But that smile, the dance of amusement in his eyes.Intriguing.How did he get her every time?
“So he likes to think,” she muttered and exhaled a growl.“Damn him.”Leaping from the chair, she kept her glare up as she marched across the floor to stop in front of him.“You didn’t win.I’m only here for your cock.”
“You’ll have to get used to restraining yourself in here.”
Catching her shoulder, he guided her inside.What was it…?Someone had moved his desk to an angle in the corner to the right.In the opposite corner was another desk, just the same as his, angled.The new arrangement of the long space put the seating area in the middle, slightly more on one side.A single pane glass partition perpendicular to the still black wall was another addition.
“I don’t get it.Are we practicing our feng-shui?”
Still with a hold of her, he guided her to the other desk, the new desk.“You wanted an office.I got you an office.”
Turning out of his grip, she put herself in front of him, stopping him dead.“You want us to share your office?Because I’m sleeping with you?”
“Getting laid will be easier if you’re always in the room.Check this out.”
Pressing a button on his watch, the single perpendicular pane revealed itself to be so much more.Another slid from it, pane after pane, until a new glass wall had formed between their separate spaces.
“An office.”
“Yeah, we need to free up the boardroom you’ve occupied for weeks.With Rox and her crew on the road, we can put your team in the suite downstairs.”
“My team.”
“This is good.I like the short answers.”
“Rourke,” she said, curling her hands around his tie.“Do you know there’s a difference between business and pleasure?”
“No,” he said, backing off.With her still holding his tie, she went with him.“Business is pleasure.We had this conversation.I know you.I don’t know them.And with Roxie in the mix, we need someone at the helm who’s not afraid to stand up to her.”
“Roxie and I agree on most things.”
“Yeah, I’m trying not to focus on that,” he said, directing her into the chair.“What do you think?”
Stroking the leather arms, she swung one way then the other.“I think it pays to have sex with the man at the top.”Leaning forward, she snagged his belt loop to pull him closer.“I guess you want a reward for this surprise.”
So much for taking their women in hand.
“Not a surprise, just logical, and damn right,” he said, unhooking her finger.“But right now, we have a meeting.”Touching his watch again, he opened the sliding glass wall.“Your door’s being installed later.”
“My door?”she asked, standing up.The only way in or out was on his side.“So you can just trap me in here until then?What happens if your watch breaks?”
“Then I guess you’re stuck in there.It’s fine.The restroom is on your side.”
Hmm, that gave her an idea.“Where is our meeting?What are we meeting for?”
“It’s Hope.”
“We’re meeting for Hope and I don’t know about it?”
“Figured you’d want a framework for the system before next week.”
Damn.Much as she wanted to restrain her smile, it crept up.“You’re on it?”
“I’m on it.Did you think I wouldn’t be?It’s the only damn part of this that’s my domain.I’m not giving you any reason to crack the whip on me.”Bending, he murmured into her hair above her ear.“Not at work anyway.At home, crack out the black leather any time you want.”
“You’re on it.”
She’d known that.She’d told the others that.Yet, as he eased back, their eyes snagged.
