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she greeted E tieek I remember?”

She laughed lightly at her joke, rean used to spend hours playing their video games Even as an eleven-year-old, she used to tease theeeks

“Thankfully, e,” answered a deep voice behind her with a lilt of hueek Not even baseball helped”

Rachel turned to find herself lost in a familiar pair of intense blue eyes Her ripped the back of her chair to steady herself in her six inch heels “You?”

“It’s rinned down at her with a wine bottle in his hand, his left eyebrow arching in a cocky challenge “I guess you didn’t recognize me yesterday”

“No, I didn’t,” she said breathlessly

His blue eyes twinkled “I didn’t either You’ll have to forgive rown up now”

Her gaze searched hi in his sculpted jaw, broad shoulders, and the suit that fit his athletic shape like a glove She’d thought the man she’d met yesterday at La Fete had looked familiar, but she hadn’t realized it was her brother’s best friend from childhood It had been fifteen years since they’d last seen each other He certainly wasn’t the young boy she ree years and morphed into an attractive speciirl’s head

“Co out a chair for her “The in”

She accepted the chair adjacent to Ean sat next to her

“You two ran into each other yesterday?” E a sip of the wine

“Yeah, at my job He calass by the sterin “It was a case of corporate espionage”

He laughed, deep and throaty, sending a thrill through her

“Guilty, but not sorry I still think that ,” he said, his eyes flashing “Did you report hiine he makes all the waitresses very uncomfortable”

Rachel could practically feel Michael’s head snap up and his heavy gaze on her face