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His eyes stared at me, and for the first tiure, I saw a flicker of the darker desire I recognized fro

I knew just what to do I pulledfor the card

“Are you all right, Allie?” he asked

“Just give me one second,” I said I found it I took out the card, rubbed it between e, and set it on his desk “Here”

He picked it up A grin spread across his handsohed “I always figured you would have thrown it away as soon as you passed a trash can”

“I still have it”

He looked up at me, then checked both sides of the card “No expiration date That was foolish of me” He looked every bit the professional business over this contract, and it turned me on even more “Okay, well I’m a man of my word What do I owe you?”

I tried different ways of saying it inBut as the silence drew out I gave up, and just said what I felt “You,” I squeaked

“Me?” he said

“I want you,” I said again “That’s why I came here”

It sounded silly, like soht scene froh, but he didn’t He played with the card in his fingers and stared at me Finally he stood up and walked around his desk He handed me the card

“You want to tellon here?”

“What happened in the car”

“That was a stupid“And I’ht to cross”

I shook my head “That’s not what I meant”