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How can that be?
It can’t be real. My mind is playing tricks on me. I’ve gone mad.
Yet there was an undeniable recognition there… on a deeper level.
My life from this moment on will never be the same. This woman has changed something inside me forever.
I’m rooted to the floor, too shocked to move. My world has been completely destroyed and rearranged in a matter of seconds.
I feel larger… somehow more complete.
I look at my fingers in awe. They’re trembling.
This never happens.
I’m trained to stay cool and collected under the most difficult circumstances. Nothing rattles me.
Yet, here I am, shaken and stirred.
This must have been Riley James.
Wow!
I need to know more about her. If this is the woman Gary asked me to pick up and bring back to Atlanta, then I’m in for a hell of a ride. No woman has ever knocked me off my feet the way she just did.
Boy am I glad Marni was held up in Ottawa.
Gary rang me three hours ago and bribed me with a bottle of Sam Adams Utopia to forgo my week of vacation after finishing the training for a new client on Prince Edward Island yesterday.
He bought that bottle of beer for only two-hundred and eighty-five dollars at auction a month ago with the sole purpose of dangling it in front of my nose, telling me I can have it when he needs a favor. That day has come.
I collect rare beers, so he knew I wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to get my hands on that fancy golden bottle. Utopia is America’s most expensive beer. Released every two years, each batch is aged in sherry, brandy, cognac, bourbon, and scotch casks for up to eighteen years. I might save this bottle for a special occasion. Maybe my wedding? Time will tell.
The helicopter picked me up an hour ago and is now on standby to fly Riley and me to the airport. There, the company jet waits to take us back to Atlanta.
I better find Freemont’s newest recruit—the woman who has me completely enthralled.
I leave the room and walk down the stairs into the restaurant. Everything seems brighter, as if a veil has been lifted.
I spot her by the window, nervously sipping on a cup of tea.
I stand back and take her in. She truly is gorgeous. Tall, slender, with shoulder-length dark-brown hair that looks soft to the touch… and boy, do I want to touch. I feel myself harden as I study her from head to toe.
My pulse speeds up. The pull toward her is strong. She’s calling to me on a primal level, and my body is all too happy to respond. My balls are swelling, adrenaline pulsing through my veins. I can’t take my eyes off her.
This is insane… and new. Women don’t get to me like this, making me hot and bothered that quickly… especially without having talked to them.
She’s dressed in jeans that hug her ass just right and accentuate her long legs. The tight-fitting t-shirt shows off her tits to perfection. They’re a good handful, and my fingers itch to squeeze and caress them.
Her hands are shaking as she brings the cup to her mouth, and she takes several deep breaths to calm herself.
What is going on with her?
She looks around and spots me. Giving her my best smile, I make my way over to her. The closer I get, the more I wonder if it’s butterflies I’m feeling in my belly?
What the fuck? Butterflies?
“Riley James?” I ask, trying to compose myself.
