Page 10 of Hostile Takeover

“I’m serious!” she says. “He couldn’t take his eyes off you!”

“He’s a shark, Aunt Linda,” I say rolling my eyes. “He’s using his good looks to get my guard down so he can take advantage and lower the price of the sale. He’s trying to honeydick me.”

“Honeydick?” Aunt Linda says with an expression that makes me laugh. “What the heck is that?”

“He’s trying to seduce us with his hot smile, big muscles, tailored dark blue suit, and then just when we’re in the palm of his soft sexy hand, he’s going to fuck us on the price. That’s honeydicking.”

Aunt Linda grits her teeth as she narrows her eyes on me. “He’s not going to get away with that. Let’s dick his honey right back!”

“That’s not how you… Nevermind. Let’s do it!”

She bursts up, but then immediately sits back down. “Wait. How exactly are we supposed to honeydick him?”

Someone knocks on the door.

“Come in!” Aunt Linda shouts.

The door swings open and Brandon Raven’s beautiful face is revealed. My heart immediately starts beating harder than it did in the conference room.

This man is unbelievably hot. It’s scary.

Just one second of those sexy brown eyes on me and I’m ready to lay on the desk and let him honeydick the shit out of me. He can honeydick me all night long.

“We’re glad you’re here, Mr. Raven,” Linda says as I try to stop my legs from trembling. “We’re so sorry about that unfortunate mixup. Kyra accidentally grabbed the pile of boxes that were meant to be destroyed. We were trying some unorthodox methods with our products. We try putting everything in our products at She’s The Sun to see what works best.”

“Even glue?” he asks in that deep rich voice. The rumble seems to travel along my skin, giving me goosebumps in its wake.

“Even glue,” Linda says with a swallow. “I can assure you that our ready-to-ship products will not be tainted like those ones were. It was an unfortunate accident.”

“It was my fault,” I blurt out. “I sabotaged them. I didn’t think Aunt Linda should sell, so I added some glue to the lotion and some cinnamon to the blush. I apologize. I hope your employees aren’t mad.”

Aunt Linda is looking at me with a mix of disappointment and admiration. I guess I won’t be keeping this position after all. It’s not like I deserve it after what I just did.

“The girls are fine,” Mr. Raven says. “A little confused, but fine.”

This is such a debacle. What was I thinking?

“The check is signed,” Mr. Raven says to Linda. “And the contract is ready for you. Why don’t you go over it with the lawyers while I take Miss Black off your hands?”

I gulp as those intense brown eyes lock onto me.

“Okay, then,” Linda says with a relieved smile now that she knows the deal hasn’t been torpedoed by my stupidity. “I’ll head right over.”

She touches my arm before hurrying out the door.

I look at the floor, at the wall, at the chairs, but there’s only so long my stubborn eyes can resist looking at this gorgeous man. They dart over to him.

I swallow hard when I see that he’s staring right at me.

The air feels thicker all of a sudden. More electric. Alive.

“I’m sorry about that,” I quickly say. “Did that nice lawyer manage to get the glue off her face?”

He nods. “I believe she did.”

“Is she going to sue me?”

His stern face eases into a slight smile. “I won’t let her.”

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