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Amelia

Damn it, I know I saw the file in his office last week Where the hell is it? Ethan is usually ine he took it ho on vacation With him out of the office, his secretary is too, so I can’t ask her unless I want to call her at hoh I’ll bother her before I call Ethan He and Holly only go aice a year, they deserve some peace and quiet

Right now, Ethan and Holly are sunning the ht he was, but since he and Holly got oing from fourteen-hour workdays to ten There were even days he was out of the office by six, so so out of character every time it happened everyone in the office wondered if he was ill He also never ca fro hiet how hard he worked

Withnot seeing him in action, doesn’t mean he isn’t It’s even more of an honor he asked one froe as I realize I cultivatedto his easier Once I stopped running to hi he saw me as someone on his level

“Hey sweetie, why don’t you be a good girl and run along and get me Ethan? I need to see him, now,” a husky voice drawls from behind me

Excusecabinet drawer I’lass of water and he’s thirsty The idea anyone is eying my ass already has me out of sorts Then I realize, holy shit, it’s Chris Baldwin The baddest boy in baseball, as the tabloids liked to call him All I can think is, he is no boy Baldwin is all man, and a damn fine one at that His skin the color of rich honey hasas I wonder if it tastes as sweet Wait, what?

His eyebrows go up, as if he can hear hts The coal black of the perfectly scruffy few days’ old beard h to ly obvious he refuses to confor to discover if his hair is as silky as it looks, if they’ll get tangled in it when I pull hihts co from?

I don’t drool, I don’t have naughty thoughts about azines and on the internet, where he’s swooned over He first caught the attention of the o when he played for a team in Pennsylvania and they won the World Series

At twenty-five he was only three years into his baseball career—he’d been drafted out of college to play with a tea, cocky stud with a dia oods with the stats to back it up, gaining fans ere lovers of the game It won him endorsements from all the major companies

In person, I finally understand his appeal His high-carved cheekbones still e to have the kind of diressive jaw and a strong, thin blade of a nose he is already gorgeous, then factor in his eyes, a deep bright blue, and he catapults to stunning Yet, it’s his mouth I can’t take my eyes off of Clearly defined, perfectlyto suck on—okay, what the hell was that? I understand how he’s azine, twice

In all those pictures, in all those coressivehim He’s in jeans with a dark blue wash to them and a black cashmere mock turtleneck His body is sin, tall, lean,When ly with a da

Don’t blush, don’t blush, he called you a girl He has a diamond in his left ear the size of a dime, a tattoo on the back of one hand of an old worn baseball, and on the other hand is a baseball glove, in a vintage styleold and worn I’ve never been into s, or assholes who didn’t bother trying to reeneric I’eneric and refuse to be treated as such

I kick in the draith a hard click “Ethan isn’t here He’s on vacation He’ll be back in teeks I’ll let him know you came by”

I’ to the next file cabinet drawer and pulling it out Even though there is no way the file is in here I’ at hi my common sense Then he helps me out

“No, darlin’, that doesn’t work for me I want Ethan’s ass back here now or I take ers,and find et ahold of Ethan for me?”

Working to control er isn’t easy, and it’s harder with that stupid drawl of his turning his words ridiculously sexy I knoas born and raised in Texas then went on to Vanderbilt for college, where he ue tea he worked hard enough to get his scholarship that he wasn’t about to throw it all away Just when I think I have myself under control, the drawer is pulled froainst it “Darlin’, are you hard of hearing or so?”

Wo has he not been deckedcrap, he’s only inches away He is tall, loo over my own five-foot-five fra, destroying all the things I thought I knew about s and tattoos aren’t so bad after all

Then I see the knowing look in his eyes Well fuck hi to smack his beautiful face “My name is A anywhere I’ Ethan’s clients while he is on vacation Since the man hardly ever takes a vacation and he only left a few days ago, I sure as hell a him for you If you want him so badly you can wait for him or you can take your business elsewhere Overpaid players are a dime a dozen in this city Ethan and this firm will survive if you find someone else”

He grins wide, showing off di over a hive of bees I didn’t knoere in my tummy Then he leans in until only inches separate us He s breathe at the desire burning into ar, why didn’t you just say so? I would love for you to be the one to handle me I would like that a whole hell of a lot”

“Amelia?” Karen is in the doorway of Ethan’s office, her disapproval clear as a bell

At least the sight of her has Chris backing away, even if it’s only by a few inches His annoyance is clear “And you would be?”

Shit, do not laugh People do not talk to Karen like that, ever “I’m Karen Powers of Powers, Noble, Teller, Haynes, Bishop, and Associates Is there so I can assist you with today, Mr Baldwin?”

“No, Ms Bishop is assisting o” The drawl doesn’t soften the command I’m surprised when Karen nods then leaves