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“Uh. No. You really don’t want to get to know me. I’m not on the market for dating anyone,” she countered.
“Are you married?” he asked, double-checking to see if there was a ring on her finger. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw her ring finger was bare. Just the thought of her having someone at home waiting for her drove him insane with jealousy.
“No. I’m divorced. I’m not dating anyone. I don’t date. Period.” She was firm with her answer, allowing no leeway for further discussion. “Next?” she asked, dismissing him.
He stood there with his mouth agape, looking like an idiot. No woman had ever said no to him. Not a single one. And they certainly never dismissed him. He was normally the one fending off advances. A strange feeling passed through him.
“Excuse me.” A woman’s voice sounded behind him. She was clearly waiting to place her order and get her day started, but Mason couldn’t seem to walk away from the sexy woman who should be excited to go out with him.
“Sir, please. There are people behind you who would like to place their orders,” the woman said.
“This conversation isn’t over.” Mason grabbed his bag and stepped to the side. He had planned on eating his bagel in his truck before heading to work, but to hell with that. He pulled up a chair at a small table where he could keep an eye on the stunning woman behind the register.
He wanted to know more about her. Scratch that. He wanted to know everything about her. Starting with her name and how many times she could orgasm in one night. His cock throbbed in his jeans, wanting the beauty on her back and moaning his name as he slid balls deep into her.
Sadly, all that fun and fucking was going to have to wait. For reasons Mason couldn’t even begin to fathom, his mate had zero interest in him. The thought alone chapped his ass and made him want to toss her over his shoulder and slap that fine ass of hers until she gave in. But he kept himself in check and his ass glued to the seat.
When he finished his bagel, he went back to the counter to refill his coffee and grabbed two dozen donuts for the office. Once again, he had asked to take her out, and she shot him down in seconds flat.
Frustrating woman. No matter. Now that he knew who she was, it was game fucking on. He would win her. Hell, he’d woo her if he had to. Either way, the mysteriously frustrating woman would be his. Just as the Fates had intended. He just had to figure out how to get her to give him the time of day.
FIVE
“Who the hell was that?” Yulia asked as the stranger left the bakery. She eyed Jane in a way Jane did not want to be eyed.
Yes, the guy had asked her out, and she had shot him down quicker than she could blink. Sure, he was hot, but she had zero interest in him or going out for a night on the town with him.
“I have absolutely no idea,” Jane struggled to catch her breath. One look at the handsome customer and heat tore through her body. It had been years since she’d had such a visceral reaction to a man … any man. It was like something in her body instantly came to life, reminding her that she was a female with needs. Needs that hadn’t been satiated in a long, long time. Fuck, fuck, fuck. She didn’t want or need to feel any of those things again.
“Well, he sure was interested in you.” Amelia laughed.
Ugh. They were not going to drop this shit.
“That’s nice. But everyone here knows that I don’t date. Period.” Jane wanted to shut them down cold. If she gave so much as an inch, they would take a mile, and the next thing Jane knew, she’d be saying yes to the hottie just because her friends talked her into it.
“Do you even have eyeballs, woman? How could you say no to that?” Yulia asked. “Hell, if I wasn’t married, I would have been all over that. You couldn’t have missed the fact that he was freaking hot. As in, whoops, I just dropped my panties. Let me bend over and grab them, H O T.”
“What she said.” Amelia sighed and fanned herself. “He’s dreamy. I feel like I might swoon.”
“He also looked to be about ten years younger than me, which would just be exhausting. My original statement stands. I don’t date.” What Jane left out of her statement was … that if she did date, she would have grabbed him, thrown his hot ass on the counter, and had her way with them right after giving the girls the day off and tossing all the customers to the curb. But, hey, that was for her to know. Amelia and Yulia definitely didn’t need to know, or they’d turn into mini-Gerri’s and hop on thefind Jane a datetrain. She so did not need that to happen.
“So what? Who cares if he’s younger? It just means he has more stamina when it comes to taking care of you, if you know what I mean.” Yulia giggled and arched an eyebrow at Jane.
“You are so naughty.” Jane tried to hold back, but a girlish giggle escaped her mouth.
“Hell yeah, I am. And proud of it, babe! Don’t worry. I have enough naughty to share with you. I’ll help you get back on that bologna pony. You’ll be sayin’ giddy up in no time.” Yulia rocked her hips, mimicking a sexual motion.
“Oh, God. Please don’t ever let me see that again.” Jane laughed at Yulia’s antics.
“Whatever,” Yulia joked.
“I think it’s sweet. He was obviously very interested in you,” Amelia said. “Maybe you should find out what he wants … at the very least. Talk to the guy. What could it hurt?”
“I think it’s clear what he wants. Did you see the way he looked at her? Like she was freaking breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a midnight snack. He wants to eat her up,” Yulia snarked.
“Nobody is eating anybody up. Back to work. We’ve got orders to get ready.” Jane wanted nothing more than to change the subject. She didn’t want her sex life, or lack thereof, to become a frequent topic of conversation. Pass. Thanks. Time to put on her boss pants.
“Fine. Fine. She’s cracked the whip. Time to focus and get the job done,” Amelia said, dramatically acting as if Jane was some sort of slavedriver.
