Total pages in book: 11
Estimated words: 10275 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 51(@200wpm)___ 41(@250wpm)___ 34(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 10275 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 51(@200wpm)___ 41(@250wpm)___ 34(@300wpm)
6
Mixing Business and Pleasure
Maddox
* * *
I’ve never been so grateful I rented a car—or so annoyed. I’d have jumped at the chance to spend another fifteen minutes with that charismatic charmer.
But as I near my Lexus, I fight free from the stranglehold lust has on me. No more elevator kisses, no more innuendo, no more flirting. Tonight was a one-time slip. My mantra from here on out is business, and only business.
With my head clear at last, I’m ready to see friends and relax. Tomorrow, I can figure out how the hell to work closely with someone I want so intensely.
But Zane follows me out, his footsteps loud on the concrete as he strides right up to me. “Maddox,” he says, his tone intensely serious.
I straighten my spine. “Yes?”
“When will I see you again?” he demands. “And what’s next exactly?”
Normally, I’d spend a day with the client, learning who they are so I could nail the best deal for them. But Zane and I hanging out together for a day? In a town car? Just us?
That would be a huge mistake.
I’m tempted to conduct this relationship from a safe distance over phone, text, and video calls.
Hey, let’s spend a day zooming.
But my business acumen tells me to treat him the same as any other client. Stars like a personal touch. They like attention. They deserve it. Zane might not yet be one of the best-known ballplayers, but in time, with my guidance and with his bat, I’ve no doubt he’ll be tops. All I need is a day to learn what makes him tick.
I flip through my mental calendar. I’ve memorized his schedule. At the beginning of next month, he’ll be in my town, on my turf. I can be in control as I get to know him better. We can spend some time together during the day before his game that night. We can’t get into any trouble while the sun is up.
“Two weeks from now, you’ve got a series against the Los Angeles Bandits. What are you doing on that Tuesday before your game?” I ask.
The look in his eyes says he’ll be taking me apart in my bed.
But the words that come out of his mouth are, “Doing everything I can to resist kissing the fuck out of you again.”
* * *
Zane and Maddox’s sexy-as-sin love story continues in TURN ME ON.