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spread over his pillow as she lay naked under him, those curves open to his exploration. She flushed at his look, as though she could read the erotic thoughts playing through his mind, and turned away to answer the waiter at her elbow, ordering coffee.
    There was a telling silence on the other end of the phone.
    JJ knew without asking that Logan was listening to the sounds of the restaurant, the distinctive tones of Zette's voice, and adding it all up.
    "Tell me that isn't who I think it is?"
    "Well, that would depend on who you think it is," JJ said, careful with his replies, keeping them generic. He didn't need Zette working out the content of this conversation, that would give too much of his plan away.
    Logan laughed. "You bloody sly dog! That's got to be Zette Matthews. I didn't realise you two were acquainted. Christ, please tell me you haven't set your sights on her for this madcap scheme?"
    "Maybe."
    "Fucking hell! I wish I'd known that when you asked me to draw up those damn papers! There's going to be hell to pay when you divorce her," Logan groaned, using his most 'put upon' voice.
    JJ just shrugged, most of his attention on his lovely companion as the waiter returned with their coffee. Where had the shy teenager gone? Because the siren who had replaced her bore no resemblance to the socially inept and 33
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    nervous girl he remembered. Perhaps her mother had stepped in and done something to actually help her daughter instead of pursuing her own selfish pursuits.
    "So? It's not like a little bad publicity ever bothered us before, is it?" He really didn't care what the papers said about him. To them he was the bad boy of business, the Mako of the corporate world. He didn't bother to correct their stories.
    It made his competitors nervous and he liked them that way.
    They were more liable to make mistakes.
    "Crap, crap, crap..." Logan hissed. "No, but you never screwed around with the media's darling before. The woman can do no wrong in their eyes. Shit ... they're going to crucify us."
    "So get someone to dig up some dirt so we have something to fight back with. That kind of person, there's bound to be a skeleton in the closet somewhere, start with the family and work from there," he ordered.
    "I don't suppose I can quit now and save myself the stress can I?" Logan asked glumly. But JJ knew him, knew that already his eyes were sparkling with the light of challenge. He knew his would be, and they were cut from the same cloth.
    "You could. But you won't," he said, and flipped his phone closed, ending the call. "You ready to leave Zette?"

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Zette swallowed and nodded, ignoring the butterflies in the pit of her stomach. No, she wasn't ready but one look at his expression, the tight set of his shoulders and she knew he'd see through any delaying tactic she tried.
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    "I wanted to thank you." Her voice was soft as he escorted her from the restaurant, the large hand he placed in the small of her back playing havoc with her senses. Why, of all the men in the world did she have to react to him like this? She didn't even like him.
    No, that was the problem, the little voice in her head sneered, you do like him. You like him too much, despite the fact he's a rat who's going to make you sleep with him!
    "For what?" He glanced down as he steered her toward the lift. She stiffened for a moment, her eyes flitting toward the front lobby. She'd assumed they'd be getting a cab to his place, which meant she'd have a little more time to compose herself.
    "I thought we were ... I mean I assumed we were going back to your apartment?" she asked as they stepped into the lift, the doors closing and cocooning them in the small space.
    Their own private world.
    His eyes locked with hers and in an instant the temperature in the lift rose, the tension between them thickening until she had trouble drawing a breath.
    "We are. I own the hotel. I have an apartment right here."
    His lips