"Like you want to kill me.""I do want to kill you. I've had a bad week."Actually, his week hadn't been all that bad. The parts with Abbey in his bed, on the couch, at the restaurant, the beach, Lucy's desk—those had been rather good. It was the other parts he didn't like so much.Vane held up his hands in self-defense just as Nick uncrossed his arms and reached toward him."Okay, okay, I'm leaving." Vane scuttled toward the door. "You know, when I heard you were pretending to be me, I thought we could turn this to our advantage. I could pretend to be you, just flying in to check on the last day of the seminar and attend the cocktail party and charm the pants off everyone. We'd make a good team.""I don't charm the pants off people. I talk straight and get the job done.""Yeah, right. Like all the women in the office don't go ga ga over you.""That's because I treat them with a little respect and don't try to grab their asses as they walk past.""Hey, I only did that once.""Yeah, on
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