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Or, as her luck for the day would have it, he’d be the first person she sahen she stepped off the elevator

Seriously, the elevator door slid open and there he was, just outside the elevator bank

Sometimes life wasn’t fair

The man’s looks weren’t fair Those eyes So unusual SoSo zoned-in on her

Hoas she supposed to act professional when he iddy schoolgirl She didn’t recall ever having felt so inferno-hot inside

His gaze raked over her red heels, up her bare legs to where her red skirt brushed the tops of her knees His visual perusal continued, up and beyond to where her waist dipped in beneath her white blouse andin his icy blue eyes had her insides battling the urge to run back to the elevator versus leaping into his ar off his clothes

He made her feel alive, hot, very female That scared her Probably because she wasn’t one for letting her body dictate her actions and he ic That hat dictated her life Logic, and

Those wicked blue eyes connected with hers

Forget logic

Her breath caught Her skin prickled with awareness Her thighs clenched Anyto pound its way free of her chest She ht spend most of her time locked away in the sterile confines of the hospital, but she wasn’t a f

ool or oblivious Desire shone in his eyes andwant burned within her

“I was beginning to think you’d changed yourher further under his spell “I’lad I waited”

Natalie’s legs liquefied She reiven her a co on her? Had she really awakened fro on her room’s balcony?

“I have a table near the front and asked a couple to save our seats,” he continued “I hope that was okay” When she nodded, he placed his hand low on her back and guided her toward the hotel ballroom, where their dinner keynote presentation would take place “You look lovely, by the way”

His hand burned through theher skin with its war her feel a little woozy His actions were faht to touch her Obviously he did, because she wasn’t co