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caught his attention. The
startling blue sparked with life and a touch of heat that his body responded to
with an answering burn.
    It wasn’t just the way she looked because
he was used to being around sexy, sophisticated women. There was something else
about Cassie that got his blood running hotter. Maybe it was the spicy floral
scent with the Asian undertone swirling around her that put his senses on full
alert, but his instincts whispered it was something deeper.
    Whatever it was, he was glad to have
three days to immerse himself in it. He was looking forward to this weekend
reprieve from the long hours he’d been putting in at the office, though he was
expecting a tough negotiation with Xavier tomorrow.
    Once they were airborne, Dan appeared at
Evan’s elbow and handed him a stack of printouts. “I think you should look
through these before your meeting with Xavier.”
    “What are they?” Evan asked, while next
to him, Cassie pulled a paperback novel out of the handbag resting at her feet.
He caught a glimpse of a dark cover with red letters. It looked like a murder
mystery, the kind of book he used to enjoy when he had time to read something
other than business reports.
    “I told you Linders was going after
Xavier too,” Dan said, “but there’s no way he can match what we can offer.
These are his financials.”
    Evan stared at the older man, debating
whether or not he wanted to know how Dan had got his hands on this information.
He decided some things were best left unspoken. “Thanks, Dan.”
    As the older man returned to his seat at
the rear of the plane, Evan bent his head over the columns of numbers and
silently thanked his father for having such a useful assistant. Evan’s
negotiating position would be so much stronger with this information.
    After nearly an hour of deciphering
Linders’ financials, Evan stuck the papers in his briefcase under his seat.
Then he stretched his arms above his head and arched his back to work out the
kinks.
    Cassie had remained at his side, silently
reading her book the entire time. Now, she glanced at him and smiled. “Ready to
talk?” she asked.
    “Talk?” he repeated dumbly, dropping his
arms to his sides.
    Her eyes widened as she studied him.
“Don’t you think we need to work out the back story of our relationship before
we meet your business associate?”
    “Right. Do you have any suggestions?” He
bent his head to the left and right, stretching out his tight neck muscles. He
hated how this business made his body so stressed, but it was a small sacrifice
to pay after neglecting his family for so many years. That was something he was
never going to be able to make up for.
    She nodded. “The only sticky part is why
did you just hire me as your helicopter pilot if we’re supposed to have been in
a relationship for a number of weeks.”
    He rubbed at a knot in his shoulder while
he thought. “You resisted working for the company until you saw where our relationship
was heading.”
    “Where is it heading?”
    He shrugged, wincing at the stiffness in
his muscles. “More than casual, but neither one of us is looking for a lifetime
commitment yet.”
    “Okay,” she looked away for a bit before
continuing, “now for the hard question.”
    He glanced at her. “Shoot.”
    Without hesitating, she faced him and
asked, “Why did you break up with your last girlfriend?”
    His answer came easily. “She broke up
with me because she got engaged to another guy.”
    “Ouch.”
    He shook his head. “It was okay. She
wasn’t the love of my life, but she put me in this awkward position for the
weekend…”
    “In which you had to hire a companion,”
she finished for him.
    He decided it was time to turn the
tables. “Why did you break up with your last boyfriend?”
    Her eyebrows rose in a mock innocent
expression. “Who says I had a boyfriend?”
    “Because you’re what twenty-five years
old? I’m pretty damn sure you’ve had a boyfriend or two in your