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understood that she was not a hot sex goddess, but a cool, calm,
professional.
    * * * * *
    Damn, she’d been hot
last night. Aidan flipped his car keys to Frank, the attendant, bounding up the
steps and into the lobby. For the first time in a long time, he was
supercharged about going to work.
    Part of it was the
excitement of the casino venture with the hotel.
    A lot of it had to do
with seeing Lissa.
    His body already craved
her again, wanted her touch, wanted to inhale her sweet scent. He had to
mentally force down thoughts of fucking her to avoid walking through the hotel
with a very visible erection.
    Never before had a
woman fired him up like Lissa had. She’d taken him completely by surprise with
her acquiescence to his sexual teasing. He’d only started it because he wanted
to rile her a little. He found her cool Boston exterior not only a challenge,
but charming.
    Okay, maybe more the
challenge.
    Then when she heated up
like a wildcat, her desires more than matching his own, she’d tantalized him
past the point of rational thought.
    If Logan knew about
what happened between them last night, he’d have a fit. Aidan even felt a
twinge of guilt that he’d not only done the one thing Logan warned him not to
do, but he’d done it the first night Melissa was in town.
    Considering she’d be
here at least a month, trying to keep his distance would be difficult, if not
downright impossible.
    He’d had a taste of her
passion, and the storm within him was building. Stronger and harder than
anything he’d experienced before.
    Good thing he could
control the magic. Otherwise a hurricane would be blowing through The Rising
Storm any day now.
    His senses perked up as
the elevator doors opened.
    Sure enough…Lissa.
    Looking cool and
professional in her cream-colored business suit and matching high heel shoes,
she strode forward with a determined and quick step.
    Right up until she
spotted him. Then she paused for a second, her pace faltered, and she broke eye
contact.
    Interesting. She seemed
to be considering something on the floor. Then she lifted her head,
straightened her shoulders and headed purposefully in his direction.
    “Good morning, Aidan,”
she said.
    Gone was the heat wave
of last night. In its stead, a crispy Boston breeze.
    “Mornin’. Sleep well?”
    “Fine, thank you. Shall
we get started?”
    No warmth. Not even a
smile. So this was how it was going to be. Ignoring the pang of regret in his
stomach, he figured it was for the best anyway. If she wanted to avoid
discussion of what had happened between them last night, obviously it hadn’t
been as monumental for her as it had been for him.
    And didn’t that do
wonders for his ego? With a sigh, he said, “Let’s go to my office and we’ll
start working on the plan.”
    She turned on her heel
and walked silently beside him. With every measured step she took, Aidan grew
more and more irritated.
    Granted, last night
hadn’t been moonlight and stardust in a bed covered in rose petals. But it had
been hot and stormy. Fierce, passionate, elemental. And dammit, she had loved
every minute of it.
    Today it was like a
Blue Norther’ had blown in, soaking and cooling everything in its wake.
    Cooling his libido, for
certain. And definitely blowing his pride to bits.
    Maybe he hadn’t done as
good a job for her last night as he’d thought.
    She sure as hell had
taken him apart piece by piece. Just the memory of her mouth on his cock had
him hardening, despite her frosty demeanor.
    “Now if we could just
go over this part of the plan,” she said when they entered the conference room,
all businesslike and barely making eye contact.
    Aidan played along for
most of the day, offering his ideas and suggestions as he would with any
colleague. By the time late afternoon rolled around he was steaming inside, his
thoughts occupied more with how he could have pleased her better.
    Which pissed him off
all the more.
    He’d never had
complaints in the sex department