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“Not yet. I wanted to finalize this first.”
He tapped his pen and wondered how he could word what he wanted to say.
“I could loan you the money.”
She was putting the papers back in the folder, but all movement stopped at his words.
“No, thank you.” The excitement on her face that had been there as she talked about her plans slipped away and was replaced with that blank expression he hated.
“It would be a business deal, with interest on the loan calculated on the current rate. I have the cash; you need it.”
“No, thank you.” She got to her feet, and Ted joined her.
“Why?”
“I can get a loan from the bank.” She was using that uptight voice again.
“I’d have it written up by my lawyer, Mandy.”
“No, Ted.”
“Because we’ve slept together and you think this will complicate things?” He stood before her now, blocking her exit to his door. “I don’t mix business and pleasure ever. If you take a loan from me, it will be strictly business.”
“But I’m not sure I can separate them. If you did this, it would be as a favor to me, and I need to do this for myself. I want to achieve this, Ted. It’s important to take all the steps everyone else has to. I want to be normal.”
“You look normal to me.” He let his hands settle on her hips. “Very normal… boringly normal, in fact.”
“Ha.”
“You want me to come to the bank with you?”
“No, but thank you for the offer. You’ve been very kind.”
“You’ll have to do better than that. There’s the gym work, then the sex, and now this. I need more than a ‘thank you, Ted.’”
She frowned, forming that line down her forehead. Her eyes settled on his mouth.
“How about this.” She leaned in and kissed him softly. Her arms went around his neck as her body settled against his.
Ted had a moment’s panic as he realized just how right it felt having her back in his arms before he dismissed the thought and kissed her back.
He’d never kissed a woman in his office before. Never even wanted to, but he wanted to now, and a great deal more.
Switching positions, he lifted her and sat her on his desk. Running both hands up her thighs, he pushed up the flirty hem of her dress and stepped closer.
“When I saw you in the dress, all I could think about was how fast I could get you out of it.” He said the words into her neck, where he was currently licking the soft skin beneath her ear.
“I’m not sure we should d-do this, Ted.”
“Me either.” He bit gently on her lobe, and she shuddered.
“You don’t like complications.”
He didn’t, she was right. But right at that moment, he couldn’t care less about them. Finding the tie at her waist, he pulled, and the dress fell open.
“How handy,” he rasped as the cream silk cups holding her breasts were exposed. Tracing the lace edge with his lips, he used his other hand to push the hem higher.
Mandy struggled to release the top buttons of his shirt, but only managed two. He then felt her hand slip into the neck and touch him. This time it was he who shuddered.
