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table or else. The thought made him smile.
    “Eventually, but I don’t plan on settling down anytime soon and certainly not with a working chef. I’ll need somebody who will do what my mother did, cook dinner and hold the fort. No offense, but if you’re worried I want you to come back to New Jersey and live happily ever after with me, you can relax. I know how you operate. Short-term only. No-strings sex. Quick and dirty. I totally get it.” She pressed a lingering kiss to his lips. “But we’re friends, right?”
    He nodded, unable to resist putting his hands on her hips again. She shifted against him, and he sucked in a hard breath.
    “Let’s be friends with benefits while I’m here. I’ll make great desserts and use your hot body to get over my crush; you teach me how to save Cooper’s. When it’s time to go home, we part friends. No harm, no foul, just great memories.”
    Why did she sound so sensible? The odd sinking sensation in his chest felt like disappointment, but that was silly. She was right. He was a short-term kind of guy. It wasn’t fair to get involved when he worked all the time, but that didn’t mean it was okay to get involved with Jenna.
    She raised her head. “Next objection?”
    That was easy. “Cole.” Her brother would make stock from his bones if he found out about anything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours.
    “My sex life is none of his business. Or anybody else’s, before you mention my parents.”
    She continued to explore his chest and shoulders, thumbs caressing his nipples through his T-shirt. His chest tightened, skin tingling. “I owe your family a lot. I don’t want them mad at me.”
    “I promise not to tell them.” Her grin was full of irrepressible mischief that spoke to him on his deepest level. She was preaching to the choir, just not when it came to her. At least, not to the woman he had believed her to be. “Think of it as doing me a favor. Once I get you out of my system, I’ll be able to go out and find my dream man with a clear conscience.”
    He scrambled to remember his other excellent reasons for saying no and almost groaned with relief when one came to him. “I don’t have sex with my employees.”
    “Don’t hire me, then.” She giggled. “I’ll help with your new menus, train Max to do the simpler desserts while you’re looking for someone long term, and work on the Vegas event. You give me a plan for Cooper’s, and I’ll be out of your hair in a couple of weeks.” He would be gone, too. Once the Beach House menu was set and the profits were firmly in the black, he’d turn it over to Max. So why did the thought of her leaving so soon bother him?
    “After all, we’re just old friends hanging out together. Nobody is going to pay attention,” she coaxed, nibbling on his neck. “We’ll spend most of our time working. It will look perfectly normal. No one will notice.”
    She made it sound so simple. It would be easy to give her what she wanted, especially since he wanted it, too. He’d never felt anything as strong as the crushing need hammering at his balls right now. He wanted to believe her more than he wanted to breathe, to eat, or even to take over Gallagher Holdings. But this is Jenna. Despite her bold words and actions, he just couldn’t think of her in terms of no-strings sex. Hadn’t she just admitted to having a crush on him? Crushes weren’t made of quick and dirty; they were made of romance and fantasies. What would she do if he called her bluff?
    He knew what she would do if he kept saying no—she’d never quit. She was too used to getting her own way, and there was no doubt in his mind they’d find themselves in this exact situation as soon as she regrouped. How long would he be able to resist? Whether he liked it or not, things had changed between them. But as much as his body was screaming for relief, jumping straight into bed with her felt wrong. Jenna wasn’t a random hookup.
    Her lips brushed his