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“You’re serious?”

He nodded “First one’s an annual salary I also provide a rich benefits package, including free golf for my senior executive team, of which you’d be a part”

My brow dipped Did he knoho my dad was?

Not ure is your yearly budget”

“Oh” Wow My fingers treain as I held the note card

“Consider your environ all that was 10,000 Lux

“Sure, but—” All these heart palpitations couldn’t be good for lared at him, incredulous

He glared back “Not enough?”

I was just about to launch into an all-out this offer is obscene and I can’t do this! when he stood abruptly

“Why don’t I show you to your office?”

“My—” Oh, crap My office?

He really was the devil He knew all the threads to pull in order to unravel me

Rib eye and crab béarnaise be daly I ignored his arrogance Despite the daunting flash in my , I followed him

He ushered me inside and down the hallway to a discreet bank of elevators Exhilaration chased throughothers’ wishes, it was surreal to be thrust intoin to htmarish than fantasy when it came to a man who seemed determined to win at all costs A… me

We left the elevator on the top floor and traveled the wide, marbled corridor Dane stopped halfway down and retrieved a card key fro it over the electronic reader He opened the door and we moved inside