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tonight. This is the worse choice she could make to keep the peace between Scott and her. She opens her door and escorts Brett inside. Shrugging off his jacket, he sits on her red leather sofa, an expectant look on his face.
    “What would you like to drink?” she asks.
    “What do you have?”
    “Everything.”
    “Jameson?”
    “Yep. Straight up?”
    “Yes, please.”
    She pours them both a glass and takes a swig, letting the liquid slide down her throat, warming her body. She walks to the sofa, handing him his glass.
    He takes a drink and sets it down on the table. “You must be a little curious, to let me come up here.”
    “I am,” she says as she sits back against the cool leather.
    “I could make you happy, Alexa.”
    “How do you know?”
    “Because I would do whatever it takes.”
    “You say that now, but you don’t know me.”
    “I want to.”
    “That’s obvious.”
    Brett grins. “Do you ever smile? Not your bitchy smile–a genuine, happiness filled smile.”
    Alexa raises her eyebrows. Man, this guy is bold. “Maybe.”
    “Did Scott make you like this? So cold and hard.”
    Her entire body tenses at the mere mention of Scott’s name. It didn’t help that she couldn’t stop thinking about him. “Stop talking about him.”
    “Do you have feelings for him?” Brett presses, ignoring her comment. “Just tell me so I know what I’m facing.”
    “I don’t have feelings for anyone.”
    “I could change that, if you’d let me.”
    “What exactly are you suggesting? A relationship with me? Because frankly I think this is all about sex. All this dining and bullshit talk is just distraction.”
    “Is it working?”
    “No.”
    Brett leans closer to her, his lips just inches away from hers. Alexa wonders if he’s going to kiss her and if she wants him to. He stares into her eyes, silently weighing his options right now. The more she resists him, the more turned on he is. He’s just not sure how far he can push this.
    “Alexa, I’ve already told you that I’m extremely attracted to you. I’ve told you I want you in my bed, but I also want to get to know you and I want you to get to know me. Have you considered there is a possibility we could be what the other is looking for?”
    “I’m not looking for anything, Brett. Getting involved with you would only make my life harder than it already is.”
    Brett leans in just a little closer, his chest pressed against hers, but she makes no attempt to move away. “What if I could make your life easier?”
    “How?” she asks, her curiosity intensified.
    He reaches up and brushes his finger against her cheek. “It’s important to you to maintain control, yes?”
    She nods. “Yes, I suppose.”
    “That’s why you’ve been so successful so quickly. You need a man in your life that recognizes that.”
    “And that man is you, I take it?”
    “I think so,” he says confidently.
    “So what are you going to do to prove it? I’m very demanding.” Alexa finds that she is very intrigued by his words and his closeness to her.
    A grin spreads across Brett’s handsome face. “I’d like to tell you something about myself. Something you may find interesting.”
    “Okay, I’m listening,” Alexa replies.
    Suddenly, without warning, Brett slides off the couch onto the floor. Keeping his gaze locked with hers, he lifts her leg and drags his tongue across the side of her shoe, then slowly up her stocking covered leg, stopping at the hem of her dress. Her eyes open wide, watching him intently.
    “I can be anything you want, Alexa. You can run me.”
    She takes a deep breath. Holy shit.
    “Would you like that? Would you like to control me?” he asks.
    “Is that what you’re into?” she asks, her voice revealing her curiosity.
    “Yes. And I think you’re exactly the person to give it to me.”
    “What exactly do you want? You’ll have to tell me.” She had to hear the words. She didn’t want to assume.
    He nods his head. “I’m