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Alexander sighed, a sound of genuine frustration. He knew she was right. He knew he should let her go, let the lawyers handle the paperwork, and keep their lives professional and partitioned. But looking at her, without the haze of alcohol, her face set in a look of defiant hurt, he felt a pull that was stronger than logic.For some reason his eyes drifted down to where her left hand was braced against the edge of the conference table, her knuckles white. He noticed the ring finger immediately. The wire-mesh ring was gone, but in its place was a faint, angry circle of bruised, purple-red skin—a mark left by the jagged wire he had twisted around her finger in a moment of drunken madness.Without thinking, Alexander reached out. His hand was large and warm as he covered hers, his fingers sliding beneath her palm to lift her hand from the table. Isabella let out a sharp, hitching gasp. She didn't want him touching her, no matter how good she knew his touch felt. Her first instinct was to
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“Why?” she sniped. “Does the idea suddenly seem repulsive to you?”“Sorry, that came out wrong.” He actually had the decency to look sheepish, and the change made him almost boyish. God help her if she didn’t want to jump his bones as much as she wanted to kill him.“I just mean it’s not something I endorse. I have a rule never to mix business with pleasure.”She stared at him incredulously. “I repeat—are you for real?”“Saturday night was different,” he stressed. “Things had already gone way too far before I knew who you were.” She clamped her jaw shut. What the hell could she say to that? By the time he’d discovered who she was she’d been like a dog on heat, and as for him… He’d been right there with her. But still it didn’t make it right. She took a slow breath, smoothing a hand over her hair as she raised her chin and straightened her spine. This was happening, whether she liked it or not. The sooner she buried the emotional wreckage, the sooner she could deal with the profession
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She was rambling. He knew it and she knew it, judging by the flush creeping up the exposed skin of her chest. He tore his eyes upwards, forcing himself to look into her eyes as he cut her off. “I’m not here because of that.” She frowned. “You’re not?”“Well, I am, but not entirely.” Hell, just get it out. You’ve dealt with hostile takeovers better than this. “I mean, I’m not here for what you think.”Her brow furrowed further. Her genuine confusion was breaking him.“Okay…” She threw her dirty paper towel away, then returned her arms to her middle. “So why are you here?”He thrust his hand through his hair. The guilt, the alien sense of unease, the fear of hurting her or making her mad—all made it impossible to think straight. He’d planned it out on the journey over, prepared his words, perfected his apology, but it all evaded him now that she was standing before him, waiting… “Right.” The word was more for himself than her, as his hands came up in a definitive gesture that said Le
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She looked up at him, her eyes widening on a flicker of something—lust, nerves, fear… And then her hand closed around his and his blood rushed towards the contact, the softness of her palm doing things below the belt that he didn’t want to permit. He searched her face. Did she feel it too? Her eyes glittered, streaks of colour shone through the make-up on her cheeks, and then her lips parted on a breath, the tip of her tongue flicking briefly across her lower lip. It was still there, the chemistry, he was sure of it. And the very idea that he could work with her and keep it platonic was fast becoming laughable. But he would.His no-mixing-business-with-pleasure rule existed for a reason. If only he’d been able to remember that on Saturday, when he’d realised who she was, rather than letting her… A flashback of racing images sent heat ripping through him and he coughed abruptly.She started at the sound, her eyes narrowing on him. “It’s nice of you to come by,” she said, and then her e
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Isabella sighed. “Put on my big girl panties and deal with this, right?”“That’s right. And first?”“Find Lex. Talk to him. I don’t even know how to find him.”“Won't be hard,” Tessa said, scrolling through the photos on her phone. “He was at the reception, right?”“Yeah,” Isabella told her, taking her phone. She looked at Lex's photo. It was ridiculous, but she found herself missing him. She regretted walking out on him this afternoon. She handed the phone back.“That is one handsome husband you have there,” Tessa said with a laugh, but then she turned serious. “So, you’re going to go see him?”“Yeah, I kind of have to, right?”“You do.”“What do I say?”Tessa shrugged. “I guess you can start with ‘Hey, hubby.’” “You’re a jerk.”“I know, but you love me anyway.”With a plan in place, Isabella felt ready to tackle her problems head-on. “I do. That’s my problem,” she said, smiling at her friend. “Okay. I'll find him and fix things. But not after my meeting tomorrow.” She turned on her
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Isabella sat on her bed, her door closed, the blinds drawn and the lights off. She plucked a multigrain cracker from its sleeve and nibbled on a corner, trying to keep her stomach from revolting. She hadn’t had a hangover this bad in her life, and not only was she hungover, but her drunken exploits had affected her sober life. She’d done quite a few questionable things under the influence, but when she’d awakened that morning, Lex's arms wrapped around her and a weird, wire made ring on her finger, she’d panicked, slipped out of bed and, as quietly as she could, gathered her things and bolted.She had somehow lost a night, and most of Sunday, with him. Her head throbbed just thinking about it. It was a wild, incredible night. If only she could remember all of it. She remembered meeting him and going to The Zenith with him, but it seemed like the more alcohol she'd consumed, the more the rest of the memories got hazy. She'd remember all of it soon enough, she was sure of that. Just as
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