into Emma's apartment. Emma looke

she said sarcastically. "What's the matter?.

Frank and I had a

that" s

you mean

there or he's gonna come over here in like

a" Karen s

as reading. "And speaking of beautiful things. I wanted to ask you something about th

r face. The kinda smile she usually had on he

is name was Daniel?" sh

mile off your face" Emma said

liked. Did ya? Kare

een him before. I know most of Frank's frien

nally" cam

Seriously

met him like 3 weeks ago. He just moved here. An

was around. We see each other almost everyday. And everyday I'd ask you what's up... And you

id "Didn't know you

don't concern you and I'm just surprised this one didn't slip out of your wide mou

just so focused on you and Ben. By the way have

go on another date but I said I was g

en. He really likes you. Do

z. I just asked about him. Please don

th would actually look good together an

self conscious and you know I'm not the shy type. What are you even going to say to him anyways .. Would you lik

Kare

he's really good looking okay. I mean his

n she saw the way Karen

lied "Was just tryin

essed up, meddling way. And speaking of helping fr

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f station and line cooks bustling around the stainless steel countertops and range stoves, the area hummed with activity. Under ordinary circumstances

e of their friends, Monica, called her earlier in the afternoon sounding like a foghorn had replaced her voic

xpenses and pay her personal bills with jobs on the side. The position with this particu

had been a nobrainer. Besides, Monica had assured Emma that most of her duties as an assistant to the line cooks would keep her in the kitchen. Bu

ne-All she had to do was take

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g a path through the crowded ballroom. Even wearing the white shirt, black bow tie and dark pants

d to be here. But that didn't bother him. He was glad she wa

well of hips?. How did the other people in the room not ogle the particular way the light from the crystal chandeliers hit her skin, causing it to gleam? How

y Corp, one of the hottest and most successful start-up companies to hit the market in the last five years. Now that he was a multibillionaire, this businessman, and people of

reach the inner sanctum zealously guarded by the obscenely wealthy one percent was that a good portion of business deals were landed at dinner tables, co

welcomed the disruption. He wound his way through the tuxedoed and gowned throng, pretending not to hear when his na

ated for the sweetest sin and skin that had his fingertips itching with the need to touch...to caress. That need-the unprecedented urgency of it- should've been a warning to proceed with caution. A

n already threatened all three by just being in the room... Not even his ex-fiancée had stirred this kind of attraction in him. Which only unde