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CHAPTER ONE

“NO WAY aarty shook her head, knowing this time her boss had pushed her too far “Uh-uh, no way I won’t be luirls”

Glad no one seehtest attention, probably because their co-workers were all trying to look busy so as not to attract the boss’s attention, Faith retreated into the privacy of Dr Vale Wakefield’s office, him hot on her heels

“I’irls,” he pointed out, unnecessarily

Of course he wasn’t asking her to be one of his girls She wasn’t his type She had a brain

“I’ where I will be tortureda date They’ll try and hooksound

Having no syht-after eligible bachelors and top-notch neurosurgeons, Faith shrugged “So take Lulu”

Lulu was the y blonde who’d accoht Faith had read about the event, seen a photo of the model plastered to Vale’s side in the society section of the Sunday paper An entire column had been dedicated to whether or not the exotic et the Wakefield heir to the altar Faith had wadded up the paper and tossed it in the trash, where such gossip belonged Of course Vale wouldn’t marry that woman

“To quote you, ‘Uh-uh, no way’” Vale emphasized each word “Do you have any idea what type of probleht Lulu or any wo?” He shuddered with all the drama of a person who’d just bit into the bitterest dish “She’d be hearing wedding bells long before we got to the ceremony There is absolutely no way I’d take a real date to ” His intense blue eyes narroith the steely purpose that putyou”

And that here Faith fit into Vale’s life

Not a real date Not so to a New York City charity ball Not so a real relationship with Not that any of Vale’s relationships were real, not unless no-strings-attached sex counted

He’d pretty much just admitted that he didn’t even see her as a woman Great She was a sexless brain

Sucking in a deep breath, she shook her head “No, thanks Acco you to family functions is not in my job description”

He grinned the devilish s overtime whenever he flashed his pearly whites “I could have my attorney add an addendum to your contract”

“Forget it” She narrowed her gaze in as rinned at her that way Why couldn’t she be immune to him? After all, he was a bra-size before brain-size typicalwith you”

“I’d pay you”

As if thatin Parkinson’s disease, she earned a good salary fro Vale off from wannabe bridezillas and well-intentioned family members

He naure that made her head spin

“No” Fighting to keep her composure, she picked up a stack of consult requests froany table that occupied one side of the expansive rooh theent cases that she wanted to discuss as possible surgical candidates with Vale

He crossed the roo so close that if she’d turned toward him she’d likely bump him She wouldn’t look, wouldn’t turn, but would he please quit staring at her?

“You ht as well concede, Faith” He put his hand on her shoulder, eliciting a thousand tiny shivers that caused treet what I want”

He was right He did always get what he wanted With woilded life One where he’d been blessed with ical hands, and that so more that just made him impossible not to like Women wanted him Men wanted to be him Little old ladies made him cookies and cakes, for heaven’s sake

At work she could maintain distance, keep her unwanted attraction to hi? Would he take one look at her and realize she drea the one he danced with at ballroo his bed?

A wedding

Not even for Vale would she face another wedding