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She caressed his cheek. “Just between us.”
He kissed the top of her nose. “And you were saying…about the fucking? You did promise to keep me occupied when I got the urge to race.”
She smiled. She had promised. She promised she’d do whatever it took to keep him away from the track. Anything. Especially if this was the fringe benefit.
“A promise is a promise.”
And given the way her body throbbed with pleasure, she hoped she had to keep that promise for a very long time.
Chapter Four
Carson stared at her laptop, reviewing the final slide of the Bower Industries presentation that she was going to give at her meeting next week.
“Yes, that’s a very good idea,” Evan Randall, Carson’s second-in-command on the Madewood project, laid his hand on his hard hat as he spoke into his phone. “I’m going to have to run that by Carson and—” He nodded even though the person on the other end of the phone call couldn’t see. “It’s important that we’re all on the same page. Yes. See you then.” He pushed the end button on his smartphone.
Evan sidled up to the desk. He looked the same as always, easy going, a faint hint of a smile just waiting to be coaxed into a full grin.
“Who was that?” Carson asked.
Evan hesitated and set his clipboard on the table. “Martin.”
“Martin?” Carson put down her pencil. “What did he want?”
She knew what he wanted. To check up on her. But she wanted to hear it from an objective party.
“He wants to go over the inspection documents. Make sure everything is in order.”
That sneaky, ass-kissing, arrogant bastard.
“I’m sorry.” Evan wore a pained expression. “You know where my loyalty lies.”
She shrugged. “I know this wasn’t something you could challenge. I’d never ask you to jeopardize your job for my sake. It’s all right. Just indulge him.”
That slimy son of a bitch. But then again, maybe he was calling on her father’s behalf.
A few moments passed and Evan did his best to make conversation. “I noticed you were burning the midnight oil again.” He crossed his arms over his chest. She knew that tone. Here came the fatherly lecture. Funny how she hated it but loved it at the same time. She would give anything for her own father to care as much as Evan did.
She bit her cheek to hide her smile.
“You know me… my brain always wants to work overtime. Besides, I have a lot of work ahead of me
for the Bower Project. It just saves a lot of travel time if I just stay in one place.”
After all, if she hadn’t been working here late last night, Neil never would have found her.
A thrill shot through her body at the memory.
“It’s not healthy,” Evan continued. “Work is important but you also need to have a life.”
He slipped his hard hat off to readjust it on his head. When his hand came up he knocked one of her pens onto the floor.
“I got it.” He bent and his head disappeared under the table. “Carson?”
“Hmm…”
He twisted on his feet and brought his head up from under the table. “Maybe I should have a little chat about inappropriate use of the site before I send everyone home tonight.”
He held out a condom wrapper. The same purple foil that Neil had discarded last night.
