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quick-reflexed jackass ducked from sight without getting pelted. Resting back in his chair, Leo drummed his fingers restlessly on the upholstered arms. This setback was the last thing they’d needed to deal with. Even if he, Dev, and possibly Joe and Margie logged in some extra hours, there still might not be enough time and sufficient data to take to Scentual next month. Maybe they should just bite the bullet and request an extension now. While he was mulling that option, a shadow fell across his doorway. Figuring it to be Dev back to harass him, Leo growled. “You can stop skulking out there trying to eavesdrop, you damn pervert. I’m not choking the chicken.”
    Dead silence met his surly response, followed almost immediately by the stealthy tread of footsteps beating a hasty exit. Leo froze in place. Aw shit. He shot to his feet and booked it around his desk. He dashed out into the hall just as Sidney scrambled into her chair. Her cheeks blazing red, she began furiously typing away on her keyboard despite the fact she was half sprawled out of her seat and the casters seemed determined to roll her in the opposite direction of her monitor. Her awkward position revealed a mouth-watering glimpse of her thigh thanks to the hiked status of her skirt. Apparently unaware of the peep show she was awarding him and his riveted response to it, Sidney blew at the temperamental chestnut lock of hair that’d fallen into her eye and flashed him an overly bright smile. “Hey! Fancy seeing you here. I thought I was the only one around. You know, in this immediate area. Where I haven’t moved from in the last two minutes. At all.”
    “You were outside my office a few seconds ago.”
    “No.” She drew the word out with a strained laugh. “Where would you get that crazy idea?”
    “I saw you running back to your desk.”
    “Crap.” She returned her focus to her computer and stared at the screen intently. “I’m sorry. I swear I wasn’t eavesdropping...on anything you swear you weren’t doing.”
    “Of course you weren’t. I thought you were Dev. That’s why I said what I did.”
    She jerked her gaze back to him. “Oh.” Another laugh fell from her lips, this one the genuine article. “That sounds like something me and my BFFs would do.”
    He cocked an eyebrow. “You’d tell each other to scram because you’re choking the chicken—or not, as the case may be?”
    “Pretty much. We’re, uh, rather uncouth.” She blinked rapidly. “Not that I think you are, or anything. I was referring entirely to myself, Jane, and Marissa. Seriously, you should hear some of the perverted crap that comes out of our mouths. Totally crude, disgusting, and...I should probably shut up now.”
    Leo grinned. “But it’s just getting interesting.”
    She snorted. “Yeah, that’s what I’m worried about. Don’t need my boss knowing precisely how lacking I am in common social graces.”
    The reminder of their working relationship immediately sobered him up. He’d never do anything to violate her trust in him or make her uncomfortable. It was one of the main reasons he refrained from overindulging his desire to spend as much time with her as he could. He wasn’t about to give her the impression he was one of those lecherous bosses who invented excuses for getting to ogle her cleavage. And he sure as hell didn’t need to put himself in a position where he was sweating any more for her than he already was. So as much as he was enjoying getting treated to this new faucet of her personality, he needed to watch his step.
    Bitter regret weighing on his chest, he inclined his head. “I should be helping Dev out in the lab anyway.” He stared down at her upturned face, battling the magnetic draw of her soft blue gaze. Everything about her called to him. The direct openness of her nature and the sexy sweetness she exuded. Every damn bit of it hit him square in the solar plexus and clanged warning bells in his head. Because if he stood