Sinful by Marie Rochelle Page A

think she was so gullible that she would fall for his new tactic? She was a little disappointed he thought so little of her to do this.
    “You have a lot of nerve, don’t you,” she said. “I mean your threats didn’t work on me because I was too strong. You saw another chance to manipulate me at the health food store with an unwanted kiss that wasn’t anything to write home about.”
    God, she hoped he believed that huge lie! She noticed how Jensen uncrossed his arms and took a small step in her direction. Maybe he did because he looked pissed as hell with her.
    “I didn’t hear you complaining at the store about my kissing abilities or the lack of them,” he tossed back. “Brown eyes, I saw your face and you liked it. You wanted me to continue.”
    “How could I? You kissed me so quickly I couldn’t shove you away and tell you how bad it was. It would have torn down your fragile ego. Guys like you work out because you can’t do anything else with your life.”
    Jensen’s rich hazel’s eyes grew a shade darker as soon as the words left her mouth and Maymi wondered if she should have kept her mouth shut and just walked away.
    “I believe you are denying our kiss way too much, Ms. Monroe. I think you got into it more than you want to admit to me and more importantly yourself,” Jensen taunted, softly.
    His arrogance was going to be his downfall with me , Maymi thought.
    No matter what Jensen did, she wasn’t ever going to give him the inch he was trying to get out of her. “You’ll be waiting forever if you think I’m going to admit I like you.”
    “I don’t need you to admit anything to me. You might be denying it now, but you kissed me back. Sure, we might be arguing but we both know our arguing is—”
    The bell chimed above the door and Maymi quickly slipped around Jensen as the tension began to get a little too thick between them. She would be extra nice to whoever the person was who just showed up and stopped her from kissing Jensen first this time.
    “Good morning, can I help—?” Her eyes widened at the sight of Casper standing there holding two boxes.
    “Casper, what are you doing here? I wasn’t expecting to see you today.”
    What in the hell was going on this morning? She couldn’t figure out why Jensen was even here because seeing him was a total surprise.
    His eyes darted over to Jensen then back over to her. “Am I interrupting something?” Casper asked, staring at her.
    She didn’t like the confused look on his face. It looked like he was reading more into the situation than there really was. She wasn’t doing anything with Jensen. They had only been talking and nothing else.
    “Actually your timing is perfect since your brother and I were about to get into another useless argument over nothing.” Maymi glanced over her shoulder making eye contact with Jensen. “Was there anything else you wanted from me?”
    Jensen cocked one eyebrow at her. “No, I guess there wasn’t since you aren’t capable of having an adult conversation with me. I’ll leave so you can talk to my brother instead of me since the two of you seem to have grown so close.”
    He brushed past her and then paused in front of Casper. She could tell from his body language Jensen wasn’t pleased his conversation with her had gotten taken over by his brother’s surprise appearance.
    “Don’t waste too much time over here. We need to have a staff meeting in twenty minutes and I want you to be there,” Jensen said then literally stormed away, went out the door without looking back at either one of them.
    “I swear he’s constantly in a bad mood,” Maymi complained. “I think he hates seeing me every day.”
    “I think the problem is bigger than you. Jensen is a great guy, but he takes on too much sometimes. He needs to cut loose more, but I didn’t come here to discuss him. I’ve a present for you.”
    Excitement raced through Maymi’s veins as she took the boxes from Casper. She couldn’t image