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Sydni stated. She studied his thoughtful profile. This wasn’t a man who took what he had and what he’d accomplished lightly. A spark of an idea began to form. This was the man that she would build the brand around—the man who cared, the man who had a soul, who wanted to give back for all that he had received.
    Suddenly he stopped walking and turned toward her. She was compelled to look up into his magnetic gaze.
    “I need to be sure that you understand me...what I want...and how to accomplish it,” he said.
    “You hired me because I’m very good at what I do.”
    He paused for a beat, and let his gaze sweep over her. “I’m sure you are.”
    The world disappeared around them. It was only Sydni and Gabriel, even as they were surrounded by the sound of nature, a waterfall in the background, the pulse of their racing hearts, the heat that radiated from them and the undeniable pull that drew them within a breath of each other.
    They startled at the sudden and piercing cry of a Hyacinth Macaw flying overhead. Sydni’s gaze rose up to see the rare bird’s majestic royal-blue-and-gold colors soar across the sky. She laughed lightly. The spell was broken.
    “This path leads to the beach,” Gabriel said, seamlessly moving them from an undeniable moment of sexual arousal to the safety of an innocuous stroll. “In an ideal world, I would like the resorts to sit near beaches like this. I want to begin here in Brazil and expand from there. I envision opening five different locations simultaneously.”
    Sydni’s brows rose. “Five? A bit ambitious. You don’t plan to test the viability before expanding?”
    He slightly turned his head in her direction. “They will be viable. You’ll see to that. It’s why I hired you...or so you told me.” His mouth curved ever so slightly.
    * * *
    “This is quite a spread,” Sydni said as they drew closer to the house, the tour of the grounds complete.
    “I hope that you will make time to visit again while you’re here. Actually...” He put the tip of his finger to his lip. “I host an annual Carnival party for close friends. You and your associate, Lynn, are more than welcome. No. I insist that you attend. Wonderful food, drink, music, dancing...”
    Sydni smiled. “You make it very hard to say no.”
    His voice dropped an octave. “Then don’t tell me no.”
    The words shimmied through her like quicksilver and pulsed between her thighs. Her heart slammed in her chest.
    “Come, Lynn must think we’ve run away by now.”
    Gabriel stepped ahead of her to open the door and for a split second she squeezed her eyes shut. She was in deep trouble.

Chapter 4
    “I ’m telling you, Lynn, if the man had said ‘I want to sex you up right here, right now, in the middle of the damned tropical rainforest,’ I swear I think I would have done it.” She paced the floor of the living area while she sipped a glass of wine. “Oooh.” She gave her entire body a shake. “I could barely concentrate on what the man was saying. Did you see those eyes? And that mouth? Oh, Lawd, I can only imagine what gems he has under those clothes.” She suddenly whirled toward Lynn, who was curled up on the couch totally trying not to burst out laughing. “What am I going to do?”
    Lynn covered her grin with her glass of wine. She blinked several times. “Um, can I just say—before I get to the serious part—I’m just happy to know that it’s still alive down there.”
    “Lynn!” Sydni stomped her foot in feigned annoyance.
    “Well, it’s true. I mean, ever since you and Blake split up... You haven’t even been on a date in over a year.”
    “I’ve been busy,” she said, bordering on petulant.
    Lynn gave her the side eye.
    Sydni crossed the room and flopped down on a club chair. She curled her legs beneath her. “Getting over Blake was hard. You know that.”
    “What was hard was watching you beat yourself up for breaking it off with him, and turning inside yourself as if you’d done