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He wandered out to check the floor around ten. Kelly was back in the romance section, organizing and rearranging. The woman was a perfectionist in the extreme. She shot him one of her teasing smiles as he walked through and there wasn’t a force on earth strong enough to keep him from stopping to see her.
“Keeping busy?” he asked, lifting his voice loud enough for anyone who passed by to hear.
“Always.” She inclined her chin. “What, do you have some other menial task for me to take care of? Maybe a back hall to sweep?”
Taken aback, he belatedly noted the glow of humor in her whiskey eyes. She was keeping up their public persona. Fight, fight, fight. Except now he got to enjoy making up too.
“I didn’t realize you had a problem with anything I asked you to do, Ms. Crossman.”
“You didn’t? Where have you been these past three years?” She made a tsking sound in her throat and turned away, offering him a prime view of her ass in her tight little jeans as she bent to shelve books. She even wriggled it, the wench.
His cock jumped as if she’d switched a lever. “Actually there is something I’d like to discuss with you.” He kept his tone cool and businesslike while his blood pumped like lava in his veins.
“So discuss. I’m listening.” She glanced over her shoulder and rimmed her lips with her tongue. “Mostly.”
“In my office.” On my desk, while I’m fucking you senseless.
“What time is good for me to come…by?”
He fought a grin and spoke conspiratorially as he leaned close. “Don’t you mean for you to come?”
“We’ll both come. Promise.” She turned around, wedging him up against the shelf for a brief, hot moment before she glided away. “Sorry, sticky tongue. When should I stop by?”
“About noon. I should be ready for you then.”
Her gaze dropped pointedly to the bulge in his pants. “Looks like you’re ready for me now.” She smiled. “At your command, sir,” she added with a saucy wink.
Suppressing a groan, he turned away. What was he supposed to be doing again? Work. Right. Yeah.
Spencer managed to make it around the perimeter of the store, even held a few semi-coherent conversations with his staff. His erection dissipated once she was out of his sight but the memory of her silky pussy wrapped around his cock that morning was permanently engraved on his brain.
He was in deep and sinking deeper all the time.
He’d never enjoyed flirting with someone as much before. Kelly’s mind was so fucking sexy. Her sarcastic retorts fired him up almost as much as seeing her naked.
Well, not quite, but a lot.
Reluctantly he returned to his office and the work waiting for him. When his stomach started to growl, he glanced up, startled to see it was past noon. He’d been flying through reports and spreadsheets most of the day. Finally he was making some damn progress. In two days he’d be on a plane to Virginia, just as planned.
He would not mess up this expansion. Everything would happen on time, on budget. No matter what it cost.
As for Kelly, he’d have to figure out a way to let her know what was happening without spilling everything. He hated lying to her. He also couldn’t stand the idea of letting her go. Not yet.
Maybe not ever.
A soft knock drew his attention as his head pounded with the realization of what he’d just thought. Dear God. “Come in,” he muttered.
The door opened and a feminine hand waved a brown paper lunch sack. “Hungry?”
For you.
“Get in here,” he said.
Kelly slipped inside and shut the door, leaning against it for a long moment while they eyed each other. She wore a scoop-neck top that showcased her graceful neck and highlighted the alluring dips around her collarbone he loved to nibble. He’d never seen her look quite so daisy fresh.
If he didn’t look too closely at the shadows under her eyes.
“You need to get more sleep.”
