“Thanks for meeting with me,” Isaid.
“Well, it’s my day off, and I figured I had to eat dinner anyway.” He took a sip from his Budweiser bottle, then set it on the table, narrowing his eyes, his lips twisting up at the corners. “I swear, if you say you want an interview,though…”
“No interview.Promise.”
“What kind of business proposition are we talking about,then?”
“I’m with a PR company. We handle some of the biggest accounts in the country, everything from Mercedes to Gerber Baby to Abercrombie. We develop their top ad strategies, head up their biggestcampaigns.”
“Oh, wow. Is that why you were acting like you were such a big deal when you came into the station, all wearing your sunglassesinside?”
“No, Iwas—”
“I’m just giving you hell, man.” That charming smile overtook his face. It caught me nearly as off guard as he did. “I’m just trying to get a feel ofyou.”
You can feel me all youwant.
I tightened my fist as I worked to control the desire hestirred.
“So where youfrom?”
“Los Angeles. Well, West Hollywoodreally.”
“Ah, a big-city boy. And you’re not denying it, so what do you think of our FeverFalls?”
“Did you want to talk about Fever Falls or about a businessproposition?”
“Can’t we talk about both? Or were you in somerush?”
“I’m always in arush.”
His face scrunched up, and I noticed he was even more attractive like that. Made me wonder what he looked like when he was fucking someone…a woman, I reminded myself, given the info Carter had shared withme.
“That sounds more revealing than you probably meantit.”
Again with those goddamn eyes of his that looked right into me as though they could see back into my past, my history…myeverything.
“Fever Falls seems like a nice place. Very friendly,” I said, redirecting the conversation back to hisinquiry.
Jace shook his head. “You aren’t a fan, areyou?”
“I can honestly say that most of my time has been spent in the hotel, so I wouldn’t be able to speak to it more thanthat.”
“Fair enough. Just, some guys from places like New York City and LA can get a little judgy when they come here. We’re not the biggest city in the world, but stick around and you’ll find some greatpeople.”
“I have no doubt about that,” I assured him, playing along with his game more than paying much mind to what he wassaying.
The waiter arrived and took ourorders.
“Just chicken tenders?” he asked me as soon as the waiter left. I wasn’t surprised by the question because the way he kept on with his order, I figured he might as well have asked for one of everything on themenu.
“Diet.”
He seemed particularly annoyed by that, but didn’t comment further. Just said, “Okay, I’m ready to hear about this businessproposition.”
“One of my company’s clients has expressed serious interest in working with you for their current adcampaign.”
“Adcampaign?”
