yes were playing a trick on me

de that was burned in my memor

and now I was going to get kicke

telling the secretary that I wa

en? Was this possibly another

e a feeble attempt to pull me ou

chilling gaze made me feel excit

It was bizarre how my body rem

nds ago. Speak godam

Crowe. I promise I won't take

throat. I saw an emotion flash t

d make heads

t can I help you with?

owe was a man in his late seven

that sat in front of me. I saw a

rds to

.old." panic leak

The naming thing was my parent

d an audience with Ethan Crowe

d, I suggest you st

s secretary for assistance, only

; the urge to vanish in a similar

, I could bottle up my shame, an

I knew all too well how much damage he could cause. Defiantl

and began to pull food fi

discuss your recent purchase of

ttle town for years, ev

of him. He looked at the food

ping you'd reconsider

From what I remember, you

ve I was drunk, the night I mad

think you should reconsider beca

velop. It has been the home of

ke it away

nding in was here, it was the ho

s." He eyed the food. "is this s

of the many businesses that y

l crumble if you go ahead with

n was already eating into the re

d new homes and a new building

you, I will

entleman stepped in with a cord

e had planned to meet.

ll be out of your hair soon eno

e said in the

than said smoothly and rose fr

home resting? W

ound the desk to Ethan's side.

better one. Or you could

r and rose to his full height. Th

blance. I mentally struck myself

ly. He looked at

my favorite!" and then he smiled

urne

it." he did not have to be tol

nching on a plate with a slice b

He was still the owner of the c

planned for my community would

he bit into a

"I actually work in a family restaurant at the

come sometime it would be

eals smell and taste this good,

man would make an excellen

t but I shoved it dow

Ethan's voice followed me like

e we had made love. Goosebumps

What did he say? He m

" He continued. My lids flutter

elt his solid core on my back and

nds raised, out of the office

out if he was sti

ing in the air. Why did he look

ing, and I wasn't paying atten

aight. I made to move away from

my waist softly. Tingles erup

ere; for the restaurant, for Arroyo. With that settled, I could focus on the conversatio