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his campus, that thought stayed in the back of his mind.
    He sat across from her at dinner that night and when Duron stepped away, his defenses were down and for a brief moment, he hoped that she could read in his eyes that he had feelings for her. He couldn’t get up the nerve to say the actual words. He needed to tread lightly constantly reminding himself again that Loren was the sister of his best friend.
    Duron was a best friend with whom he had shared the story of his weekend activities. He was the best friend who shared the expense of the enormous amount of condoms they purchased monthly. Duron was that friend who shared a code with him when they each had a beauty in their dorm room, so that the other would know to not come in to the room for a while. This was the sister of the best friend who knew that Mike saw women as something to conquer sexually, but not take seriously. Mike knew there was no way Duron would be okay with him developing feelings for Loren, so there was no need to go there.
    Over the years, he tried to replace his want for Loren with one woman after another. He wanted her in the worse way, but couldn’t have her. He figured, maybe this was karma for all of the women he used for sex without offering them anything more. He wasn’t sure, but he wished karma would lighten up and help him find a way to get the one woman he wanted. He didn’t just want her intimately. He wanted her lock, stock and barrel. He wanted all of her and he wanted her to have all of him. He just didn’t know how to go about it without any issues arising between him and his best friend, Duron.
    As he sat behind his desk thinking about her in the past and now in the present, he realized his feelings over the years had never changed. Every time he saw her he was reminded of how much he wanted her to be his, but saw no way to make it happen.
    He didn’t know what he was thinking stopping by her place of business earlier in the day. He’d been a few blocks away at a meeting and though he had no reason to stop by, he couldn’t resist doing so. He knew that he’d known her so long that he didn’t really need a reason. Since the day he’d first come home from college with Duron, he’d been considered one of the family and Loren was used to seeing him all the time.
    The moment he walked into her office and saw her looking like the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, he knew he was a goner. He was glad she’d had clients because he didn’t know what he would have done if she hadn’t. He desire for her was at a new level, one he didn’t know how much longer he’d be able to resist. He had to find a way. Too much was at risk if he acted on his feelings.
    He brushed the thought off and reached for the folder on his desk that he needed to read over to prepare for his next meeting. For a while, he needed to find a way to take his mind off of Loren and what a gorgeous woman she was. For now, at least, he would distract himself until he saw her later in the week and then he’d be back to where he was when he saw her earlier; completely taken.

Chapter 3
    Loren had not spoken to or seen Mike in the few days since he’d shown up at her office simply because he’d been in the area. She was glad he had. She could never tire of seeing his handsome face.
    Once her latest clients had agreed to the many changes to both of their hotels, she took a quick flight for a few days to Barbados and Miami to get things underway. She had several small businesses she contracted with that did most of the work of bringing her ideas to life and she’d had them on standby that she was making the trip and would need them onsite to walk through each upgrade.
    Her first plan had been to meet with the resort’s architect for both hotels who would be handling the major reconstruction work, to be sure the ideas she had were being taken into consideration. She wished that she could have had a chance to work with her brother’s firm on this project, but