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Cade was playing with me, and I wanted nothing more than to take his bait. I could not help but smile, even though my insides were clamoring with excitement.

“And I promise you, Cade, I will not disappoint you again.”

Cade’s eyes lit up with amusement as I breathed his name.

“Dear lord, I hope not,” he said as he swallowed nervously, his gaze dipping to my lips for a moment, that welcome tinge of pink coloring his cheeks again.

“Do you have something you desire, Cade? Something that will please your palette?” I asked, my heartbeat in my throat. It would be so very easy for me to close the gap between us, for me to run my hands through Cade’s silky locks and covet his mouth to sing him my praise.

But I wanted more.

I wanted more than a quick, steamy, forbidden kiss in my father’s boardroom. Make no mistake, I still wanted those things, but there was something I wanted more.

I wanted a date.

With Prince Charming.

A real, honest to God date in which I could bask in Cade’s golden glow for longer than a moment, hear him laugh, and listen to him wail on about the drudgery of every day life in Jasper fucking Springs.

What has happened to me?

“Um... Bernard’s is good, I guess,” he breathed the name of the cafe so huskily, I had to stifle another petulant moan of my own.

I want to hear him breathe my name like that.

“I could go for something quite robust myself, right about now,” I said as I caught his cerulean gaze.

“I need to make a stop first, but, uh... I’ll meet you there?” he said as he moved past me for the door.

I moved instinctively, giving him the out he needed. Despite my desire to keep him locked up in here forever with me, I knew I couldn’t do so. I glanced at my watch, noting the time. It was barely two thirty.

“I will be there at three thirty,” I noted as I moved away, regaining my composure as I opened the door for Cade.

“See you then,” Cade said as he blushed once more, exiting the building, leaving me feeling quite excited for once.

This day was turning out to be better than I’d thought.

CHAPTER 20

Cade

When I finally made it to the sanctity of my car, I had to catch my breath. Not because the walk from the fifth floor to the lobby had been brisk, but because I was rather certain that if I hadn’t left when I did, I would have kissed Weston.

Again.

What the hell is wrong with me?

I’m not usually like this!

It was like every time I got near the man, I became some wanton, needy thing. The smell of his cologne, the darkness in his gem-like eyes that called to me like a moth to a flame. The way his voice was smooth like melted chocolate and caused my stomach to flip, my cock to twitch. On the physical end of things... he was absolutely perfect. It was like he was crafted from my love of rom-coms and my darkest fantasies or something.

Weston Rhodes seemed to bring out parts of myself I’d never known existed until I met him.

And seeing him swivel back and forth in his chair, amidst the crystal chandelier and stark, sleek design of the Rhodes Enterprises conference room, only hammered it into my skull that Weston was cut from a finer cloth. Despite knowing he was out of my league, I still wanted to wrap myself in that smooth, sexy cloth.

I turned the car on, the air conditioning blasting against my warm skin as I opened my phone, dialing the number of the one person who could talk me down from a burgeoning panic attack.

“Everything okay?” Dawson asked, his voice only slightly alarmed. It wasn’t as if I called him regularly. Usually, I’d shoot him a text, but I could not do such a thing when my mind was rushing a thousand miles a minute.

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