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her.
    He chuckled. “No question. It would take more than some little woman to scare me.”
    A growl rumbled in her chest. “Did you just call me a little woman ?”
    Lucas shrugged. “If the shoe fits.”
    Oh boy. That did it. She’d spent her whole life proving her size didn’t matter. She might be average height for a female, but in a household of extra-tall individuals that hadn’t made a difference. As the shortest, she’d endured every tease imaginable from her brothers, and hearing Lucas refer to her as little only tweaked her need to prove she packed as big of a punch as he did.
    “Fine.” She stuck out her hand. “When do you want to start?”
    “Now’s as good a time as any.” His large hand engulfed hers.
    “I’m in charge first.”
    He arched an eyebrow.
    “I’ve got a job tomorrow, and Dan was going to help me but now you will.”
    His other eyebrow joined the first, his eyes widening. “A party?” he asked as he glanced around them.
    “Don’t worry. It’s not an adults-only one.” Cassie smiled. “I’m sure you’ll be fine, it’s a birthday party.”
    “Oh.” Relief filled his face as he smiled.
    Cassie had to hold back her laughter. She wasn’t about to inform him he’d be spending six hours with a bunch of pink-tutu-wearing six-year-olds helping them make jewellery from tiny glass beads. “I’ll give you my work address and you can meet me there in the morning to help me load up the supplies.”
    “I thought we were starting now?”
    “Oh, but I thought…” What had she thought? Cassie had just assumed they’d start in the morning; they were both still working after all.
    “Okay, how about this.” Lucas glanced at his watch. “We start the clock ticking when we finish up here. You get me for twenty-four hours, then I get you for twenty-four.”
    He held her with a look that sent shivers down her spine. “But when I finish here I’m going home to catch a couple of hours sleep before I have to prep for tomorrow’s party.”
    “So will I.” He grinned and Cassie’s stomach fluttered. “You can get me to massage your feet before you hit the sack.”
    Cassie gulped. Good God, that wasn’t all she’d like him to massage, and most of what she was thinking would be done after she hit the sack. “You’re coming home with me?”
    “Yep. Twenty-four hours is twenty-four hours.” Lucas locked his gaze to hers, his stare and stance clearly telegraphing the words I dare you to back out .
    She wasn’t stupid by a long shot, but Cassie may have just made the dumbest deal of the century with a man who had already proven he could scramble her brain with a mere kiss.
     
    Luc watched myriad emotions flicker across Cassie’s face before she straightened her spine and yanked her hand from his. How either of them had forgotten to let go before now was a mystery. Then again maybe not. His hand felt cold without hers tucked inside it and the heat her touch generated still zipped up his arm and through his body, hitting every erogenous zone he had. He slipped his thumb through a belt loop and shoved his fingers into his front pocket, which only made the fit of his slacks tighter and his semi-hard cock even more uncomfortable. He removed his hand and placed it on the counter, palm down, and leaned forward. The urge to kiss her fired his nerve endings and scorched his veins with molten lust.
    What was it about Cassandra Moreland that sparked such an incendiary reaction? Luc couldn’t recall any other woman having such an instant or profound effect on him. In fact, he couldn’t remember the last woman to have any kind of effect on him other than annoyance. He’d never been one to make close connections with anyone. It came with the job. Being head of security meant he had to be available twenty-four-seven, and the women he met in his line of work were usually the shallow money-grubbing kind of individual, and therefore even if he’d found his interest piqued by a woman she was