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before. Never. In fact, he always got asked
for seconds, even thirds.
    Clearly the fault was
with Melissa. She was frigid. That had to be it. It couldn’t be him.
    Unable to resist, he
asked, “Are we going to talk about it?”
    She looked up from the
pile of papers on the table. “About what?”
    “Last night.”
    Her face tinged pink
and she quickly turned her gaze back on the papers. “Nothing to talk about. It
was a mistake.”
    “Was it?”
    “Yes. Let’s just forget
it ever happened.”
    Aidan leaned back in
the chair and pondered if he really wanted to let it drop or not.
    Not. “Was it that bad?”
    Her gaze flew to his.
“Oh no! It was wonderful!” Then, obviously realizing she’d said too much, she
added, “I enjoyed dinner with your family.”
    He chuckled. “That’s
not what I meant and you know it.”
    Chin held high, she
said, “I’d prefer not to talk about the other.”
    “Kind of hard not to
relive it and talk about it, don’t you think? After all, we did share something
intimate last night. We’re going to be working together over the next month. I
think we should get it out in the open.”
    “I’d prefer to leave it
buried.”
    That might be what she
thought she needed, but deep down Aidan knew it really wasn’t what she wanted.
    “You enjoyed it.”
    No response.
    “You came. Hard.”
    Still no reply, but her
blush deepened and she shifted in her chair.
    “You sucked my cock
like a woman starving for it.”
    Her head lifted
abruptly. Sparks of anger flared in her eyes. That got her attention. “I had
too much wine.”
    He laughed out loud.
“Pretty flimsy excuse, Lissa.”
    “Don’t call me that.”
    “What? Lissa?”
    “Yes. It’s not my
name.”
    “I like it better. Less
formal.”
    “You’re annoying as
hell.”
    He grinned. “I’ve been
told that before.”
    Pushing back from the
table, Melissa folded her hands in her lap, her back ramrod straight. “Look,
Aidan, let’s chalk up last night to a bad choice on my part. I apologize if I
led you to believe there could be something between us, because there won’t be.
Ever. What happened with us will never happen again. Now, I’d appreciate if
you’d let the subject drop.”
    “I see.” He scooted his
chair so close to hers their knees touched. Melissa pushed back a little
further, until Aidan grabbed the arms of her chair and yanked her toward him.
“Let’s get one thing straight. Last night was hot. For both of us. I enjoyed
the hell out of it, and so did you.”
    When she opened her
mouth to object, he silenced her with a look. “Why you don’t want to enjoy some
hot sex between consenting adults is beyond me, but I’ll honor your wishes not
to talk about it again unless you bring it up.”
    “That won’t happen,”
she said, lifting her chin.
    “We’ll see.”
    He pushed her chair
back and picked up their marketing plan. At least he’d managed to have his say.
Now they could get back to business.
    “So tonight the plan is
to head over to a couple of the competing casinos and check out the action?” He
tried to sound as uninterested and businesslike as she had.
    “Yes. The company wants
me to survey their activities, find out what kind of volume they’re doing. I’d
like to visit them at various hours on different days to gauge their traffic in
the morning, afternoon and evening.”
    “Works for me. I like
to gamble.” Damn. That had sounded almost friendly. He’d have to watch himself.
He’d nearly smiled when he said it.
    She regarded him for a
few seconds, frowning. “You don’t have to go with me.”
    Which really meant she
didn’t  want  him to go with her.
    Tough.
    “Yeah, I  do  need
to go with you. I don’t frequent the casinos enough to know exactly what your
marketing angles are. You can tell me a little bit about that while we’re
there. What the key points are we want to convey to our potential customers.”
    She seemed to consider
it for a few seconds, doubt sailing