Attraction (Love & War, Part I) by Katrina Liss Read Free Book Online Page B

everything lit up and his eyes
glowed.
    He was one of
those men. Damned irresistible. In every sense, and every part of
him, no doubt.
    Her stomach
contracted tightly, closely followed by all her other female parts.
She wondered what would happen if he really went for it, and pushed
her buttons hard. She didn't rate her chances of survival very
highly.
    This wasn't
her usual modus operandi, thinking and feeling things like this
about her clients. But then she'd never had a client like him
before. One who looked like he did and who came onto her. But to be
honest and fair, it wasn't just his looks and behaviour, she'd been
more than a little excited before she'd even met him.
    Or maybe that
was down to meeting the luscious Adrian?
    He'd turned
her tap on like nothing else.
    Oh God
no...Adrian...
    She pushed the
complications of her date with Ashton and his aide out of her mind.
She'd deal with that later.
    He returned to
his original upright position and his face closed down again, his
professional mask descending.
    “ Right, let's move on. I want your opinion of the initial sale
offer I received by courier this morning. Let's run through it
together,” he removed a large A4 envelope from the file inner
pocket and extracted a thin, bound document. “Can you join me this
side of the table and pick up a highlighter pen from my desk on the
way, please.”
    She rose and
did as he requested.
    This was work.
She was in her comfort zone. Hopefully she could ignore him sitting
so close to her, although she doubted it.
    In the event,
her inner professionalism rose to the occasion. She swept through
the documented sixteen pages of French contractual terms,
highlighting quite a few points of interest, and explaining to him
what they were, and why she had a query. She was focused and fast
and soon she was finished. She turned to face him with a satisfied
smile on her face.
    He was staring
at her intently. His eyes boring into her head with a look that was
indecent. Her discomfort returned, acutely. He was less that a foot
away and she was so aware of him. Heat rose up through her body,
arriving at her face and her chest heaved. Her composure was
wrecked, she was suddenly completely flustered.
    “ Well that's that then, it wasn't all that bad, was it?” she
babbled, not sure where to look. “Are we done?”
    She raised her gaze and forced herself to look at him,
desperately trying to calm down.
    “ You tell me?” he replied quietly and calmly, rubbing his
finger over his lip.
    “ Do you have any more questions?”
    “ No, but if I think of any, I can ask you later.”
    “ Right, I'd better be going then.” She stood and pushed her
chair under the table. He rose with her and blocked her exit. His
presence was overwhelming in the small space they were
occupying.
    “ Thank you for your help,” he said very pleasantly, easing her
discomfort a little.
    “ You're paying top rate for it, there's no need to thank me,”
she pointed out.
    He laughed a
long low chuckle, the sound of which seemed to affect the strength
of her knees.
    “ I was simply being polite. It's the way I like to conduct my
business affairs.”
    “ Oh, I see... well, you're very welcome.” She smiled in
return, feeling a little churlish about her remark.
    “ You're most deserving. It's been interesting and I'm very
impressed so far, Nicole.” his eyes flicked over her meaningfully
and she couldn't help but bathe in his charm. “So, this evening,
make sure you're waiting in Clarkson's lobby at 5.30, and I'll be
there.”
    “ Okay, I'm looking forward to it.”
    “ So am I, Nicole . Before you
go I'll give you my card, it has all my contact
details.”
    He retrieved
his card from a holder on his desk and handed it to her and she
slipped hers out of her handbag and handed it to him.
    He looked at
it for a moment, reading out loud.
    “ Nicole A. Wright, Senior Advisor at Law, Corporate Legals.
What a beautiful title, it suits you.”
    Her insides
stirred more