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“Didn’t bring it,” she told him, teeth still chattering. “I used a car service. Didn’t want to be bothered with parking or driving.”
“Good,” he said, as the parking attendant pulled up in his silver Jag.
He opened the door for her, and she got in, waiting while he tipped the attendant and got in himself. Then they sat in stunned silence for a moment.
She laughed shakily. “Holy cow. What a circus.”
“Yes it was.” He started the engine and pulled out onto the street. “I’m sorry to put you through that.”
“It wasn’t your fault. I mouthed off to your uncle. I showed my strapless bra to the Board of Directors and God knows who all else. That’s going to follow me around until I die.”
He laughed. “At least the bra was still on.”
“Well, thank God for that,” she said. “I can’t believe how I just behaved. I can’t carry on in public like that. I’m going to lose all my professional credibility.”
“I’m sorry if I put you in a compromising position,” he said. “The last thing I want is to damage you professionally.”
Jenna wound the beaded strap of her purse around her fingers. “I imagine that whole exhibition was kind of a buzzkill for you, right?”
“No.” Drew reached across the console and grabbed her hand without taking his eyes off the road.
The contact with his hand flashed up her arm, then raced instantly to deeper, more secret places. “No?” She tried to keep her voice even, but it still quavered, betraying her. “You’re not traumatized?”
“I barely noticed them,” he admitted. “All I saw in that room was you. Nothing on earth could kill my buzz.”
A glow of anticipation was filling her whole body.
“How about you?” he asked. “Are you still with me?”
She squeezed his hand. “Oh, yeah.”
He squeezed back. “Can I take you to my house? It’s closer. And I want you to see it.”
“Yes, please. I’d like that.”
Game on. She was done trying to control this.
Whatever he offered, she would take. If it was just his body, that was fine. Just a fling, fine. Just one night, also fine. She wanted this. She was grabbing it with both hands.
She could process the hurt later. There would be plenty of time for that.
Wow. Just look at her. After all her lofty notions and uppity attitude, she’d tumbled into Drew’s honeyed trap after all.
She had just officially become a billionaire’s plaything.
So be it. It was finally time to play.
