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to yourself, you have to let me in on your secret.”
    “It’s no secret. I just got rid of the granny gear and let my hair down.
    Anyway, you don’t need to do a thing for yourself, you look great.”
    “You’re a sweetie—hold on.” Debbie answered the ringing phone.
    “I’ll catch you later,” Chastity whispered, looking down at her watch again. Shoot. Five minutes late. She knew Sebastian’s pet peeve was tardiness. She walked to his office to find the door open and a sudden nervousness hit her. As though sensing her presence, Sebastian’s head lifted from the papers he’d been intently studying.
    His eyes narrowed, shooting blue fire. “What took you so long?” he barked.
    Chastity took a step back, her courage slowly slipping away. Stay strong, she told herself. Squaring her shoulders, she stepped inside the office. Why did he have to look so good?
    “How about closing the door behind you?”
    “Excuse me?” Had she heard him correctly? Sebastian had never asked her to close the door to his office before.
    “I said close the door. Did your new look damage your hearing?”
    His rudeness caught her off guard, making her gasp.
    He sighed. “That was uncalled for, Chastity. I apologize. Would you please close the door?”
    “Why?”
    “So that we can have some privacy, I need to go over this case with you.”
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    “As long as we’ve worked together, you never asked for privacy before,” she pointed out.
    An irritated look crossed his chiseled face as he shot out of his chair with a curse. “For the love of God, it was a simple request, woman.”
    Storming over to the door, he closed it with a decisive click. Sebastian glared at her before sitting back down. “Now, do you think we can get started without you questioning my every request?”
    Chastity couldn’t hold back her smile. Day one and she was already getting under his skin. Sebastian didn’t seem like he could take his eyes off her.
    He raised one dark, thick brow. “What are you grinning about?”
    “You’re being really cranky this morning. Hard night?”
    “I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but I’m not sure I like it,” he muttered. “And what the heck happened to you anyway?”
    “A little of this and that. I thought you said you wanted to discuss work?” Chastity smiled at him again, crossing and uncrossing her legs in a deliberate play for his attention. She didn’t miss the way his eyes followed the motion. Chastity cleared her throat when he didn’t speak.
    “Huh? Oh, yeah.” He tugged at his tie as if it were chocking him.
    She raised the notepad over her mouth to hide yet another smile.
    “Chastity, if you’re finished playing hide and seek, let’s get down to business,” he said gruffly.
    They began to discuss one of his upcoming cases. It was for one of his pro bono clients. Chastity had worked for other law firms and none of them gave back to the community as much as Sebastian did. It was one of the reasons she’d always admired him. He genuinely seemed to care about the people he represented and took his job seriously. For a man with such an excellent work ethic, it was a shame that he was such a rat where women were concerned.
    They became so deeply engrossed with their discussion that the interruption of his telephone was jarring. “Hold on a second,” he said before answering. “Sebastian Rossi speaking.” A large smile split his face after a brief pause. “Robin, this is a pleasant surprise. You could never be a bother, sweet pea.”
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    Who the hell was Robin? Chastity stood, thinking it would be best to give him some privacy. “I’ll be back when you’re finished.”
    Sebastian held up his hand to halt her. “I would love to, honey. I appreciate your asking me. Now that we live in the same city I see you even less than before. It should be the other way around.”
    Chastity felt uncomfortable listening to him talk to whoever this Robin person