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glanced at him and looked away before she cleared her throat.
    “It’s better than expected.   The waiting list has grown and I need to hire several escorts today to fill the demand.   I hope that we find what we’re looking for.   I have the personality questionnaires for the applicants if you want to see them.   Or do you want to go over the contract first?” she asked.
    “The contract.”   He knew his voice was clipped, but he couldn’t help the frustration from coming through.
    He reached for the briefcase he sat against her desk and pulled out a lengthy contract that both lawyers thought beneficial.   He laid it on the desk and when she reached for it, he placed his hand over hers.  
    A smile formed as he heard her loud intake of breath.   She wasn’t as immune to him as she wanted him to believe.   He turned her hand over and circled her palm with his thumb, and she shivered.   Her innocent reactions to his touch had a definite effect on his body.   But when he spotted the flush of her skin against the white of her blouse, he gritted his teeth and willed his body under control.
    “Have you missed me, sweetheart?”   His voice was low.
    “Yes,” she whispered.
    His body jerked slightly at her admission, but before he could pull her into his arms and kiss her, she pulled her hand away.
    “But we have an interview soon, and I would like to go over the contract.”
    He noticed a little quiver to her voice and he realized that again, this wasn’t the time or the place to seduce her.
    He went around the front of her desk to grab a chair and dragged it back around and placed it near her.   He sat so close that his thigh touched hers.   He ignored it when she stiffened and pulled the contract closer as he placed his arm on the back of her chair.
    “The lawyers agreed to thirteen percent.   Is that still acceptable?”
    She nodded, but swallowed hard as his hand trailed from her shoulder and down her arm.
    “And again, no dating any of the escorts.”
    “Is that in the contract?” she asked.
    “No, it’s a verbal agreement between the two of us.”
    She glared at him, but she nodded her head, knowing it would be impossible to talk him out of that one.
    “Something has been included in the contract.   Every other Friday night, we have dinner and we go over the numbers for your business.”
    “You don’t trust me?”  
    It wasn’t a matter of trust.   He craved her like no other woman in his life, and until he figured out how to deal with it, he wanted to spend time with her, getting to know her as the brilliant and sinfully sexy woman she had grown into and hopefully get her out of his system so he could think clearly again.
    “I trust you, but I know that a fledgling business needs all the help it can get.   If you have any business questions or if you need help with something, I want to be able to discuss it with you.”
    “I guess that does make sense, but can’t it be once a month?   I’m already swamped with the dating service and I have a feeling that the escort part will be more chaotic.”
    He shook his head.   He knew that he was being unreasonable, but he wouldn’t budge on this.
    She blew out a breath and nodded.
    “And I want a say in which escorts you hire.”
    She thought about this for a moment, and must’ve found no reason for not agreeing to it and nodded.
    Furious thoughts coursed through his head when he thought about her being alone with a man who was being hired based on his looks.   Although he didn’t want anything permanent, he sure as hell didn’t want another man touching her or flirting with her.
    “I think we need to talk about what’s happening between us.”
    Her eyes widened and she shook her head.   “No, we don’t, because it’s nothing.”
    He brushed a kiss against her cheek.   Heat exploded throughout his body when her hand reached out and gripped his thigh.   He trailed kisses down her cheek, until he buried his face in her neck,