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licked her lips one last, tantalizing time, and then slipped out of my office.
     
     

Chapter Five
 
    Audrey
     
     
    I was kicking myself as I walked the ten feet back to my desk. I couldn’t believe it. Of all the stupid, clumsy shit that I could do, I’d smacked right into Damien! Thinking about it filled me with a mixture of shame and something else, something that left my lower belly tight and made my breath come hard. I couldn’t figure it out; I didn’t like him very much. He didn’t seem like a good man, and I hated the way he stared at me. But when I’d bumped into him, I hadn’t been able to resist noticing the way his muscles bunched and tightened under his skin. He was like a prize athlete. I shivered as I remembered the first day I’d laid eyes on Damien, when I’d caught him sleeping with that blonde. He’d had a muscular ass, too. I felt hot blood pooling into my cheeks at the memory.
     
    And just what had he meant about the end of the day? I tried to focus on my spreadsheets but all of the numbers flew around on the screen, giving me a headache. What’s the use of even finishing this? I wondered darkly. He’s probably going to fire me anyway. And then what the fuck am I supposed to do? Just go back to temping or working at a restaurant?
     
    An uneasy feeling passed over me and I shuddered. Maybe it was like Carl had said, maybe Damien was going to try something. I decided that if that happened, I’d leave as quickly as I could. Even though I thought Damien was sexy, I wasn’t going to become just another girl who got fired for sleeping with her boss. I shuddered at the thought. It had taken me months to find this job, and I wasn’t about to give it up for something as simple as resisting the attraction to my boss.
     
    “Audrey!” Damien called loudly. “Come in here!”
     
    I stood up so quickly that the blood rushed to my head, making me feel dizzy. After gripping the edge of my desk for support, I darted into Damien’s office with a nervous smile plastered on my face.
     
    “Yes? What is it?”
     
    Damien pulled out a large leather portfolio and handed it to me. When I took it, he didn’t let it go immediately and I had to tug hard. “This is some work you’ll be doing in the evenings, at home,” he said. “I need you to go through these files and mark every number that’s coming from the Fort Lauderdale area, okay? The area codes are marked on the sides. It’s not much, but you need to pay very close attention.”
     
    I nodded. I felt like that couldn’t be all. It wouldn’t take me more than a couple of nights. I could already see myself, curled up with Pepper and a cooking show on in the background. I smiled.
     
    Damien smirked. “Yes, Audrey? What’s so funny?”
     
    I shook my head. “Nothing,” I said. “Um, I’m sorry. I’m just kind of relieved, I wasn’t really sure why you’d called me in here.”
     
    Damien stood up from his desk and slowly walked around towards me. I shivered as I watched his strong, muscular legs close the gap between our bodies. Whenever he came close to me, I could smell a very musky, expensive cologne wafting off his neck. “Audrey,” Damien said in a low growl. “There is something else, something else I wanted to address with you.”
     
    “Yes?” I wasn’t even aware that I was trembling until my voice came out as a cracked whisper. “What is it?”
     
    Damien grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him. I’d never seen him look so intense before. His light grey eyes almost looked blue in the perfect natural lighting of the office, and I could see that his jaw was tense. My heartbeat skipped in my chest and my stomach rolled over itself with nervousness. That same odd, tingly feeling came back to my lower belly—almost like I had to scratch an itch between my legs. I blushed, not sure that I liked the feeling that being this close to Damien was creating within me.
     
    “You know, you’d be gorgeous if you tried a