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“Happy Monday, baby” I stroll in “Miss me?”

She glances up, and her face tightens, like she’s girding her loins againstherself that our attraction is irrelevant

Good luck with that…

“No, and don’t call estures to the chair at the opposite end of the table “Sit, and I’ll cover soround rules”

Does she think banishing h to resist?

With a smile, I drop into the chair beside her “You twistedhere, but I never promised to behave”

Her blue eyes turn positively icy “Clearly, this is a ga seems to be But this is life-or-death for ed you here to help me because I hear you’re a financial whiz and I need one If it weren’t for that fact, I’d be happy never to set eyes on you again”

Nice speech…but I don’t believe half of it, not with the way her pulse races at her neck and she licks her lips nervously She ht think that She clearly wants to believe it But somewhere deep down, she knoe have unfinished business

“It’s nice to see you, too” I wink “Baby”

Sloan scoffs “Stop it This isn’t a personal interaction”

The hell it isn’t “It’s not strictly business, either That ship sailed”

“Then cruise it back to the shore and anchor it at the dock That’s rule number one We will have zero conversation that isn’t related to Reservoir or the industry”

“So I can’t ask you how you’ve been?”

“No And I don’t care how you’ve been We’re colleagues on a joint project now, period”

Bullshit I don’t know the feel of any colleague’s tits in uessing Sloan won’t be able to focus on that until I’ve addressed Reservoir’s financial woes Then…