I pick up the phone.
“Kat,” Caleb answers.
“Hey, little bro. Have you had a chance to go through Jaxson’s proposal?”
“I have. It looks good. I think the board is going to be happy with it.”
He’s not wrong. That both excites and disappoints me.
“Me too. It finally looks like we may be able to move on it.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow for the presentation,” he says.
“See you tomorrow.”
I tossand turn all night. By the time my alarm clock goes off, I’ve already been awake for three hours.
Shit!
I get dressed.
Come on, Kat, you’ve got this. You’ve been facing Jaxson Lockwood for the past sixteen years. What’s one more day?
The only thing is, you hadn’t been naked and felt his body moving in and against yours in all that time, his lips sucking and nibbling!
My cheeks heat at the thoughts, moisture pooling between my thighs.
I’ve found myself in a permanent state of arousal since arriving back.
If it only takes a memory to do this to me, how am I going to withstand a two-hour, face-to-face meeting?
I make it into the office. Michael is ready.
He distributed Jaxson’s presentation yesterday after they arrived, giving everyone a chance to read the proposal and come up with questions.
“Mr Lockwood has arrived with your brother,” he says.
“Thank you, Michael.”
He hovers by the door.
“Is there anything else?”
He looks uncomfortable. “There’s been an incident at the New York hotel with several of the hotel guests. Police are involved.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose, shaking off the layers of exhaustion. “Who’s dealing with it?”
“Marco,” Michael says.
“Walk and talk,” I say, grabbing my annotated copy of the proposal from my desk and making my way to the door.
Michael jumps into step next to me.
“Apparently, the police raided one of the suites after some of the guests complained.”
I stop, almost causing Michael to careen into me. “Er. It was being used to film a porn movie,” he says, with a grimace.
I squeeze my eyes shut for a second before opening them and turning to face him.
