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It took only a few gulps to finish her coffee, and she refilled the cup on the way to the meeting.
David sought Maggie’s opinion on the project then initialled his approval at the bottom of Gloria’s work. “Nice job,” he said.
“I’m going home to rest,” Gloria said with a heavy, exaggerated sigh.
“You’ve earned it.”
Leaving an aura of her drama behind, Gloria breezed from the room, leaving Maggie alone with David. He sat back and perused her, his attention making her body tingle.
She had a couple of things on her mind. First up was apologising for her mother’s behaviour. Next came the assorted loose business ends she needed him to agree to. Most importantly, she was desperate to know if he was as affected by the previous evening as she was.
The moment she was about to break the silence, his cell phone rang. Excusing himself, he grabbed his belongings from the table and left the room as he answered his phone.
She collapsed against the chair, exhaling a breath she hadn’t realised she’d been holding.
Determined to be as cool as he was—after all, she’d insisted they could be professional—she gathered her belongings then returned to her office. She sent David a couple of emails. He responded to one right away, the other took a couple of hours, frustrating her. She pounced on his incoming messages while he ignored hers?
When she left at the end of the day, his office door was closed.
The next morning, she found a piece of paper on her desk. His bold scrawl filled the page. He’d given her his home address and added that he expected to see her mid-afternoon on Saturday.
She gripped the note. From anyone else, she might find the instructions and assumptions off-putting. For her, this was like much-needed oxygen. For the first time since he’d left her condo, she relaxed.
Later in the day, they met in the privacy of his office to discuss the potential merger and for her to solicit his input on the first drafts of the logo for the combined companies. He approved the picture of the eagle but said he was not pleased with the font selected for the company name. She agreed with his revisions then brought him up-to-date on plans for the open house.
When they’d exhausted their agenda items, she waited a moment to see if he had anything to add. Since he didn’t mention their upcoming weekend, she didn’t bring it up.
* * * *
The remainder of the week dragged, each minute seeming like two. Maggie was excited and edgy like she was before her trips to the Den. She’d ordered new shoes and couldn’t wait to wear them for him.
She filled Saturday morning with a trip to the gym, doing laundry then cleaning. She even took a trip to the grocery store for the following week. With any luck, she wouldn’t be home until late Sunday.
David hadn’t given any instructions on what she should wear, so she chose a shelf bra to leave her nipples exposed, knowing he’d accept the unspoken invitation to touch. She added a matching garter belt and fishnet stockings before slipping into a short skirt and figure-hugging shirt. She finished off with new, hot-as-sin, spiky heels and hoped she didn’t regret the selection. If the terrain around his house was uneven, she might end up sprawled at his feet.
When she neared his home, her phone beeped, signalling an incoming text message.
He’d sent her a single word.
Soon.
Her speedometer read ten miles an hour over the posted limit. Getting stopped by a police officer while dressed like this wasn’t on her to-do list.
She eased off the accelerator, cranked up an oldies song on the satellite radio and sang along. She couldn’t carry a tune, but the noise drowned out the nervous thoughts skittering through her mind.
After she left the highway, she turned down the radio so she could follow the instructions from her GPS. She meandered west for several miles. Houses became farther apart and civilisation seemed to disappear.
She left the main road and still had to drive a few miles to reach his place.
Though she’d lived in Colorado almost her entire life, she’d had no idea that these houses on acres of verdant, rolling land existed.
As the GPS showed she was nearing her destination, her pulse picked up. She was cognisant of her exposed nipples and the sensitive way they felt against the fabric of her shirt. She and David had been together twice before, and she told herself she should be nonchalant about their upcoming night together. She was anything but.
