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Chapter One

Kaleb walked up to his friend Gregory’s assistant’s desk, and he couldn’t help but smile

For as long as he’d known hied and ory’s life easier He’d tried several tiory That wouldn’t et her

He just wished he could find soood people who stuck around for le, sometimes even a married woman, the flirtations and accidental touches drove him up the wall

He didn’t like people to touch hi with at the time, and it frustrated him because he hadn’t found a reliable assistant yet

“Good ory”

“Yes, sir, Mr Spencer, he’s expecting you Go on in”

Kaleb glanced down at the file he’d brought in as he walked through the office door, al woman She was so tiny, maybe a foot shorter than his own six-foot-three She would have bounced off of hirasped her ar back onto her bottom

“Whoa, I’m sorry, honey Did I hurt you?”

She stared up at him “You look like John Wayne,” she blurted

Kaleb’s eyebrows rose John Wayne was even before his time, but he still watched his movies when he had time “How do you know him?”

“I like old westerns”

“I do, too,” he said and grinned

She s away from Kaleb

“Thank you, Aleena,” Gregory called as she walked away

Kaleb turned and watched her walk off, unable to tear his gaze away fro motion of her hips She even had a pretty name

He hadn’t known he was standing there dazed until Gregory cleared his throat

He turned to see Gregory scowling at him behind his desk

“Who was that?”

“She’s one of the paralegals”

“What’s her name?”

“She’s not for you”

Kaleb’s eyebrows rose again at the hard tone of Gregory’s voice “How do you know that?”

“She just isn’t”