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as she and Zach.
    Jade forced herself to give Doug a bright smile. “Wonderful. We’ll see you at dinner.”
    Placing his hand lightly under her left elbow, Zach led her away from the couple. “You owe me for that one.”
    Jade chuckled. “Yes, I do. Thank you.”
    “Just doing my job.”
    His angry tone of voice made her stop and look at him. He returned her look, his eyes cool. “I don’t like that.”
    “You don’t like what?”
    “That reference to your job.”
    “Isn’t that what you wanted? You informed me in the garage I’m nothing but your escort, that you won’t fall for any practiced lines of seduction.”
    Her words thrown back at her sounded so cruel. He turned his head, but not before she saw the flash of irritation in his eyes. She didn’t know if she’d hurt him or simply bruised his ego. Either instance warranted an apology.
    “I didn’t intentionally mean to be so rude.”
    Jade saw his chest rise and fall with a deep breath. His eyes were no longer cool when he looked back at her, but still flat. “Apology accepted.”
    “Shall we start over?”
    He squeezed her elbow. “An excellent idea.” A hint of warmth returned to his eyes. “Hi, Jade, I’m Zach. I’ll be your escort this evening.”
    Jade smiled. She liked this Zach much better.
    “Would you like another glass of wine?” he asked.
    “Yes, but I’ll go with you to the bar this time.”
    “You’re afraid Marianne Lassiter will hunt you down again.”
    “You’re right about that.”
    “Well, then, my lady, I give you my protection.” He offered her his arm. “Shall we?”
    She wrapped her hand around his biceps. “We shall.”
    * * * * *
    Zach watched Jade work the room. She spoke to everyone who called to her, handled several last-minute problems with someone’s special food order or the seating arrangement. Instead of calling on one of the staff to do it, she personally moved two flower arrangements on the tables because someone was allergic to roses.
    She fascinated him.
    Leaning back in his chair, Zach took a sip of his iced tea. He didn’t drink when he had to drive, nor on a date. He could better judge what his companion desired when alcohol didn’t make his head fuzzy.
    He wanted to be clearheaded so he knew exactly what Jade desired.
    He’d meant it when he’d told Breanna that it would be up to Jade whether or not the evening ended with him in Jade’s bed. He’d never pushed a woman for sex. He didn’t have to. Women did salivate at the sight of him. That knowledge could easily inflate his ego. Knowing he really wasn’t God’s gift to women helped keep him focused.
    He loved sex. That moment when he slid his hard cock inside a woman’s creamy pussy, that instant of resistance before her body accepted him…nothing felt better. He craved sex, and he craved it often. Yet if a woman simply wanted an escort and not sex, no problem. It was completely up to her. It would be the same tonight with Jade.
    Despite her adamant refusal to accept him as anything more than an escort, he couldn’t help hoping she would want to make love with him tonight.
    She carried herself with confidence…head up, back straight, those luscious breasts thrust forward. She was a woman who knew what she wanted and wouldn’t take anything less. He admired that.
    Her ex-husband had to be crazy to let her go.
    Zach set his glass on the table. He wanted her. The small amount of time he’d spent with her wasn’t nearly enough. He longed to hold her, touch her, feel her skin sliding against his, hear her breath catch when she came…
    The sudden thickening of his cock made him shift in his chair. He hadn’t been with a woman for three weeks, and the part of his anatomy with a mind of its own didn’t hesitate to remind him of that fact. But it wasn’t simply the lack of sex that made him react to Jade. In the past, he’d gone for several weeks without a woman when working on a house took up all his time and zapped his energy. He