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night, and that made her blush like the devil.
    â€œI should’ve told you to jab me and I would’ve turned over,” he said. “I usually only snore when I’m on my back.”
    He had been on his back, giving Alisha the opportunity to study all the little details—from his solid chest, which was covered in a thatch of hair that thinned into a stream runningdown his belly, and below that… Well, that was the stuff female fantasies were made of. “You weren’t that loud. It sounded kind of like a purr.”
    â€œA purr? I sure as hell don’t purr.”
    â€œI’m so sorry. I certainly didn’t mean to wound your macho pride.”
    â€œI’m definitely wounded. Those scratches look pretty bad this morning.”
    â€œYou’re not going to let me forget that, are you?”
    â€œI will as long as you promise me you’ll wake me before you leave the next time.”
    Next time? “Actually I did try to get you up before I left.”
    â€œI said wake me up. Believe me, you did get me up. ”
    Her face fired up, right on cue. “That’s not what I meant. I shook your shoulder. I swear, I don’t think a grenade would have roused you. Anyway, I needed to get home and get some work done.”
    â€œIt’s a holiday, Alisha. You should take the day off.”
    She slid the reduced-calorie TV dinner into the microwave, stirred the good-luck black-eyed peas simmering on the stove and prepared to tell a little fib. “Actually I’m supposed to have dinner with friends, maybe watch a bowl game or two.”
    â€œYou like football?” He said it with typical male enthusiasm.
    â€œLove it. My mother’s responsible for that. Nothing gets her more excited than the gridiron.”
    â€œNow I know how to get you excited—turn on the game of the week.”
    He had her excited now. So much so, she jumped when the microwave signaled it was time to rotate the container. “What are your plans for today?”
    â€œI was hoping to spend the day with you.”
    â€œSorry, but I can’t.” And she was sorrier she’d lied. Earlier she’d turned down Julie’s dinner invitation because she intended to work. She’d turned Daniel down because she needed time to assess where this whole thing was going.
    â€œI can’t change your mind?” he asked.
    Oh, he probably could if she let him, which she wouldn’t. “Maybe some other time.” A big maybe.
    â€œI’m going to see you again, Alisha. And next time we’ll do it right.”
    â€œI didn’t know we did it wrong.”
    He released a throaty chuckle. “I meant right as in having dinner. An actual date. I don’t want you to think that last night was only about sex.”
    â€œIt wasn’t?”
    â€œI’d be lying if I said I don’t want you back in my bed, but I would like to get to know you better outside of bed.”
    â€œDo I need to bring out the arguments again as to why we shouldn’t even consider that?” she asked.
    â€œYou can, but I’m not going to listen. We have no real conflict of interest at the moment and we can be discreet about it. I think we should just go for it and see where it leads.”
    Probably places Alisha had never been before. In fact, she’d taken that first step last night when she’d gone to bed with him. Correction: gone to sofa with him. “I’ll think about it, but I’m not going to promise anything.”
    â€œGo ahead and think about it. I’ll pick you up Monday night. We can have some dinner.”
    â€œDaniel, I—”
    â€œI’m not going to take no for an answer.”
    â€œYou’re definitely living up to your reputation. No negotiating, no settling.”
    â€œNo holds barred when it comes to us. And this is about us, not about our jobs. We deal with our careers during the day, and that leaves the night