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hand on his chest to push him back until his drops his arms from around my waist. “Noel, you can’t say things like that to me.”
    He tilts his head and studies me. “Why not? It’s true.”
    My eyes flit down to his mouth and stare at the way his lips move when he speaks. They are mesmerizing, and it takes me a second to remember why I’m here. “Just because, you can’t. Not anymore, okay? This is my job.”
    I slide into my chair at the table, and Noel pushes my chair in for me before taking the seat directly across from me at the tiny round table. He grins at me. “So no innocent flirting?”
    I shake my head. “None.”
    He rests his chin in the palm of his hand and stares at me openly with his big, blue eyes. “Is it because you have a boyfriend?”
    I scrunch my eyebrows together. “What? Who said anything about me having a boyfriend?”
    Thoughts of my last boyfriend, Corey, shoot through my mind. That relationship ended over two years ago, and since then, I’ve found school and work more fulfilling than dating college boys with one night stands on the brain. 
    He smiles. “If there’s no boyfriend in the picture, I don’t see why I can’t compliment you for looking down right sexy.”
    I rub across the back of my neck and toy with my hair. It shouldn’t matter that he thinks I’m sexy, but it does. Heat in my belly pools, and I fight the urge to reach out and trail my fingers over his skin. 
    I can’t let him do this. Noel cannot take control over this situation. I need him to like me, but also keep him at a distance. We aren’t crazy, reckless teenagers anymore. The sweet talk that won me over in high school can’t go on now. We’re adults and we need to act like it.
    I readjust in my chair and cross my legs under the table. “Well, thank you for the compliment, but I would appreciate that in the future we keep our relationship strictly professional. I have a lot riding on you and me getting along, so I would like you to refrain from those types of compliments.”
    I cringe inwardly as I wait for Noel to tell me to get the hell out of the restaurant.  I’m sure he’s used to getting his way now days. Isn’t that how all the tabloids portray rock stars? Putting him in his place probably isn’t going to sit well. After all, I don’t really deserve any kindness from him after the way I broke up with him, so he has every right to be angry with me. 
    However, instead of harsh words, I hear Noel roar with laughter across from me. 
    A few heads at surrounding tables turn toward us. Does this man attract attention everywhere he goes?
    I smooth the white linen table cloth with my finger and try to pretend that his laugh isn’t kind of insulting. He finds it funny that I asked him to not sexually pursue me?
    He wipes a tear away from his eye. “Lane, I never knew you had this little hard-ass business chick inside of you. I have to admit, this no-nonsense attitude is kind of hot. Plus, I didn’t know you thought about riding me. That’s one thing I know I can make happen for you.”
    Great. So not the reaction I want. He’s never going to take me seriously. I’m a fool for thinking I could make this work out. 
    I grab my purse and start to stand. 
    Noel reaches across the table and grabs my wrist. His blue eyes ablaze. “Wait, where are you going, Lane? We haven’t even ordered dinner yet.”
    His fingers burn my skin, and I stare up at the ceiling and count to three to take my mind off how good his touch feels. I pull my arm away from his grasp. “Professional, please, Noel.”
    He raises his hands in surrender. “Okay, if I promise to keep things PG, will you stay?”
    Does he even know how to do that anymore? This whole cocky, rock star persona he’s got going on probably warps his rating system of what’s actually considered PG.
    I tuck my hair behind my ear and sigh. “PG? If you can do that, I’ll stay.”
    Noel crosses his finger over his heart. “I’ll be on my best