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just complimented you on, so what’s wrong?”
    “It’s just that it would be more convenient for your assistant—me—to know what time you plan on coming in. Considering you like to have your coffee on your desk, fresh and hot when you arrive. I jumped up every time the elevator dinged. I was beginning to feel like a Mexican jumping bean.”
    “Your point?”
    She smoothed her hand over the shiny desktop before meeting his gaze. “If you’re going to be late, I’d appreciate a call or a text. This way I know and can arrange your schedule—and your coffee—accordingly.”
    He reached into his front jeans pocket and curled his hand around whatever object he’d retrieved. “Here,” he muttered, depositing a key down on the desk. “I change the lock to my apartment after each assistant leaves.”
    “Must be a full-time job,” she quipped, realizing too late she shouldn’t have let that joke slip.
    To her surprise, his lips twitched in a near smile, and that tiny gesture gave her immense pleasure.
    “I stopped at a locksmith on the way here so I could make you a copy,” he said. “To facilitate your job. Not to make it more difficult.”
    “Thank you,” she said softly.
    He met her gaze, those green eyes warmer than she was used to. “You’re welcome.”
    She sighed, her suddenly needy body swaying closer even though he was a full desk away. She jerked herself upright, forcibly shaking herself out of the spell he effortlessly wove around her.
    She cleared her throat. “After you’re settled in, I’d like to go over my duties and how you handle your appointments and calendar. Things like that.” She cursed the huskiness in her voice caused from just a near smile. Man, either she was sex-starved or in big trouble.
    “Give me a few minutes and I’ll call you in,” he said gruffly.
    She inclined her head, turned, and started for the door.
    “Lexie,” he said, the rough timbre of his voice sending more shivers of awareness rushing through her.
    She grasped the doorframe, and yes, she squeezed her thighs together, because her body reacted to his use of her name, her panties growing damp.
    “Yes?” She glanced over her shoulder, meeting his gaze.
    “Point taken. Next time I’m going to be late, I’ll let you know.” No sooner had he spoken than he looked down, busying himself on his cell.
    Stunned, she walked back to her desk on trembling legs … and waited for him to call her in to work.
    A few minutes later, Derek and Lucas walked into his office and slammed the door behind them, giving her more time to wait. And to think about Kade, the man who seemed to be softening … and she hadn’t even been here long.
    *     *     *
    Kade was drinking the best damned cup of coffee he’d ever had just because Lexie had it made as soon as he’d walked in the door. He leaned back against his chair, feet on his desk. He was unfamiliar with the emotions coursing through him. From pleasure at seeing her in his office to appreciating how she’d picked up on his needs.
    Yeah, he’d told his other assistants that he wanted his coffee hot and fresh as soon as he arrived in the morning, but somehow they’d all screwed it up. And though it was just coffee, he understood the need was as much a part of his routine as the way he put on his socks, right foot, then left, or brushed his teeth, also right side, then left.
    But Lexie seemed to roll with his demands despite the fact that he could be a pain in the ass. The truth was, there was also part of him that liked to see how far he could push people before they walked away … because they always did.
    Except for Derek, Luke, and once upon a time, Julian. Brothers in fraternity and in reality. Julian had chosen drugs over his best friends. Demons and addiction had driven him. Kade didn’t worry about anything pulling Derek and Luke away. They were solid. They were his family.
    Now there was this spitfire of a woman who’d barreled into his life