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okay, then bring him home, if you can, for the picnic in a couple of weeks.”
    “Shit.  I forgot all about that.  Okay, will do.”
    After I’ d disconnected, I tried not to think about Lucien and how broken my brother was, and started to go through the spreadsheets Dale had prepared for me yesterday. It turned out to be easier said than done thanks to the image of Lily in my head.
    The thought o f her going home to that idiot was making me see red.  I didn’t have the right to react like I did, but I couldn’t stop myself.  The attraction was instant, on both our parts.  I hadn’t mistaken that.  There was something about her that called out to me and for once the thought of having more than a one-night-stand didn’t leave me running scared.  I knew that with Lily, once she came to me, I wouldn’t let her go, because she would be mine.
    With a heavy sigh , I decided to distract myself with work.  But before I started to sort the paper work out, I transferred the spreadsheets that I really needed to work on to a USB, so I could work on them at home.  I then stood and walked towards the conference table to sort through the documents and sketches from Oakfield.
    Four hours later, Lily entered with her arms full of paper.  “What on earth do you have there?” I asked, going over and taking some of them from her.
    “A cup of coffee,” which she passed to me. “The typed notes, documents that a courier brought over, and the post, which I discovered, unopened, in a filing cabinet, I didn’t even know existed,” she said breathlessly while sorting them out into neat piles on my desk.
    “W ow, you have been busy.”  I took a sip of coffee, which felt damn good going down my parched throat.
    “I don’t like sitting ar ound doing nothing.”  She smiled at me.  “It looks like you’ve been busy as well.”
    I laugh ed.  Not one bit of the conference table was showing because of all the paper spread over it.
    “Your bro ther rang.”
    Those three words froze me, mid-drink.  “Which one?”
    “ The one who likes to flirt.”
    I saw red. “Sebastian,” I said in a tight voice.  “What did he say to you?  I’ll kill him.”
    She walked over to me and placed her hand on my arm. “Michael please.  He didn’t offend me.  He just wanted to know who I was, although I did draw the line when he asked for my dress size.”
    Shit .  “You need to stay away from Sebastian.  He goes through women as fast as people go through bread.”
    “That’s a new one,” she chuckled.   “Don’t worry, I’m not interested in your brother.”
    I c ouldn’t look away from her.  She was standing so close to me.  I reached out to her and my hand caressed her face. She turned into my hand and kissed my palm.  I put my cup down and moved closer.  I took hold of her hand and laced my fingers through hers.  My blood heated at her close proximity.
    My cock was ready to burst free and wouldn’t stop twitching.  God, with one touch I would come.
    “Michael, what’s happening?” she whispered.
    I sucked some much need ed air into my lungs and moved my hand from her face, then rested my forehead against hers.  “I don’t know…. but you need to go home.  Now.”  I stepped back from her, which was the hardest thing I’d ever done.  “I’ll see you tomorrow, Lily.”  I watched the woman I wanted more than anything, leave my office. Knowing she was going home to the bastard who didn’t deserve her, bothered me more than it should.

 
    Chapter 9
    ~~ LILY ~~
    What wa s happening to me?  All I’d wanted was to stay in the office with Michael.  He pulled at my heartstrings like no one ever had.  He’d looked so alone, standing in his office, wanting me. I would say he found it just as difficult to let me go as it was for me to leave.  I found myself really looking forward to tomorrow and seeing him again.  Now I only had to worry about David.
    David.  What the hell had happened to our