from Boston, John Wrigley, and I have become pretty good friends. I gave John a call today. According to him, Hunter divorced her husband on grounds of adultery and had the goods from a PI to prove it. Her ex hired this high-priced attorney to fight to keep Hunter from getting a fifty-fifty split of the architectural firm they owned together, but the judge sided with Hunter. In the end Hunterâs ex retaliated by making sure she didnât get any of their clients.â
The man was a bastard just like Hunter McKay said, Tyson thought, easing a T-shirt over his head. âI think Iâll pay her a visit tomorrow.â
âThat doesnât surprise me.â
âAs a client,â Tyson added.
âA client? That does surprise me. I didnât know you were interested in getting a house designed.â
Tyson smiled. âI wasnât before now.â
âHell, Tyson, you donât even own any land.â
Tysonâs smile widened. âShouldnât be that hard to buy some.â Even through the phone line Tyson could imagine Eli rolling his eyes.
âAnd you would go to all that trouble just for a woman?â
Tyson thought about his brotherâs question. âBut sheâs not just any woman. Sheâs the one who got away. And now sheâs back.â
* * *
The next morning Hunter walked into her office and stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes did a double take. Was Tyson Steele actually sitting in her reception area, chatting so amiably with Pauline that neither noticed her entry?
âGood morning,â she said, breaking into their conversation.
Pauline and Tyson both glanced up, and Pauline smiled brightly. Tyson stood as he gave her a slow perusal, his gaze moving over her from head to toe. His eyes returned to meet hers and she tried ignoring the acceleration of her heart, a result of the intensity of his stare.
What were the odds that the same man she had been dreaming about for the past two nights would be in her office this morning? And they were the kind of dreams that heated her just by remembering them.
An excited Pauline interrupted her thoughts. âGood morning, Hunter. I think we might have our first client.â
âDo we?â Hunter asked, her gaze switching from Tyson to Pauline.
âYes. Dr. Tyson Steele is here to see you about designing his home.â
Hunter found that hard to believe, especially after what heâd told her two nights ago. He was more interested in seducing her than anything else. âIs he?â
âYes, I am,â Tyson said.
She tried ignoring the slow, languorous heat that flowed through her body at the sound of Tysonâs deep, husky voice. She looked back over at him and wished she hadnât. Sheâd thought he was sinfully handsome when sheâd seen him at the nightclub, but as he stood in the sunlight streaming through her office window he looked triply so. The man was totally gorgeous, one hundred percent male perfection. He looked like scrumptious eye candy in his jeans and dark gray hooded sweatshirt. For her, there was just something about a nice male body in a pair of jeans and it was almost too much for her this early in the morning.
âIn that case, Dr. Steele, you and I definitely need to talk,â she said, moving toward her office.
She heard Tyson close her office door behind him the moment she set her briefcase on her desk. She turned around and fought back the urge to moan. The way he was leaning back against the closed door, he was sexiness personified. And his razor-sharp green eyes were on her. Why, today of all days, had she worn a dress, one shorter than she would normally wear? Shorter but still appropriate for conducting business. Yet from the way Tyson was staring at her, one would think otherwise. In fact, one would think she didnât have on any clothes at all. Sexual vibes were pouring off him in droves and she could feel desire flowing through her