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“Hello, Hayley,” I said.
She didn't say anything in return. She just looked me up and down in a lust-filled gaze, unless I'd had one too many beers and was just imagining this.
“What are you doing here?" I cleared my throat. "Where's Jonathan?"
"He took Claire to the Virgin Islands for the week, so I'm here to put in bids for him. I don't know why he even bothers bidding, though. He told me that they always let him see the work days before and allow him to buy whatever he wants."
"Very true." I laughed. "Where are your girlfriends?"
"Plural girlfriends?" She gave me a faint smile. "You and I both know I never had too much luck with those."
I did know that, and I felt like shit for even asking her, so I stuck to the safe questions. I asked about her former love for all things hot chocolate and coffee, and I failed to acknowledge the fact that she was still giving me looks with her sexy blue eyes.
“I’ll be living here now, you know?” she said. “Did Jonathan tell you that?”
No, he didn’t fucking tell me that ...“He may have mentioned it in passing.”
“I’m sure he did.” She smiled. “Enough about me. How have you been?”
“Good. I’ve just started—” I paused as she bit her bottom lip and winked at me. “I’ve just started my own company, so this will be my last year working with your brother. Are you still in business school?”
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in a suit.” She ignored my question and rubbed my shoulder. “It looks sexy as hell on you.”
Is she drunk?
I blinked as she continued to rub my shoulder in a non-long-lost-friend way. It was definitely in an ‘I’m trying to fuck you’ way.
“Thank you for the compliment,” I said, lifting her wrist and pushing it away. “When exactly did you get to San Francisco?”
“Earlier this week. Why?”
“No reason.” I wondered why Jonathan didn’t tell me about this. He usually gave me notice about anything regarding his family, so her sudden appearance wasn't making much sense. Then again, everything I knew about Hayley stopped making sense years ago.
"I'll be working at Statham Industries while I'm in town." Her hand was on my chest now, and her eyes were locked on mine. "I think that means I'll be seeing more of you, right?"
An image of her wrapping her legs around me while I fucked her against the roof’s railing suddenly crossed my mind.
Shit ...
"Um." I stepped back and pulled my phone out of my pocket. “I need to go handle something.”
“You’re leaving?” She looked disappointed. “Now?”
“Yeah, I need to—” Get the hell away from you. “I need to go check on something. It was very nice seeing you again, Hayley.”
“Oh, okay.” She looked somewhat hurt. “Well, I um. I guess we’ll see each other around? Maybe in your office—next week?”
I didn't answer that. I stepped back. “Have a good night.”
She didn’t respond. She just stood there in that perfect, purple dress—looking like the sexiest woman I'd ever seen.
I made my way through the crowd, stopping in front of the painting I wanted most. I logged into the portal to make sure I'd rerouted the final bid to myself, and then I headed back inside the hotel.
As I waited for the elevator, I scrolled through my list of contacts. I’d been so busy over the past few months laying the groundwork for my company that I hadn’t had much time for sex, but I needed to fix that tonight.
I needed to make sure I screwed all the images of Hayley writhing beneath me out of my mind, forever. I settled on Hannah, a woman who never wanted anything more than sex every six months or so.
Although she does have a problem with being on time.
