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“Go slow through the Lowes hairpin turn,” he said, gesturing to the machine

I feigned confusion “I’m sorry, who are you?”

The retted it I’d meant for my joke to irritate hi because his smile widened

“I’m the man who still doesn’t know your name”

I gave him a pointed look “Do you need to?”

“It’d make it easier for me” His posture was relaxed and his eyes friendly, and maybe for some other woman, this approach would work But I wasn’t interested

I shifted onaway from him “How’s that?”

“I need to knohat naive to security when I take you and your boyfriend on a private tour of the racing paddock” He set a hand on the back of the seat It had the appearance of a casual gesture, but it boxed me in between him and the simulator “Unless,” his voice dropped low, “he is too busy to join us?”

Oh,

He had no fear of crashing his car, and no proble on unavailable women Maybe to hiirlfriend of a competitor’s sponsor That was probably the part of me he found most attractive

I set a hand on my hip “Thanks for the offer, but we’ve already toured the paddock”

He tilted his head My stateuard, and I saw the moment he deter He’d have to try again

“Drinks and a tour of the yacht I’ after the VIP reet?”

“We’re not going to that HBHC is rolling out a new product, so we’ll be at the launch party” Vance had to give a speech and everything

Nikohis body closer, and his voice dripped with seduction “That doesn’t sound very exciting for you Don’t you think you’ll have more fun with me?”

I delivered it as plainly as possible “No”

He looked like I iined he would if the brakes on his car suddenly stopped working “No?” His face abruptly changed, and he let out a soft laugh “Ah, you Americans with your dry humor”