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Shaundra guessed Harper liked the way the dress fit her fro in midsentence the moment she exited the elevator and walked into the lobby to meet him and the others Even Jackson smiled wickedly at her
Shaundra pulled at the heood since there wasn&039;t h heels probably made it look shorter and she was thankful for the hose She hated to be all dressed up with bare legs
"Ooh, look at you," Riley co that killer body beneath those business suits?"
Shaundra rolled her eyes at hiet arrested"
Dorothy walked up to her "Honey, if I had your body, I&039;d be exposing more than that" Of course, she could say that Dorothy was nicely dressed in a blue pants suit, tan puht suits and ive it to Harper He did have excellent taste in clothing
The limousine driver waited They entered the car and the driver drove away from the curb He turned on the stereo and Japanese pop music filtered out of all the speakers Shaundra had to adood Not understanding the words wasn&039;t a proble as she could move to the rhythm of the music
The driver drove theathered stares fro in the linize the fro to enter Jackson and Riley would fit right in, she thought as they walked to the back of the line The young people were dressed in popular club clothes The woh heels while the men donned suits or casual clothes they could dance in
Most of the
The lineand preoccupation with technology
The h the door each tiuessed it had to be that way Inside, the place looked like most clubs back home, exceptup the place, spinning records and talking to the crowd
Dancers were on the floor, sweating and shaking with delight Harper found theh rooet their drink order Shaundra wasn&039;t much of a drinker She ordered a soda while the others ordered alcohol
"There are the other authors," Harper told then over the din of thewoh heels and the men dressed similarly to the male writers in suits, minus the ties They sat down at the table and ordered drinks when the waitress returned with their order That only left Ao to pull this off and not draw attention to thee and looked around the room until he spotted thelad you made it
What do you think of the place?"
"It&039;s nice," Dorothy answered for the group "Lot of young people who like to party"
Masaaki nodded "We coives us time off" The waitress returned with the Asian authors&039; drinks and then went off again to get a beer for Masaaki
"Where&039;s Ao wo since they arrived
"They are on their way," Masaaki replied
Aouards, and made a beeline for a table across fronizable even under the disguises There was just no way to hide perfection Shaundra sighed One of them even waved at the disk jockey, a Japanese man with a blond Mohawk haircut The disk jockey waved back, but did not call out Takumijo&039;s name
Satoshi, Yori and Taku women who persuaded them to join them on the dance floor A fourth approached Ichiro, but he turned her dohich Shaundra thought odd
In her day, there&039;d be this one girla plain Jane or a wallfloould be left behind at the table guarding purses and watching drinks
There was nothing plain about Ichiro Even from where she sat, she could see how handsouise She&039;d noticed it a little too ata
Ichiro had tiny perfect features, creamy unblemished porcelain skin and a lithe frame He also had blue eyes, a rarity in Japanese His raceful That&039;s what she&039;d seen as she sat across fro If he&039;d been a woman, she would have had to consider hi, too, but they were not as fe as Ichiro Damn, why did this bother her so? It wasn&039;t like they were her type She liked strong, rugged h to toss a bull Aomori was tall and had muscle, but they had a delicacy about the lovely and delicate make them less of a man? For so so intently?" Harper asked her once the disk jockey took a break and the dancers returned to their seats
"Ichiro," Shaundra replied
Everyone at the table turned in his direction and then looked back at her
"What about hiet up to dance even though a young woman asked him"
"Maybe he can&039;t dance," Jackson replied as he picked up his drink
"Ichiro is a quiet one," Masaaki explained "He&039;s into books and cooking and hopes to one day to be a great restaurateur"
"I just figured he was gay," Jackson said
Masaaki chuckled "Ichiro? No, I don&039;t think so He has a bigger female fan base than the other three He&039;s just the quiet type I can&039;t wait for you to hear hiht to tears the first ti Ave Maria Took all of us by surprise, including Mr
Niigata No, Ichiro isn&039;t gay or vain He&039;s just Ichiro He cooks a ain and found hiulped Those weren&039;t the eyes of a man interested in another man Nope Those were the eyes of ato do now? The disk jockey returned and started spinning records again This tiMichael Jackson&039;s S to their feet and headed back to the dance floor Harper grabbed her hand and rose "Co a two"
Masaaki moved aside so she could pass by him and, before she knew it she and Harper were on the dance floor dancing like they were two teens
Dorothy and Jackson and the Asian authors joined the Riley and Masaaki alone at the table
Harper was surprising light on his feet and knew the latest dance steps, but he was no ed the music back to Japanese pop Someone tapped him on the shoulder
Shaundra looked up It was Yori
"I would like to dance with Ms Morrison"
From the look on Harper&039;s face, Shaundra deduced that Yori&039;s bluntness surprised him "Sure, if Ms Morrison doesn&039;t mind" "She doesn&039;t," Yori answered for her He stepped around Harper and took Shaundra&039;s hand
Harper looked at her and all she could do was shrug her shoulders
Harper gave up and returned to the table
"That was quite rude," Shaundra replied as the ed to a slow number Yori pulled her into his arms
"What is rude? I just wanted to dance with you"
His English was not as liht
He pressed her closer and her body ainst his chest His earthy cologne tickled her nose and worked its way through her body like an aphrodisiac "But I was already dancing with someone"
"He&039;s your boss"
"So?"
"I&039;m not" He flawlessly dipped her and then pulled her back to hinore it Then, several canore She stiffened in Yori&039;s ar?" he asked
"Someone took a picture of us"
"So?"
"So? We can&039;t be photographed together"
"Why not?"
"We just can&039;t It&039;s not good for our careers"
"People take pictures of me every day," he said "What&039;s one ot a picture of that too
Shaundra tried to look around hirapher Damn, there were just toohis life in the news, but she wasn&039;t He escorted her back to the table once the song ended and then went back to his friends
"You&039;re one crazy dude," Satoshi said to Yori when he returned to their table "A with Ms
Morrison"
Yori sat down "I a with Ms Morrison I just like to dance with her She is pretty good"
"That dress is sether nicely"
"I hadn&039;t noticed," Yori replied as he sampled his drink
"Liar"
Takumijo watched him intently from across the table "Of all the ladies in this club, why her? What&039;s so special about her?"
"There&039;s nothing special She&039;s a real good dancer and she&039;s tall enough so I don&039;t have to stoop over e dance slowly"
"I think she&039;s pretty," Ichiro announced
Yori glanced over at him This was a fine time for him to speak "Yes, she&039;s very pretty"
"And she has nice legs"
Yori looked back on the dance floor Shaundra was dancing with the Asian writer, Hideohi Chiba to DBSK&039;s Miortic and busting some very serious moves Her "booty" bounced sensually beneath the black ht awoke all of his senses A big behind was soood dancer," Satoshi replied "The two of theether on the dance floor"
Yori rolled his eyes at his friend Satoshi had a way of prying, but not prying How could he explain to thes he did with Shaundra Morrison when he did not understand why he did them? He had to remember that she was here on business and that she was older than he was, and thatwhat it would be like to kiss those full, brown lips
A young woman approached the table and asked him to dance Yori looked up at her She was Korean, about twenty, with short brown hair and a pretty smile She&039;d do He rose and followed her Miortic had ended and the disc jockey now played Mystery by B2ST The young woood dancer, but she lacked rhythm His eyes wandered back toward the other table Shaundra had returned and was busy pulling Masaaki to the dance floor This was a first Masaaki never danced when he acco around the floor with Shaundra and obviously knohat he was doing
The older woman, Dorothy, danced with Harper Kehoe while the other Auarded the table
Yori bowed to his partner after the song ended and returned to his friends Satoshi and Taku, but Ichiro continued to stare at the other table "What&039;s up, baby brother?"
Yori asked hi" Ichiro lowered his eyes as if eroup of authors Shaundra Morrison had her legs crossed and was revealing quite a bit of thigh That answered his question Ichiro was e the author&039;s beautiful legs No problem At least that answered another question Ichiro was definitely interested in woood taste
"Aren&039;t we supposed to be socializing with the with them?"
"Probably," Yori answered He had entertained the idea when they first arrived, but not so much now that he knew that Shaundra was camera shy and that Ichiro was interested in her He didn&039;t want to make either of the out fine for all of us
We&039;re close enough"
Satoshi rose
"Where are you going?"
"To ask Ms Morrison to dance"
"Why?" Takumijo asked
"Because I feel like it" Satoshi strolled over to the other table
Shaundra looked over toward thelasses, looked over at her, and then pushed the glasses up and pretended disinterest
"Would you like to join us for dinner?" Masaaki asked everyone at the table once they&039;d given up dancing and were all nursing sore feet He&039;d just returned after receiving a phone call
Harper looked around to see if everyone was in agreement Heads nodded up and down furiously
"Good I&039;m starved and my head hurts from the noise"
Shaundra found his bluntness comical
Masaaki pulled out his cell phone and dialed a nu up and rose, signaling to one of the guards The guard leaned over and said so to Yori, who, in turn, told the other three The four young men rose and walked around the dance floor until they arrived at the table with the authors "We&039;re all going out to dinner," Masaaki announced He turned and everyone followed hi?" Riley asked Harper as Masaaki began to walk