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He stares at me
hard, and then steps back to give me space. “Besides,” he
says, while running a hand through his hair, “you just proved
my point. This is sexual harassment at its finest. I’d be
stupid to let this carry on.”

I get what he’s
saying. He may know my body inside and out, but he has no clue about
my integrity. As far as he knows, I’m a crazy psycho that will
stalk him now that I’ve gotten a taste of the Connover Love
Machine.

Still, I’m
really not ready to let this go. I like Matt… I really do. His
confidence, his healthy ego, his fantastically amazing body. I want
to get to know him better, and surely, the little issue that I’m
his employee shouldn’t stand in the way. I’m sure there
have been plenty of successful workplace romances in the history of
the world. I mean, look at Cleopatra and Marc Antony.

“Matt…
I would never hold something like that over your head, and you’ll
have to trust me on that. I bet we could make this work. I’m
sure once you got to know me better—”

Holding his hand up,
he cuts me off. His tone is steely when he says, “See, that’s
just it, McKayla. I don’t want to get to know you. This was a
fuck… pure and simple. I’m not looking for anything more
than that. But it’s out of my system now, and I’d
appreciate it if we could just forget this happened.”

“Ouch,”
I say, because that truly hurt.

“I think with
my dick, McKayla… not with my heart. It serves me well.”

“Well, I have
to say your dick is the most pleasant thing about you,” I say
sweetly, but with a touch of sarcasm.

I’m rewarded
with a narrowing of Matt’s eyes, and I can tell he’s not
use to someone sticking up to him like that.

When it boils down
to it, Matt and I have pure animal magnetism between us. We have
sexual chemistry in spades, and our bodies make some beautiful magic
together.

But that’s all
it is. Both of us were only looking for one-night stands, not the
love of our lives. And while many people can make the whole “friends
with benefits” thing work fine for them, there is no way that
could ever fly between an employer and his employee. Because even
though sex is just sex, there is also intimacy involved, and that
brings about certain emotions. Those emotions can then cloud your
judgment, and I get that Matt can’t afford to have that happen.

Hell, I can’t
really afford to let that happen. I need this job.

Straightening my
shoulders and sticking my chin out, I walk back behind my desk and
sit down. Bending over, I start to pick up the items that Matt swept
to the floor not ten minutes ago. He watches me, but makes no move to
help.

“I
understand,” I tell him with resolve. “And you’re
right. This has disaster written all over it. I’ll let it go.”

He stares at me for
a moment, and I hold his gaze. I mean it… I’m letting it
go.

Apparently, he’s
satisfied with the truthfulness of my words. “I’m really
sorry, McKayla.”

I give him a small
smile. “Sure. Another place, another time, we’d have been
perfect for each other, right?”

He returns the
smile, but it is sad… hopeless. “Wrong. I don’t do
relationships, and you deserve more than that. It would only ever be
a fuck. In fact, I’ll be hitting up
One Night Only
soon.”

With that, he turns
away and walks out of my office, closing the door softly behind him.

He’s an
asshole. There is no doubt about that. But I have a feeling he’s
a pathetically damaged asshole, and something has made him this way.
That makes me feel sorry for him, even though his words cut pretty
deep.

He may act like this
is about nothing more than blowing a nut, but that is definitely
where I catch him in a lie. There is more to him… I know it.

I know it because
men that are just interested in banging out a quick orgasm don’t
take their time to go down on a woman. They do that because they want
the woman to feel exquisite pleasure. That takes a certain level of
caring.

Matt may pretend
he’s all hard-hearted, but there is something inside of him
that glows warm.

Unfortunately, it’s
not up to me to be the one to fan that into something else. He’s
made it clear that I’m not what he wants or needs. He
eloquently stated that when he told me he’d be hitting up
One
Night Only
again.

The thought of Matt
having sex with another woman causes jealousy to flare up inside of
me, but I tamp it down. I have no claim to him, and it’s time
to put on my big girl panties and concentrate on my job.

From here on out,
Matt and I will nurture a strictly business, completely professional
relationship. I will look to him to mentor me as a lawyer, and I will
learn how to become the best litigator that I can be.

This will sustain
me. I’ll make sure of it.

Even as something
deep inside me whispers,
This isn’t over
.

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releasing January 24, 2014

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releasing February 21, 2014

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releasing March 7, 2014

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