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“That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

“Hell no.”She flags the bartender down.“If I want to buy you a drink, I’m going to buy you a drink.What’s your poison?”

This woman has some balls.I tilt my glass toward her.“Negroni, or Añejo.I’d like Añejo now.It’s—”

“Aged tequila,” she says.“I’ll have the same.”

This just got even more interesting.

She looks around at the bar, examining the different jewel-colored bottles, admiring the décor.Ignoring me.

I see what she’s doing.

Playing hard to get.

Waiting for a reaction from me.

Fuck if this type of chase doesn’t turn me on.

Finally, I give up.Also, because I don’t know how long I have here, or if she has a date, in which case, I’m out.It’s something I need to find out.“So,” I say, turning to face her fully.“What brings you here?”

“I’m in town on business.”

“Business?”I raise a brow.“What kind of business?”

The server sets our drinks down and she picks up her glass, takes a slow sip, and meets my gaze over the rim.

“I’m a corporate lawyer.”

I mask my surprise.

Because she does not look like a corporate lawyer.I shouldn’t be so chauvinistic.Women can be brilliant and beautiful.She must have caught the flicker of disbelief in my expression because her eyes narrow.

“What?”She arches a brow, daring me to say it.

“Nothing.”

“You thought I was some pretty little rich girl, sitting at a fancy bar waiting for someone to pick up my tab?”

“Wouldn’t dream of it.”

She eyes me carefully, like she’s assessing me.“And you?”

“I’m a businessman.”

“You’re too slick to be an average businessman.”

“Nothing average about me.”

She tilts her head.“You give off shady vibes.”

“Shady vibes?Please don’t hold back.”

“I don’t.”She gives me another perfect smile.Damn.

I laugh.Fully and completely.Deeply amused, and surprised.This woman has intrigued me like no other.I raise my glass in her direction.“Guilty as charged.”

We stare at one another, and I feel the undeniable, dangerous pull that vibrates between us.

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