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“He already has a successful security business. Why would he want a hedge fund? I don’t think he’s a numbers guy, anyway.”
    “No, that’s not his name. He’s tall, maybe around six-feet five inches, with dark brown hair. He was wearing a tailor-made suit that I guess cost probably more than all of the clothes in my closet.”
    Something clicked in Raya’s mind as it slowly dawned on her who Cedric was describing. Thorsten Irizarry, the pain in her ass who didn’t know how to leave her alone. She still didn’t figure out why he kept insisting on more than one occasion that she wasn’t giving him a fair chance.
    They needed to know each better, yet his smug attitude was so off-putting that she couldn’t even be alone with him in the same room for longer than a few minutes.
    Raya had wondered why Thorsten, of all people, was interested in keeping in touch with her. They barely knew each other. For a while now, she sensed Sahara had been keeping something important from her, but she couldn’t figure out what it was.
    Could this be it ?
    Maybe Sahara knew about this and didn’t know how to tell her. If so, she was hurt her best friend couldn’t be honest with her. They had been friends too long to keep a secret this huge from her.
    “Is his name Thorsten Irizarry?” she demanded.
    “Yes, that’s him,” her brother answered. “I’d only talked with him a few times on the phone and then twice in person. He gave me such a good deal that I wasn’t interested in talking with anyone else after him.”
    “God, I can’t believe he did this. Wait until I see him,” Raya snapped, gathering up all of her paperwork. She shoved it back into her black satchel which she slipped over her shoulder.
    “Where are you going?” Cedric asked, watching her closely. “You aren’t about to do something that you shouldn’t, are you?”
    “I need to pay a visit to someone and have a very long talk with him. Maybe seeing me in person will finally get it through Mr. Irizarry’s thick skull to leave me the hell alone.”
    “Are you sure that’s a good idea? Won’t Sahara get upset with you for getting into another fight with one of her family members? Besides, he’s willing to give us a lot of money for our failing business,” Cedric pointed out. “You keep acting like we don’t need the money, but we do. When are you going to admit it?”
    Pushing her glasses up her nose with her index finger, she glared at her brother. “No, we won’t need a dime from Thorsten Irizarry. Furthermore, Sahara and I are best friends. She will understand why I’m so upset. I can’t have someone like him looking over my shoulder every day.”
    “When are you going to focus on something else besides work? Don’t spend all of your time doing this. Why don’t you find a guy like Sahara did and get married? You’re beautiful. I know there’s a lonely man out there who will deal with your craziness.”
    Raya stopped, then gave Cedric a look. “Stop trying to be a matchmaker for me. I hated when Dad used to do it, so don’t step into his shoes.”
    “All I’m saying is why don’t you take care of yourself more? Isn’t it past time you got a boyfriend or something? You spend way too much time by yourself except when you’re around Sahara. Get out and have fun while you’re still young enough to do it. I’m going to be out of town for a few months to work on a new movie set. I hope when I come back home you will have things worked out with Thorsten Irizarry. You can’t keep fighting this losing battle.” Her brother gave her a hard look of his own, then turned on his heel.
    Following Cedric out of the room, Raya wondered why he was trying to give her advice about her love life. It was a little late for him to act like a concerned big brother. She knew what she was doing when it came to Thorsten.
    During their other encounters, Thorsten might have blown her off with a quick compliment and sexy wink, but those days were over.