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them.”
    He sighed, still looking troubled. “I want to get my facts straight before I act. That’s where you come in. My IT security guys have already put in software to monitor the entire company’s network traffic. I have access to those logs. I want you to look at all the activity my relatives have been generating and analyze it for me, see if you can spot anything out of the ordinary. But no one can suspect what you’re doing. You can work from my home or my office any time of the day, but to the outside world, you’re just my girlfriend visiting or staying over at my place.”
    “And I only have three weeks to catch this person. Why three weeks?”
    His face became guarded. “I have my reasons.”
    She toyed with a sugar packet as she wondered what she was letting herself in for, pretending to be Lex’s girlfriend. What would it do to her to be with him, receiving his attentions, knowing it was nothing but a sham? And what if she forgot herself and they ended up in bed again? Wouldn’t that hurt her twice over, knowing it meant nothing, yet unable to stop herself?
    “Are you sure it’ll be so easy to fool people into thinking we’re back together?” she asked.
    “Why not?” He shrugged his wide shoulders. “We’ll go to a few public engagements, some big, high-profile parties. We’ll be seen together as a couple, and people will assume we’ve reconciled. It’s not unusual.”
    “Yeah but we’ll have to...you know, play a role.”
    He lifted his eyebrows. “You don’t have to sleep with me...” His cool eyes glinted. “...if you don’t want.”
    Her chest grew hot. “I wasn’t even considering that.”
    Liar , his eyes flashed.
    “You weren’t?”
    Forcing herself to hold his gaze, she caught the amusement and heat mingling in his blue depths. Her breath shortened. Just one loaded stare from him was enough to send her into meltdown. The packet tore between her fingers and sugar spilled out.
    “Don’t get any ideas, buster. I have standards. I could never sleep with a man I despised.” Yeah, keep telling yourself that and maybe it’ll hold true .
    “Keep your panties on,” he drawled. “All you’ll have to do is suffer a few kisses and hugs from me in public. Think you can put up with that?”
    A few kisses and hugs from Lex? Heavenly torture. But what if she wanted more after that? She busied herself sweeping up the spilled sugar and depositing the debris into her saucer. “I guess.”
    “And no heavy petting without prior arrangement.” The glint in his eyes lingered.
    “No heavy petting, period.”
    “Why make such strict rules? You might enjoy it. I’m not a bad kisser, you have to admit.”
    He was a fantastic kisser, the best she’d ever had, but pigs would fly before she’d admit that. “When do you want to start?”
    “Tonight. There’s a big party I’m supposed to attend. I’ll pick you up at seven. Wear something slinky. You know the kind of thing I like.”
    For a moment she spluttered. How dare he talk to her like that? But then she realized he was right. If they were to convince everyone they were back together, she’d have to dress like his girlfriend. And she did know the kind of thing he liked—slinky, provocative, but always classy.
    “Is that okay with you?” Lex asked. “You look...stirred up.”
    She was stirred up all right—at the thought of dressing to please Lex, of spending an entire evening in his company after all these months struggling to forget him.
    But hadn’t she decided this would be good for her? If she spent more time with Lex she’d realize once and for all how incompatible they were, no matter how incredible he was in bed. This was her chance to cauterize the wound. And pull her brother out of his rut at the same time.
    “Seven is fine with me.” She pushed to her feet, suddenly longing to get away from Lex. “I’ll see you tonight.”

Chapter Three
    The doorbell rang at exactly seven, and although she’d been expecting