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desire to turn around and go back home was beginning to tug at the back of her brain. Her legs overrode her brain and she began across the street anyway. Her hand was actually shaking a bit when she reached for the door and she was feeling truly annoyed at her body for being so unpredictable. She knew herself so well under physical duress, but apparently dating was out of her wheelhouse.
    The door took a bigger push then she’d expected so she wasn’t as subtle walking in as she’d hoped to be. When she turned around from the door, she saw him. She knew him immediately from his photos and she also knew that she would have noticed him regardless of their date. His gaze was fixed on a beer in front of him. She wasn’t sure if she should be happy or upset that he’d ordered before she’d arrived. As she walked over she made the executive decision that she really didn’t care.
    “Connor?” She was working her best confident person impression.
    “Hi!” he said as he stood.
    If his natural good looks weren’t enough, he was also tall just like Madison liked her men.
    “It’s so nice to meet you.” He held out his hand and she shook it as if they were there for a business meeting.
    Madison smiled and Connor smiled back. After what seemed like minutes, they both sat down arranging themselves physically and trying to escape the awkwardness of what to say next. When she finally was able to get a good hard look at him, she was absolutely enamored. His model looks were only complimented by his closely cut dark brown hair, greenish hazel eyes and the shadow of his beard was an added touch she loved.”
    “I ordered a drink,” Connor stated the obvious. “What can I get you?”
    “Oh,” she was used to buying her own drinks on these sorts of dates, it was one of the basic rules she’d made for herself. “I’ll have a vermouth cocktail.” The negotiations had begun immediately inside her head. She would let him pay, then she would get the next round, or she would let him pay and she would get the next date. Of course that was jumping ahead a bit much.
    Connor ordered the drink and both watched the bartender make it without saying a word.
    “You live close by?” she asked after she’d tried her first sip. Alcohol went through her quickly and she was immediately thankful for it.
    “I walked over,” he said. He hadn’t thought about his living situation so he hadn’t prepared anything to say, he didn’t know where he would find a fake address and he’d never thought he would need one.
    “Me too,” she said smiling.
    “I’m surprised I’ve never seen you here,” he thought of all the dinners he’d had sitting in just this spot.
    “I haven’t been here before.”
    “That would do it,” Connor looked into her face. She was really incredibly pretty. The length of her jaw, the frame of her face, her coloring. Her body mesmerizing, a bit too mesmerizing. He had to force himself to focus on her words and not pay attention to the rest.
    “Actually you do look familiar to me,” she said, taking Connor by surprise.
    The blood began to rush from Connor’s face. This was exactly what he hadn’t wanted. He just wanted a few dates, a little bit of time to cultivate something that wasn’t built on his inheritance. Or at least something where he could know without a shadow of a doubt that it had nothing to do with money.
    “We’ve probably run into each other before. Ellicot City can be a small town sometimes,” he hoped that he was right.
    “Hmm, do you belong to Belvedere Health & Fitness?” she asked.
    “Nope, I have a gym in my office building.”
    “You said you work mostly from home.”
    This was going to be more difficult then he thought. He looked at her and words just spilled out—she made him want to be normal and being normal for him was being his actual self. “I do, but I also have a brick and mortar office building to check in with.”
    She nodded. He noticed that the edge of her lips kept