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“Let’s go,” he said.
They danced a slow dance and he held her snuggly against him. Close, but not indecent, and as they moved about the floor, he couldn’t help but think this was nice. He liked the way they fit together.
She gazed up into his eyes like he was the only man in the building and he wondered what it would feel like to have someone act this way for real.
Leaning down, his lips covered hers as the song ended. A blast of heat from her lips went all the way to his groin, and for a second, he was shocked.
That couldn’t happen. Releasing her lips, he smiled down at her.
“That was nice, but sometime tonight, you’ve got to give me a kiss that most women would swoon over. It’s got to be a kiss that someone should say, get a room.”
Dear God, could he do that? Sure it wasn’t the kiss he was worried about, but rather the feelings and emotions that went along with that type of kiss. You couldn’t fake a do-me kiss and that’s what she was asking for. Or maybe you could and he just had never experienced one before.
When he walked her back to the table, Norma Jean stood. “Would you dance with me, Adrian?”
Shaking her head, Madison stared at her.
“I’m sorry,” Madison said, gazing at the woman. “No one dances with my boyfriend. No one but me.”
Adrian shrugged his shoulders and watched as the two women looked like they were going to come to blows over who he could dance with.
“That’s not right,” Norma Jean said.
“My boyfriend. My rules,” Madison said smiling. “Isn’t that so, Adrian?”
“Darling, whatever you want,” he said, knowing she’d just blocked Norma Jean from dancing with him ever again. “Whatever makes you happy.”
Norma Jean stormed away from the table and he couldn’t help but lean over and whisper in Madison’s ear.
“You know how to play, darling. Remind me to never go up against you in a court of law or dating.”
She smiled and reached up and ran her hand down the side of his face. “Smart man. You’re learning quick.”
“Have to if I want to stay alive,” he said grinning. “Oh no, here comes another one.”
CHAPTER 4
Madison had to tell three women they were not dancing with her boyfriend before the word must have spread.
She even overheard Norma Jean. “Don’t even think about dancing with Adrian, not as long as that bitch is sitting beside him. She doesn’t want any other woman with him.”
Never before had she played the jealousy card, but tonight it felt really good to let these women know that Adrian was taken and it was hands off. So far, he was playing along really well and they had raised several eyebrows when they tangoed.
Never had she danced with someone who knew the steps to the Argentine tango. In college, she’d taken a dance class and they had worked for hours on learning the movements to the sensual dance of love.
At the end, he’d finished off with a very hot kiss and her heart pounded in her chest. No, no, no, she’d warned the poor organ.
What was she doing? This was all being done as a fake romance and yet she’d enjoyed tonight way more than any date she’d had in years. But Adrian did indeed have a flock of gold-digging women seeking him out. And Madison…
Love was not going to work for her. It was one of the reasons she’d become a lawyer. And she loved her job. Especially when she was able to work with small one-on-one clients, not big corporations who sometimes knew they were in the wrong but just wanted a lawyer to get them out of trouble. Those cases, she had to remind herself, had hired the firm she worked for and who paid her salary.
It was starting to get late and she couldn’t help but think they had made progress tonight. As long as she was with him, the gold diggers had backed off.
Besides, she was starting to get tired of putting on a show for these females. After a while, it was tiring – looking happy, acting like you were in love, and staring into Adrian’s eyes like she adored him.
Of course, he wasn’t hard on the eyes, especially with all those firm muscles beneath his tux. And when they danced, she felt like she floated in his arms. His dark hair and light emerald eyes could send a shiver through you with just one glance.
As much as she enjoyed tonight, she had erected a wall around her heart. This gorgeous man was not going to get through that unless he used dynamite, and even then, she wasn’t certain she could love again.
