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hang up without worrying that her sister was going to have a
heart attack.  Suave was such a worrywart – unlike her, always quick to try
something new.
    Sliding
the phone back into her purse, she turned to Max.  “How much farther?” She had
to yell to be heard over the wind whipping at their faces.
    “Ten
minutes and we’re there,” he yelled back.  “Everything all right?”
    “Perfect,”
she said and settled back in her seat to enjoy the rest of the ride.
    Within
minutes they were pulling into a massive parking lot, now totally empty except
for Max’s car that was pulling up to the entrance to a stadium that was still
under construction.  He swung the car into a nearby parking spot then hopped
out to open the door for Silken.
    “Welcome,”
he said with a dramatic flourish.  “My latest and greatest project – NASCAR
racing at its finest.  Coming soon to your town.”
    She
laughed.  “Your latest but surely not your greatest.  What about your Davidoff
cosmetics empire?  I checked you out, you know.  I know who you are.”
    For
a second his eyes narrowed and the smile on his lips hardened.  Obviously, he
wasn’t thrilled that his identity was no secret, at least not to her.  But what
did he expect?  She’d found him so, of course, she would also have found out
who he was.  She stared up at him, ready to douse him with a cold dose of reality
if he questioned how she knew about him.
    But
he didn’t.  As if he realized she was no threat to him, the tight lines in his
face smoothed and he relaxed visibly.  “Okay,” he said, the smile returning to
his eyes, “you got me.  It may not be my biggest project but it’s the one I’m
most excited about right now.  Come on.”  He jerked his head.  “Let me show
you.”
    He
held out his hand and Silken took it, surprised at how eager he seemed.  One
minute he was stern and suspicious, the next he was like a kid showing off his
new bike.
    She
put her hand in his and his hand swallowed hers up, making her feel
uncharacteristically fragile and small.  She wasn’t used to feeling like this
and she wasn’t sure she liked it.  Silken McCullen was a ‘take-charge’ kind of
girl who always set the pace.  In the company of this man she didn’t feel quite
so in charge.
    Before
she could ponder further he’d pulled her to her feet, slammed the car door shut
and was heading for the entrance with her in tow.  “Hang on a sec,” she said,
pulling her hand from his.  “I’m in high heels, remember?  I can’t go dashing
across the gravel like you can.  I'll trip and fall flat on my face.”
    He
slowed down and gave her a wry grin.  “Sorry.  Forgot how challenged you
females are when it comes to balance.”
    “Yeah,
because of you men,” she grumbled, giving him a mock glare.  “It’s because of
you that we wear these things, uncomfortable though they are.” She shook her
head.  “The things we do to look sexy.”
    He
looked over at her.  “You don’t have any problem in that department.  Trust
me.”
    At
his words Silken’s body went tight and her breath caught in her throat.  She
bit her lip and looked away.  It wasn’t so much what he said but how he said
it…like he would take her right there in the parking lot if she’d let him.
    She
was impulsive and she was daring, she’d be the first to admit.  But she wasn’t
that crazy…as much as she would love to feel his lips on hers again.
    “Uh,
so when did you start construction?” she blurted out, desperate to divert his
attention, to get him to look at anything but her.
    To
her relief, it worked.  Raising a hand, he waved it in the direction of the
massive structure.  “We broke ground over eight months ago,” he said, his voice
tinged with pride, “long before I moved to Cupertino.  I got tired of flying in
from New York to check on the progress so I decided to set up a home here.”
    She
glanced over at him.  They were right inside the entrance now and