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that’s what you want to call it—yeah. I just want to have someone to hang out with until that special someone comes along for me.”
    â€œYou and me having causal sex together is not hanging out, Keilah.”
    â€œRamsey ... come on. I trust you, and I know we can do this without any emotional ties.”
    He straightened his tie. “I’m already emotionally tied to you. We’ve been tight for a long time, and I care about you. I don’t know if I want to jeopardize that, Keilah.”
    She looked him directly in the eyes. “So, is that a yes or no?”
    Ramsey laughed nervously. “You act like you’re asking me to change your tire or something and you want me to answer you now?”
    â€œWell, yeah.”
    He put his hands over his eyes and said, “This is crazy.”
    She leaned down and removed his hands from over his eyes. “Ramsey, all you have to do is relax and have fun with me like you do with all the others,” she said, trying to convince him. “It won’t mess up our friendship if you would just think of it as a little business arrangement. You know, like in that movie, Pretty Woman with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.”
    Ramsey couldn’t help but laugh out loud. He remembered that movie very well, but they weren’t strangers like the characters in the movie. “It seems like you’ve given this a lot of thought.”
    Keilah slid down off her desk and walked over to her window and looked out. Ramsey joined her at the window in silence. “Yes, Ramsey, I’ve given it a lot of thought, and like I said, I know I can trust you to do it and not get all mushy on me.”
    â€œWhat about Trenton? Why can’t you ask him? It’s not like you haven’t slept with him before,” Ramsey replied.
    She turned and softly tugged on his ear. “Are you listening to me? I said I don’t want any emotional ties and sleeping with Trent will only be a setback for me. Besides, I wouldn’t want to give him the satisfaction in knowing I’m not in a relationship right now. He told me I’d never be able to find a man who would put up with me being a bodyguard,” she explained.
    Ramsey played with his necktie. “Well, Trenton’s a fool, and so is any other man who spits out that bull.”
    Keilah hugged his waist. “Thank you, Ramsey.”
    He put his arm around her and said, “I hope you know what you’re asking for, Keilah, because this is some weird shit. But, I am a man, and you know it’s not in our nature to turn down sex, especially from someone with attributes like yours.”
    She playfully pushed him away. “Please. Men do stuff like this all the time. Besides, are you going to stand here and tell me you’ve never fantasized about us?” she asked with a mischievous grin on her face.
    Ramsey looked like a deer caught in headlights. Of course he’d thought about it, but he knew that was a line he never wanted to cross with her. He threw his hands up in the air and said, “I plead the fifth.”
    She turned to him and boldly said, “Kiss me.”
    â€œWhat?” he asked as he turned toward her.
    â€œKiss me,” she asked again. “I want to see what I have to look forward to.”
    He frowned and stepped away from her. “I’m not kissing you in here.”
    She laughed at Ramsey’s uneasiness. “You’re not going to act like this when we hook up, are you?”
    He looked at her. “No ... I don’t know. Look, Keilah, this is a lot to take in at one time, but if I agree to this crazy arrangement, I expect you to keep it just between us. I don’t want your brothers, your friends, or anyone knowing anything about it.”
    She softly answered, “Agreed and just so you know, my brothers know only what I want them to know. Besides, I hate them being in my business, so they’re the last people you need to