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now that they were big shots, this was a small project compared to the multi-million dollar projects they worked on these days. Working with them would give her a chance to be closer to Mike. She knew it was dangerous for her to have such thoughts and feelings about Mike, but the more time passed and the more interaction she had with him, the more thoughts of him stayed on her mind. Working together would be beneficial, but still, very dangerous as well, especially to her heart.
    She has already done plenty of work on some of their projects and would soon be working on another one they had coming up. She appreciated the chances she was being afforded being connected to them in the business world.
    With their company, Pioneer Architecture & Design, taking the business world by storm, she was being brought along on that train as well and it was paying off for her, giving her the opportunity to build up her clientele through the many connections on the projects.
    While preparing to close her office for the day, her thoughts drifted back to Mike and the fact that in a few hours, she would be meeting him for a business dinner to talk about this house of his he wanted her input on. She was more than happy to help him out and even more so because she would get to spend time with him.
    Thinking back on how the meeting they were about to have surfaced, Mike approached her brother, Duron about her availability to help him decorate a house he was looking to purchase and totally overhaul. She wasn’t sure why he didn’t reach out to her directly since she’d known him since her late high school years. He had every phone number to reach her by, he knew where she lived and as far as she knew, he had access to her email and could have done his own contacting. At this point, it didn’t matter to her because whatever he needed her to help with, she would make sure she set the time aside, just for him. Mike.
    Saying and even thinking about him made her shiver. There was a magnetism that she couldn’t seem to pull away from. No matter how hard she tried to get her mind and her body to not venture into the danger zone that was Mike, neither listened to her. She had been fighting a serious attraction to him for years and now her attraction was turning into a hunger that she feared needed to be fed no matter the cost. It was that cost that concerned her the most. She knew, ultimately, that cost could mean the end of a friendship and business partnership between her brother and Mike and she couldn’t risk that. No matter how deeply she felt she was beginning to feel for Mike, he was territory she needed to avoid.
    She was looking forward to seeing him and hearing all about this house. She had no doubt it was going to be a beautiful house. He had great taste and she knew that first hand because of the magnificent condo he had that she’d helped decorate. The man had great taste in everything, except for women, she smirked to herself.
    Loren busied herself around the office trying to turn off thoughts of Mike with other women. She knew his reputation with the ladies and knew he never lacked female companionship. Jealously wasn’t something she was often associated with, but in this case, she was jealous of the women who got to feel him in an intimate way. She had a feeling his kisses were electrifying and his lovemaking would surely quench every thirst she had. She’d heard stories about him just as she had about her brother and their other best friend, Tyrone. Mike, from what she heard, never left a woman unsatisfied. Oh, to be one of those women, she thought.
    She had agreed to meet him at a super club in downtown Atlanta. She was glad about the location of the meeting because that gave her extra time to leave the office, go home to change and still get to the restaurant since she didn’t live too far away.
    Even though her day had been exhausting, it had also been productive. She’d finally interviewed and hired new assistants and soon