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made a mental note to pull that file from HR.
    The bewildered expression didn’t leave her face. “You don’t know anything about me.”
    Why was he having to convince her to work for him? Why wasn’t she thanking him and hugging him for his generosity and leaping up and down for joy and asking when she should start? And why did her reluctance please him more than if she’d taken the job from the jump?
    The confusion on her face fascinated him. It was like she couldn’t quite figure out how to piece him together, but that she wasn’t willing to quit just yet. “Look, Kira, I know enough. I know you’re neat, organized, and smart. Smart enough to come down here with a list of reasons why the building should be saved.”
    “And that’s enough? To offer me a job on the spot?”
    This woman stopped him mid-thought. With every protest and argument out of her mouth, he solidified his desire to hire her as his secretary. She’d be dedicated and loyal, and no question she’d get the job done. She was the perfect solution to cleaning up his image.
    With a carefree shrug he’d perfected over the years, he said, “That’s who I am. Now, do you accept? How badly do you want to save your family’s building?”
    “I wouldn’t be a good assistant for you.”
    Without batting one eyelash, he asked, “Do you want to sleep with me?”
    Flustered, she shook her head. “Absolutely not.”
    With a smug nod, he said, “Well, then, that makes you perfect.”

Chapter Four
    K ira smoothed down her sundress and grimaced at her reflection in her bedroom. “This is it.”
    What a difference a week could make. Last Monday she’d picked up the dogs from the animal rescue, taken them for a walk, and knocked down the CEO ofthe company looking to raze her mother’s legacy. Now he was her boss.
    No amount of research and pre-planning had prepared her for the likes of Blake Whitman, challenge gleaming in his light brown eyes. He didn’t think she’d do it. He’d taken one look at her frumpy, ill-fitting suit and thrown out a wild offer. Give the girl a job as a secretary. Save a building. No skin off his shoulder. It must be so easy for guys like him to get whatever they wanted whenever they wanted it.
    Her father was a perfect example. Work all day, mess with people’s lives, and play at night with whoever caught his fancy.
    Well, it would serve him right to have to deal with her. She could handle him, and he didn’t even know the half of what she was capable of accomplishing. That sweet deal for the strip mall instead of baseball fields for the community park he’d lost last year had been partly her doing. The bid he’d placed for the chain grocery store to go next to the library had been stopped by a petition she’d helped organize.
    She knew Blake Whitman, had seen him in action with his arm candy, and the way he’d thrown out the job offer surprised her. That he’d be willing to hire her as his secretary without knowing anything more than her name and the fact she wanted to save a neighborhood. She wondered what his scheme was. Now that she’d be working for him she’d have plenty of time to find out.
    Tish stretched across the bed and sipped the last of her breakfast smoothie. “You look like every guy’s hot secretary fantasy.”
    Kira wrinkled her nose. Attracting her multimillionaire boss was not the strategy she wanted to take. Especially since she’d said she didn’t want to sleep with him. “Despite whatever fantasies you have about your boss, I’m not in the market right now. I’m there to save the building.” No matter how hot he was. And damn, was Blake Whitman smoking. But he didn’t sleep with secretaries and fired the ones who wanted to sleep with him.
    So it didn’t matter that Blake’s dark hair and dark golden eyes had haunted her since he’d picked up Muffin and cuddled him. She’d always been a sucker for tall, dark, and handsome, and the fact that her new boss was dog-friendly, too, only