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ob as a partner in the firm o

ree o'clock. Her insomnia kept her awake most nights and she could never seem to settle her thoughts. When she finally fell sleep,

f paperwork. She and her legal assistant, Jocelyn Wu, worked straight through lunch on a case involving a w

o lunch," C

tening her black pencil skirt. "What about yo

. I'll grab something

hour," Jocelyn said

half. You've been worki

inned. "Th

ed a salad. While she waited for it to be freshly prepared, a sudden, shrill laugh caught her attention. She glanced over and recognized Grey Devlin sitting by the windows with a stunning woman. The woman le

e grossly absorbed in the deli's sandwich selection. She could se

ll," he gree

and looked up, unwillingly admiring his dark suit and red tie. He was even more striking than she reali

n," she re

nd left the deli with the woman

, but Grey Devlin belonged in a league all his own. She could only describe him as darkly attractive -- he gave nothi

's Secret models, Chase noted, including the one she'd just seen him with in the deli. And all of them were gorgeous and smiling, hanging off his arm like an expensive piece of jewelry. The woman she'd just seen him w

y Devlin had been photographed with? She knew a playboy

ffice chair around to face the windowed wall, enjoying a beautif

voice asked from

outon. Grey Devlin stood casually leaning against her door

asked, willing her h

graceful. "May I?" he asked, motio

he sat, crossing his legs as

o dinner, but more like demanded she do so. She didn't like be

you," she s

half smile. "I had a fee

hy did

it because you'r

ne of your

, n

ed eyebrow at his insolence

er desk. She could smell his aftershave and

g about you," he admi

her cheeks. She'd been flirted with before, but never with the i

to me. I don't ask women out. And I certainly would

obably don't have to ask them out. T

what yo

out it at all. But I

desk. "You're not as hard as

lot of work to do, so if

'm going to enjoy getti

t the familiarity. "Ho

And as I discovered today, I al

in exasperation. "Wha

ner, how about you accompany me to my b

brother's party. Maybe the woman I just saw you with downstairs? Where's she? She's beautiful," she asked with m

lousy or insecurity, he didn't know which. How this goddess could be

he had to cancel. And now she's on her way to the airport for a photo shoot in New York. And yes,

was his sister-in-law and not his girlfriend. And if she were being perfectly honest, she wou

en know me,"

et to know you than to take

uestion even though she

'm accompanying you strictly as an obser

rly pounded out of her chest. God, she

so we should have no proble

s pulse quicken. He found her magnificent and had already made

uch. Enjoy you

vlin," she re

e doorway. "You're not going

your life. You seem like a

ndeed I do. Se