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“I have to say, you did a helluva good job,” Montez praised her as they packed up.
“All thanks to you, I’m ready for the big day.”
His eyes locked on hers with smoldering intensity that made her catch her breath. He brushed a stray strand of hair from the side of her face, and the intimate gesture left her trembling and aching for more than his featherlight touch. Her hormones were out of control.
“You’re something else, you know that,” he said in a husky whisper. Letting his fingers drag down her bare arm, he lit her skin ablaze with heat.
The tension between them crackled.
“I think we should cancel the contract,” Montez said.
“Why?”
“It’s against company policy to mix business and pleasure. No blurring of the lines allowed.”
“Oh, right.” He had told her that at the first meeting. “If you cancel the contract, you won’t get paid,” she pointed out.
“Yeah, but then it wouldn’t be a problem when I did this.” He stepped closer and dipped his head. Their lips touched in an achingly sweet kiss that dragged a whimper from her throat. She swayed into him while his mouth moved over hers with gentle strokes, tugging a little but also applying the right amount of pressure. The man knew how to kiss, that was for sure, and his mouth was deliciously soft and moved with skill. No doubt he’d kissed a lot in his time.
When he pulled back, she drew a sharp breath and felt the tug of desire in the lower part of her abdomen. She wanted him again. She longed for another opportunity to be tangled in the sheets with her body wrapped around his.
“I think you should do what you know is best.” Was that her voice, sounding low and husky as if she’d spent the afternoon yelling? “Although I’d hate for you to work for free.”
“Spending time with you is not work, gorgeous,” he said.
“Don’t you mean, sweetie,babe?”
“That’s exactly what I meant.” He brushed the back of his fingers along her jaw. “We better go.”
“Right. Go.”
“Hey.”
She gazed up at him, and he pulled her in for another kiss. She hummed her pleasure.
“You’ll do fine,” he said.
“Fingers crossed,” Desiree said, holding up crossed fingers.
Reluctantly, they pulled apart and walked side by side off the range.
12
“I’m in trouble.”
Earbuds in her ear, Desiree pumped her legs fast on the stationary bike. Wired when she got home from a late-night run to the supermarket, she put on a T-shirt and leggings and went down to the apartment gym. There was one other person in there, and he was running very fast on the treadmill, sweating profusely, and looked like he might fall off at any minute. She was genuinely concerned.
“What’s the problem?” Nina asked.
“I’m starting to like him a lot. He’s funny, sexy, and good-looking. Not to mention he held his own in conversation with Mark and Royce. He defended me, and I can’t lie, that made him sexier. I need help.” With a groan of disgust, she rode faster and harder.
Nina laughed. “You don’t need help. After all this time since your relationship crashed and burned with Royce, you’ve found someone that you enjoy. That’s a good thing.”
“It would be a good thing if I wasn’t the kind of woman who easily gets distracted by her relationships. I need to stay focused. This promotion means everything to me, and I can’t screw it up.”
“You won’t, and you need to get out and play too, and Montez sounds like the perfect playmate. You deserve a man who puts the same energy into a relationship that you do.”
“We’re not in a relationship.”
