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together through a common interest, and we’ve been best friends ever since.”
    “Racing?” asked Amber.
    “Woman,” I replied with a sly smile.
    She rolled her eyes as I continued, “It was a few years ago, right after I started to become known on the race track. I was celebrating in a little bar outside of SoHo when I looked across the bar and saw this goofy fella chatting up some blonde. She was bored out of her mind and about to leave, but I just couldn’t let that happen.”
    Glen stepped in, “So this guy here comes over and out of nowhere, he starts talking to me. I’d never met him before in my life, but he’s talking to me like he’s my best friend. Telling me what a great job I did and telling the girl how lucky she was to be with me and everything else.”
    “Hey, it worked didn’t it?” I asked.
    Glen laughed, “That it did, she was my date for the rest of the night, and a good night it was!”
    We both shared a laugh, I looked over at Amber and saw her roll her eyes, but she was smiling. I could tell that she was having a good time. The more drinks we got in us, the more the three of us talked. I was surprised by how easily Amber and Glen got along. They seemed to have some things in common.
    “You know,” said Glen, a little drunk at this point, “Desmond here is quite the ladies’ man too. He always seems to have a new one on his arm.”
    “Now Glen,” I interjected, hoping to change subjects, “I don’t think Amber wants to hear about that.”
    “Actually, that sounds like a pretty interesting topic,” she replied.
    “Oh boy,” I muttered.
    I was somehow saved by the music though as someone behind the bar turned it up, killing any change of conversation. I rose up and held out my hand to Amber, a silent request for a dance. To my surprise, she smiled and took it right away. Our palms touched, once again sending shocks through my body. Once we were on the dance floor, the music changed to something slow, and I couldn’t stop myself from pulling her close to me.
    Her body pressed against mine, making my stomach clench in desire. She had a stronger effect on me than any other woman I had ever known. I looked down into her eyes and saw that my own desire was matched by hers. Without thinking, I lowered my head, and tenderly kissed her lips. Her soft lips melted into mine, joining us together and sending shocks through my body.
    Suddenly, I didn’t want to be in the crowded bar, I wanted to be alone with her. To touch her, hold her and share my world with her. She wasn’t like the others, she was different. As she broke away from me and smiled, telling me goodnight, I stood there in stunned silence as she walked from the bar. Amber had a grip on me unlike any I had ever felt before and it was terrifying.

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    Amber
    I t had been three days since my world started to spin that night in the bar. I kept blaming it on the alcohol but in my heart, I knew it was a lie. Since then, I had done everything in my power to stay busy and avoid Desmond. I didn’t want to become another notch on his belt. Plus, no one would take me seriously for the next few weeks if I slept with my boss.
    I needed to keep my head in the game and steer clear of him and any chance of complications. Each time that I saw him, I repeated to myself, “I’m here for my shop,” over and over again in my head until I was able to calm down my burning desire for him.
    Today was no different, between each press release he would come in to see how the new improvements were coming. Each time he came in, he seemed more determined than the last to pull my attention away from the car.
    I was starting to lose my battle of wills against him. I wanted to spend time with him, but I wouldn’t risk my reputation to do so. As the shop door opened, I braced myself for another round of banter.
    “Can I help you?” I said in a friendly tone when the man who walked in wasn’t Desmond.
    The man grinned, “I bet you can. I just came to