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arm. They al looked up when Kara walked in.
    “About time,” Chloe said and swung her feet to the floor.
    She picked up an empty champagne glass from the floor and waved it at Kara. “Take it. Pour her some, Shay.”
    Kara frowned, her gaze bouncing between the three grinning women and the bottle, which turned out to be sparkling cider. “What’s going on?”
    “I’m getting married.” Chloe lifted her left hand and wiggled fingers with long, curving acrylic nails. “My Danny proposed.” She screamed in excitement.
    Kara’s eyes widened when her eyes zeroed on the ring. It was huge. She took Chloe’s hand and studied the marquis diamond set in a platinum ring with tiny round side stones. “It’s beautiful.”
    “That’s my man. I’m so lucky to have him.” Her voice was wobbly.
    “Oh honey. He’s lucky to have you.” Kara sat by her side and gave her a big hug. She was happy for Chloe and a little envious. When would she get her ring? Of course, she had to find herself a man first, like her younger sister Briana and Chloe.
    Baron’s face flitted in her head but she pushed it away. She couldn’t have what she wanted, but that shouldn’t stop her from living vicariously through her friend.
    The three of them went way back. Chloe roomed with her and Renee for two years before she dropped out of colege to take care of her siblings after her parents died. Despite not having a colege degree, she opened a hair salon at the age of twenty-two and a spa three years later. Now she owned several around L.A. If it weren’t for her, Shannon would never have finished medical school or become a dermatologist. The two now had a perfect working arrangement—recommending the other to their clients.
    Kara leaned back. “Give us the details? How did he propose?”
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    Baron watched when Kara left the galery, when she came back, and later when she left for the day. He’d asked himself what monitoring her movements would accomplish and came up blank.
    His inability to formulate an answer, to concentrate on his work, or to stop thinking about her made him furious. He was reduced to prowling in his office after everyone had gone home, racking his brain for a solution.
    The situation with Kara was merely a distraction, one she sprung on him when he least expected it. She wanted to quit? Fine.
    He needed to stop obsessing about it and move on. Better yet, find something to occupy himself until he regained control. One sure way of accomplishing that was as old as time itself.
    Baron stepped back behind his desk and puled open the top drawer. He retrieved his cel phone, pressed the ‘contacts’
    button and scroled at the names. Sex had a way of duling the senses, and he hadn’t gotten laid in what…three months? No, six.
    It was humiliating to have to do this at such short notice, but he knew women who wouldn’t mind. In fact, most of the women he bedded knew the score from the word go—he wasn’t looking to settle down. He stil had a lot to accomplish before taking that route. The women never minded once he explained his position, and he made it up to them in bed.
    Baron finished with the list of names without selecting one.
    Scowling, he started reading them aloud as he scroled back to the beginning. He couldn’t remember what some of the women looked like. Instead an image of Kara sauntering out the galery door stayed etched in his brain, the sound of her husky voice playing in his ears. Disgusted with himself, he pushed the cel phone into its holder.
    He needed a drink.
    Baron grabbed his jacket and keys then headed for the elevator. It was getting dark, the setting sun casting giant shadows of the surrounding skyscrapers. He took off in his SUV toward West Holywood, his destination a trendy restaurant frequented by the young professionals of Los Angeles and Holywood celebrities.
    The Haven Lounge and Restaurant was busy as usual, but he left his car with a valet and headed for the entrance. The hostess saw