a slight spike The black suit he’s wearing fits his body perfectly showing off a firht andpasses between us and his pupils widen The energy in the rooes as we stare at each other
The intensity of his gaze sends chills up and down my spine The blue of his irises darken and his lip twitches slightly As hard as I try, it’s impossible to turnin front of me He finally breaks the spell and I’ain
My first thought is, what the hell just happened Then I realize Laci’s right, one look at Maxwell McCoy in all his glory indeed has me flustered
My vision is spotty as soon as our eyes lock The woman in front of me is like a shockwave to my syste dark hair flows over her shoulders landing right above the black belt that hugs her s to a sexy pair of legs that look ain those black heels My eyes rake back up and lock with the
eous eyes I’ve ever seen—a mix between carahts have been flipped on Her beauty illuain spreads warhin my dark soul
“Miss Sullivan?” Brian asks
“Ye-ye-yes,” her voice stutters a bit then regains coht to him and shakes his hand
“Miss Sullivan, this is Maxwell McCoy, President and CEO of Hurst & McCoy He’s joining us this ”
“Absolutely, of course Nice to meet you, Mr McCoy” She reaches out to shake ain Ibecause Brian clears his throat, indicating it’s time to start
She steps back and heand distributes the his elbows on the table, lacing his hands together This is his signature intimidation move and it instantly pisses me off
“Miss Sullivan—”
“Stella, please,” she corrects him
His eyes widen at the interruption but he continues, “Stella, Hurst & McCoy has been in the news recently and I would like to knohat you know about our situation before we proceed”
She looks between the both of us and sits back slightly, crossing her legs My eyes travel to the skin now exposed on her thigh
“How frank can I be?”
“I can see through bullshit as thick as it corit Our situation is not pretty and it will piss ar coat it,” I answer her and Brian looks at me annoyed
“Well then, Mr McCoy, to be blunt Your public ie on the JOS Athletic Apparel is shit and has the ability to hit the bottom line of your other businesses People are not happy with the deception uncovered, and if it hasn’t already, I believe, JOS could come close to bankruptcy