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at the arena this late.
    He smiled and a rush of heat coursed through her. “I saw your light on, so I decided to come and make sure you were okay.”
    “I’m fine. But what are you doing here? Weren’t you guys done a long time ago?” The players were done with their daily session by mid-afternoon most days.
    “I forgot something here earlier, so I came back to pick it up.”
    He wouldn’t meet her gaze. Was he telling the truth? But what reason would he have to lie?
    Sebastian cleared his throat as he studied something behind her. “So, are you leaving soon?”
    “Yes, right now, actually.” As she spoke, Sarah crossed to her desk to grab her laptop. With that task completed, she scooted around her desk once more.
    Sebastian, his hands jammed in his pockets, was shifting from foot to foot. “Do you want to, you know, grab some dinner or something? I would like to hear more about what you’re planning to do for us.”
    Alarm bells clanged inside her head. Did he just ask me out? He said “dinner.” He can’t mean like a date.
    She shouldn’t agree to go, but oh God, she wanted to. When she realized she was biting her nail, she forced her hand to her side.
    “I mean, if you’ve eaten or something, don’t worry about it. With the time, I figured you might be hungry.”
    “I’m starving.” Now why the hell did I just admit that?
    He raised an eyebrow, and his gorgeous light green eyes that Sarah was afraid she could get lost in all too easily darkened to a deeper hue. “Then we’ll go to dinner.”
    “All right.” Sarah was helpless to resist when he went all Alpha male on her. All her life she’d had a weakness for a guy with confidence, one who knew what he wanted and wasn’t afraid to go out and get it. Even at his young age, it was obvious Sebastian was an Alpha male through and through.
    “Doug mentioned you guys were working crazy hours,” Sebastian said as they walked toward the parking ramp. “He also said you were, ah, how did he put it? A slave driver.” He smirked, revealing a dimple she’d never seen before.
    Oh geez. I’m a dead woman.
    “He said his wife is jealous he’s spending so much time with you.”
    Aghast, Sarah faced him, only to see he was still smiling. “We are working long hours, but it’ll be worth it. I think we’re onto something here.”
    She paused beside her SUV as her nerves got the better of her. It would be nice to bounce some things off a player. Finally, she roused herself enough to say, “I guess neither of us knows our way around here very well, huh?”
    “I know some. Do you want to take my car? I can bring you back here later.”
    “Sure,” Sarah answered, though she was still uneasy about going out to dinner alone with him. A niggling voice in the back of her mind was stuck on a repeat chorus of bad idea, bad idea, reminding her how it would be perceived if they were seen together, and she didn’t want to jeopardize her new life with the Storm. Despite all that, she’d already agreed to go with him and it was too late to back out now without making a fool of herself, since she’d already admitted she was starving.
    Once they’d walked to his car, a silver Honda Civic, and climbed inside, Sebastian twisted in the seat. “I know one place Rob and I have gone to a couple of times. They have a huge menu and serve late.”
    Sarah’s stomach gurgled. Mortified, she groaned, but Sebastian laughed. “Whatever you want is fine.”
    He gave her a long, heated look that left her thinking he’d rather eat her for dinner. She was grateful the air conditioning worked because her entire body heated at the thought. Fighting the instinct to fan herself, she settled back in her seat.
    This is ridiculous. If it kept up, she was likely to take a bite out of him for dessert. And he’d take a bite out of me. Sarah barely suppressed a moan at the image.
    After they arrived at the restaurant, Sebastian placed his hand on the small of her back as he opened the