Sinfully Sexy by Linda Francis Lee Read Free Book Online

cocked her head. "In the last five minutes?"

Chloe stared at the pad and pretended to write.

Julia turned to the other man. "You must be Trey Tanner."

He was still staring at Chloe, and his brow furrowed in confusion.
Chloe braced herself for what he
would say next.

"It's you!"

"I never thought I'd see you again!"

"I was crushed when you ran out on me
like that!"

"You are the most stunningly
beautiful woman I have ever met and I can't live another second
without you."

"I'm sorry, but there seems to be a mistake," he stated, that same
deep, rumbling voice washing over
her senses. "I am from Prescott Media, but I'm—"

Chloe's head jerked up. "What?" she blurted.

Every eye in the room turned to her. She tossed her pen down on the
pad. "Did I hear you correctly? You're from Prescott Media?"

He hardly looked at her. In fact, it hit her then that he hadn't been
staring at her. And he wasn't all that happy about having been
interrupted. Not only had he not been on the verge of exclaiming his
admiration and love, but as it turned out, he hadn't even recognized
her!

Chloe realized with a rush of relief that she was safe.

He didn't recognize her!

Followed quickly by a disgruntled, He
didn't recognize her!

Her brows slammed together. She couldn't believe it. Was she so
pathetically ugly without makeup that
he didn't even notice a resemblance?

A part of her brain realized that she was being irrational. She should
be rejoicing at her luck. But that other part, the one that had
obviously sent her to the party dressed up in the first place, was
insulted.

She lifted her chin a notch. Surely he just hadn't seen her well
enough. How could he not recognize her? She might look a bit different
this morning, but they had shared a passion that she was sure was the
sort that people wrote about in songs, in books, in movies. A passion
that meant he should recognize her soul.

Okay, so she'd been reading too much lately. But really, he should at
least think she looked familiar.

"I'm sorry for the interruption," Julia said, glaring at Chloe. "I know
that your time is valuable."

Chloe barely listened as Julia rushed on with ridiculous platitudes and
gushing appreciation for him
coming all the way to El Paso to meet with them.

Raising her chin another notch, Chloe pushed the paper and pen away
from her with a noisy swish. But still Trey Tanner didn't notice her.
She even pushed back her hair, drummed her fingers on the table,
then in a fit of completely and utterly immature foolishness, she
whipped off her glasses. All that was missing was a Ta da!

To no avail.

In fact the only person in the room who seemed aware of her at all was
Kate, who kept glancing at her
as if at any minute she might sprout a second head. Which might not be
a bad idea since then maybe
one of them would ring a bell in this Trey Tanner.

Trey Tanner. From Prescott Media!

Her frustration turned to anger. How could Julia have done this?

"As I was saying," he stated firmly, cutting Julia off.

Chloe snorted. "You were saying that you're from Prescott Media, home
of that corporate cutthroat
and modern day robber baron Sterling Prescott."

That got his attention. It got the other man's attention as well. Ben
actually chuckled.

Julia whirled around to face him. "Who exactly are you? Ben, you said.
Just Ben. Like Cher, I suppose."

Ben whistled appreciatively, not in the least cowed by Julia. He simply
smiled and made a big production of saying, "Yep, it's Ben. I'm Trey's younger brother, Ben Tanner.
Yes, Ben Tanner, here to be inspired by his big brother's greatness.
Though, Trey"—he turned to the other man— "next time you talk to your
boss—Sterling, isn't it?—you might want to mention that he has one bad
reputation here in El Paso."

Chloe watched as Trey looked like he would strangle the younger man.
Then she turned to Julia. "How could you?" she asked plaintively. "How
could you have invited Prescott Media into our station?