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groin to make sure he was fully covered. And recovered.
    “You trying to
get me hard again?”
    “No, just
making sure you’re decent.”
    He bent his head and
breathed in her ear. “I’m not decent. At all.”
    She sucked in a
breath. “Knock ‘em dead.”
    “I will. The
money’s as good as in the bank.”
    Shane strode up to
the podium and the room quieted. Then he began to speak. He had
totally discarded her speech and spoke from the heart about his
mother, about his luck, and about other people just like him who
couldn’t get a free ride. When he finished, there wasn’t
a dry eye in the house, including hers.
    Cat turned away to
dab at her eyes and encountered the knowing, smirking face of Dick
Samuels.
    Her heart lurched
into her throat. Does
he know? He was staring at her, then at Shane.
    “Well, we’re
getting close to the announcement of the promotion. Who do you think
it’ll be?”
    The weasel. He was
taunting her. She could feel it in her bones. That self-satisfied
smirk made her skin crawl.
    “I guess we’ll
just have to wait to see who they decide is the best fit for the
job,” Cat said, giving nothing away. He wouldn’t see her
sweat.
    Lizzy came up to Cat
with a beaming, megawatt smile. “Shane was amazing.” When
she saw Dick, she stopped talking. “I’m sorry to
interrupt.”
    “No problem,”
Cat said, “Dick was just leaving.”
    After he was out of
earshot, Lizzy said, “What a dick. I sure hope you get the
promotion so you can rub it in his snotty face.”
    “Yeah.”
    “He’s
creepy.” Lizzy said, shuddering.
    Cat turned to her
assistant, not wanting to dampen her triumph with potential bad news.
If Dick had seen her, she was toast, but he hadn’t said
anything, and she couldn’t imagine Dick would be able to resist
rubbing it in if he had. She was probably off the hook. “You’ve
been having a fun evening?”
    Her assistant looked
pensive.
    “You pining
over Tyler Davis again?”
    “He’s
way too young for me, Cat. Give it a rest.”
    “You and that
rookie running back.” Cat rolled her eyes, then peered closer
at Lizzy’s face. “Is that drool?”
    “What?”
She went to check her mouth and then laughed and shoved Cat. “Stop
it. All I can do is look and fantasize.” Lizzy closed her eyes
and pretended to swoon. “Damn, he’s so gorgeous.”
    “And eight
years younger than you are, Lizzy. Is my Little Miss Goody-Two Shoes
a cradle robber? Who would have guessed?”
    “I was making
an observation,” Lizzy sniffed.
    “There will be
plenty more fundraisers to ogle him.” Cat said, searching the
room. “At the very least, you can continue to watch his
practices with me.”
    “I only caught
a glimpse of him, and then he left right after Shane’s speech.
That was a killer. I thought one of the guys at my table was going to
start blubbering.”
    Shane came off the
stage and Lizzy said her goodbyes.
    Cat wished she could
give Shane a hug. He looked like he could use one. “That was a
really touching speech.”
    He shrugged. “It
was the truth.” Then he softly added, “I want to slowly
strip that dress from your body and kiss every inch of you.”
    “My place or
yours?” Cat replied, just as softly. The room was clearing out.
    “Mine. I want
to show you something.”
    “I’ve
already seen it and it’s quite impressive.” She bobbed
her eyebrows.
    He laughed. “Not
that.”
    “I’m
disappointed.”
    “Come home
with me and you won’t be.”
     
    ###
     
    All the way over to
his house, Cat debated telling Shane about Dick. Yet the jerk hadn’t
threatened her or even mentioned her kissing Shane, much less
anything else they’d been doing. By the time she got to Shane’s
house, she talked herself out of mentioning it at all. It was pure
speculation, anyway.
    He lived in Sunset
Heights, an area populated with the rich and famous. His house was
huge and a bit intimidating. Shane always seemed so reserved and
modest. It was hard to believe he owned