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business well enough to deal with whatever curve balls he tries to throw.”
    “I still don’t like it,” Alex growled, and Jamie almost laughed.
    “I know you don’t,” she said, “but we don’t have to decide right now. It’s just an option that we can think about.”
    “I suppose.”
    Instead of stopping her light stroking at the nape of his neck this time, Jamie ran her hand down along his spine, feeling the muscles in his back. Still as solid and defined as when they met, and she wanted it. Wanted him.
    “What if we forget about business for a while,” she suggested, dipping her voice a little lower to make her meaning very clear, her hand sliding down the outside of Alex’s hip, “and go think about something more enjoyable?”
    Alex straightened, pulling back so that he could meet her eyes. “Are you propositioning me, Mrs. Reid?”
    “Seducing you, I think,” Jamie said, only a little bit of a smile sneaking through the straight face she was trying to wear.
    He laughed. “Well, in that case, I think that your efforts have been very successful.”
    Before she could stand he was on his feet, and he’d gathered her up in his arms. Her own wrapped around his shoulders, holding tight, but she trusted that he wouldn’t drop her as they started up the stairs, both of them laughing. Alex had never let her fall. She didn’t think he was going to start now.
     
     
     

Chapter 4
     
    “We did it!”
    Mark laughed at Erica’s enthusiasm, popping the cork on the Champagne and watching it overflow in a rush of bubbles as he poured it into two glasses. “All we did was stand around and look pretty for the cameras,” he pointed out, handing one of the glasses over to Erica. “Occasionally offered a sound bite. We haven’t even seen the story. It could be terrible.”
    “It’s not going to be terrible,” Erica said, her slender fingers curling around the Champagne flute. “It’s going to be brilliant! And this place is going to be overrun with guests. You’ll see.” She smiled at him, sweet and enticing, and raised the glass she was holding. “To success. And to Little Lake Country Club.”
    Shaking his head, Mark lifted his hand and tapped his glass gently against hers. “To success,” he echoed. “And to Little Lake Country Club.”
    They both drank.
    “And,” Mark said, lifting his glass again, “to the very best pro-golf instructor at the club. And the most beautiful woman in New York State.”
    Erica’s cheeks flushed faintly pink, and her smile widened. “Is that so, Mr. Reid?”
    “Oh, absolutely,” Mark said, setting aside his glass and stepping forward to wrap one arm around Erica’s waist, pulling her in. “In fact, I think you’re probably the most beautiful woman on the whole Eastern Seaboard.”
    “You know, that kind of over the top flattery is completely—”
    Mark cut her off with a kiss before she could finish her complaint. For an instant, she was startled still in his arms, and then she sank into him with a sigh, one of her arms sliding around his shoulders to help hold the weight of her body, and her mouth opening under the press of his lips to let him slip his tongue inside and taste her. The hand that wasn’t at her waist slid down, over the curve of her buttocks, and then further, curling around the back of her thigh to pull her even closer.
    They broke apart, but only far enough to breathe before they were coming together again, this time moving with the kiss, stumbling backward toward the bed.
    “Shirt off,” Mark ordered between kisses.
    He let go of her enough to curl his fingers under the hem of it instead, pulling it off over her head and tossing it to the side. A minute later her bra followed, and then his own shirt was being yanked off in her hands, and they were pressed together, skin to skin.
    “You really know how to celebrate,” Erica laughed into his mouth.
    Mark didn’t answer. He gave her a little push, and she fell back onto the bed as the