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Atlanta. She was an attention magnet without trying. He would have preferred to cook dinner for her. At least if he’d taken her to his place, he wouldn’t have to worry about pictures in newspapers. Then again, on his own turf, it would be just the two of them. And with the desire he’d seen in her eyes and the lust fluttering around in his gut, taking her home with him probably wouldn’t have been the best idea.
    Heads turned the moment they walked into the restaurant. Maybe it was because they were two unusually tall people, but then the murmurs started. They walked past a table with a group of guys and Austin moved closer to her and placed a hand at the small of her back. How she managed to deal with the attention without it fazing her was a mystery to him.
    â€œThank you,” she said when he pulled out a chair for her and took the seat next to her. In light of the conversation they needed to have, he had requested that they be seated in the back of the restaurant. On the ride over, the initial tension between them had thawed, but Austin wasn’t sure how their long overdue talk was going to go. He wanted to understand what had happened all those years ago in hopes of finding some closure. He just hoped he was ready for whatever she had to say.
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    â€œI don’t know how you do it,” Austin said after their server took their drink order.
    â€œDo what?”
    â€œI don’t know how you deal with the stares everywhere you go. From the moment we walked through the door, you were the center of attention.”
    â€œHow do you know they weren’t looking at you?”
    â€œTrust me, they were definitely not looking at me,” he muttered and opened the menu.
    Janna studied his handsome face. Austin was fine enough to be on the cover of any national magazine. With his sexy brown eyes, chiseled jaw and full, kissable lips, she’d bet her agent would sign him in a heartbeat if Austin showed an interest. But he hated attention. Always had. As one of the stars of their high school’s basketball team, he’d blown off any accolades and always preferred to keep a low profile.
    â€œAre you two ready to order? Maybe I can start you with an appetizer?” the server asked when she placed Janna’s white wine on the table as well as Austin’s beer. She gave a quick rundown of their specials and then she really caught Janna’s attention when she leaned over Austin’s menu. While pointing out some of her favorite dishes, she brought attention to her large breasts in her low-cut shirt. Little did she know, Austin was a leg man. That knowledge still didn’t keep jealousy from stirring inside of Janna. Sure she hadn’t been with Austin in years, but witnessing some shameless hussy practically throwing herself at him made her see red...or green. She wanted to grab hold of the woman’s long hair and give it a hard tug.
    Austin closed his menu and looked at Janna. “I think I know what I want. What about you?”
    Janna nodded, trying to ignore his choice of words. She was tempted to tell him exactly what she wanted, and it didn’t include food. What she really wanted had more to do with his tempting lips, his muscular body and those large hands that used to touch her in all the right places.
    She shook her head to free the wayward thought and quickly glanced down at the menu in her hands.
    Okay. Focus, Janna, focus .
    From the moment she’d stepped into Nash’s office and seen him standing there, her body had been on high alert. She really did believe it was fate that they kept running into each other, though she had a feeling he thought she and Nash had set him up to be there when she arrived. Janna wasn’t sure why her brother-in-law hadn’t told her that he was meeting with someone else, but she was glad he hadn’t.
    Janna gave the server her order. Rarely did she eat soul food, but when Austin suggested the historic