Submission Becomes Her by Paige Tyler Page B

their relationship had ended badly. After dating for several months, they’d both simply come to the conclusion there wasn’t any chemistry in bed or long-term potential out of it. The realization had bummed her out, especially since Gavin was so dang hot. But he was too vanilla for her.
    Deciding it would be best to get it over with, Josie pasted a smile on her face and walked over to him. “Long time, no see, huh?”
    She cringed inwardly at the cliché. That was the best she could come up with? Talk about lame.
    “Yeah, it has.” He took in her short, curve-hugging sleeveless dress, his mouth
    lifting into a smile. “You look great.”
    “So do you.”
    To be honest, he looked better than great. Dressed in a pair of khaki pants and a
    button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to expose his nicely muscled forearms, he 8

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    looked good enough to eat. And his voice, which she’d always thought would be
    perfect for giving orders, was just as sexy as she remembered. God, she really wished things had worked out with him.
    “Are you here for dinner?” he asked.
    “I’m meeting someone. A blind date, actually.”
    “No kidding? Me too.”
    She blinked. “Really? How’s that for coincidence?”
    He looked like he was about to reply, but the bartender interrupted before he could say anything.
    “Your bottle of Condor Mountain, sir,” he said to Gavin before turning to her.
    “Anything for you, ma’am?”
    Josie must have stared at the bottle of beer in front of Gavin for a full minute before she realized it was the same beer Sir Dom told her he’d be drinking.
    Another coincidence, she was sure.
    Abruptly aware that the bartender was still waiting for her order, she turned her
    attention back to him. “I’ll have an appletini, please.” Her gaze went back to the beer in front of Gavin. “When did you start drinking that fancy microbrewery stuff?”
    “A few weeks ago.” He wrapped his hand around the bottle, brushing his thumb
    over the embossed logo on the label. “A buddy of mine introduced me to it.”
    Josie nodded. She’d remembered reading somewhere that microbrewery beer was
    very popular now. The fact that the restaurant kept this particular brand in stock obviously meant a lot of their clientele drank it.
    The bartender returned, placing her drink in front of her. “An appletini for the
    lady.”
    “Thank you.”
    She picked it up and quickly took a sip. When she set it down, it was to find Gavin regarding her thoughtfully. Or more precisely, the drink she’d ordered.
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    “So, this blind date,” he said. “Did a friend set you up?”
    “No. I met him online.” Josie gave him a sheepish look as she reached up to tuck
    her hair behind her ear. “I know it sounds crazy, but we immediately clicked.”
    Gavin took a swig of beer. “I don’t think it’s crazy at all. I met my blind date online too.”
    “Really?”
    “Yeah. Like you said, we immediately clicked.”
    “Wow. What are the chances, huh?”
    “My thoughts exactly.”
    Of its own accord, Josie’s gaze went to the bottle of beer again. The bottle of Condor Mountain beer coupled with the fact Gavin was there to meet a blind date was simply too much of a coincidence. But there was no way her very vanilla ex-boyfriend could be the dom of her dreams.
    She lifted her gaze to meet his. The look in his dark eyes told her he’d put the blind date and the appletini she told Sir Dom she’d be drinking together and was thinking the same thing about her.
    “When you said you’d met him online, was it on a dating site or in a chat room?
    Gavin asked.
    “In a chat room.” She wet her suddenly dry lips. “You?”
    “A chat room.”
    Okay. The microbrewery beer, the blind date and now, the chat room. There was no
    such thing as that much coincidence.
    “Oh God,” she breathed. “You’re Sir Dom, aren’t you?”
    “That’s me.” His mouth edged up. “Which means you’re Sexy ’n