were interesting creatures, soft, lovely, full of interesting curves but not interesting conversation.
And why the hell hadn’t she tried to call him? Even once, dammit! He’d held off calling her during the whole trip only to see if she’d call him first and now he wanted nothing more than to hear her voice and see the laughter in her eyes.
Why in the world would he want to be around her, argue with her, laugh with her and hear her laugh with him? That was unheard of, he thought with burning irritation. He turned on his computer located in the car and forced himself to concentrate on the current acquisition. It would be a simple one, he knew, but strategic. The target company was vulnerable in places the owner didn’t even realize. By the time the markets opened up in three hours in Athens, everything would be all over. The man had left a key part of his small empire vulnerable and so he deserved to lose it all. No man should leave himself open to attack. Keeping his family and possessions safe was the ultimate point of a man and Alec knew that lesson better than anyone else. He had found more vulnerabilities than anyone and knew how to protect his own.
Unfortunately, even the sweeping success in business hadn’t been able to distract him from thoughts of the sexy, impertinent and ever so outrageous woman. As he typed in instructions to one of his vice presidents, he couldn’t stop thinking about Helen.
As he shut down the computer, he shook his head and erased the possibility of talk. He didn’t really want to talk to her except whatever words it would take to lure her into his bed. That was all he needed, he told himself. He could bed her, enjoy her and be done with her so he could move on. He wasn’t used to having to work this hard to get what he wanted when it came to women. They threw their lovely bodies in his direction constantly and all he had to do was pick which one interested him at the moment and for however long his interest lasted. Then he moved on, knowing that there was always another woman to conquer.
Maybe that was it as well, he thought as he walked swiftly through the lobby of his headquarters building. Maybe she was just one of those challenges he needed to conquer. Perhaps he’d been thinking about her too much and once he actually got her into bed, he’d discover that she wasn’t as alluring or intriguing as he’d been anticipating all along.
That had to be it, he thought. She was just a mystery, a challenge that he’d been working through. Just like any other business deal he’d decided to conquer, his mind had fixated on her and, since she was more of a challenge than the other women he’d bedded, he was simply working through the details. Alec always won whatever he went after and Helen was one of those resisting issues he needed to conquer.
“Good afternoon, Edna. Is the contract ready?” he asked as he walked past her desk.
Edna snapped to attention as soon as he walked through the door, eager to please him since he’d been in such a good mood lately. “The newest version is printed out on your desk with the revisions you asked for,” she said, following him into his office.
Alec stopped short, his eyes narrowing in on the bottle on his desk. “What’s that?” he demanded but he already knew. Helen. The burning inside him increased as he realized that she’d been thinking about him as well.
Edna was quick to explain, a huge grin spreading across her face. “Helen dropped it off along with the picture she sold. There’s a note that goes along with the wine.” Edna knew that he’d been seeing Helen regularly and, in Edna’s opinion, was the main reason for her boss’s current good humor. Life had been so nice for the past several weeks.
Alec picked up the bottle and read the label, frowning. “Helen bought this for me?” he asked, remembering how she’d only had nine dollars in her purse the first night he’d
And why the hell hadn’t she tried to call him? Even once, dammit! He’d held off calling her during the whole trip only to see if she’d call him first and now he wanted nothing more than to hear her voice and see the laughter in her eyes.
Why in the world would he want to be around her, argue with her, laugh with her and hear her laugh with him? That was unheard of, he thought with burning irritation. He turned on his computer located in the car and forced himself to concentrate on the current acquisition. It would be a simple one, he knew, but strategic. The target company was vulnerable in places the owner didn’t even realize. By the time the markets opened up in three hours in Athens, everything would be all over. The man had left a key part of his small empire vulnerable and so he deserved to lose it all. No man should leave himself open to attack. Keeping his family and possessions safe was the ultimate point of a man and Alec knew that lesson better than anyone else. He had found more vulnerabilities than anyone and knew how to protect his own.
Unfortunately, even the sweeping success in business hadn’t been able to distract him from thoughts of the sexy, impertinent and ever so outrageous woman. As he typed in instructions to one of his vice presidents, he couldn’t stop thinking about Helen.
As he shut down the computer, he shook his head and erased the possibility of talk. He didn’t really want to talk to her except whatever words it would take to lure her into his bed. That was all he needed, he told himself. He could bed her, enjoy her and be done with her so he could move on. He wasn’t used to having to work this hard to get what he wanted when it came to women. They threw their lovely bodies in his direction constantly and all he had to do was pick which one interested him at the moment and for however long his interest lasted. Then he moved on, knowing that there was always another woman to conquer.
Maybe that was it as well, he thought as he walked swiftly through the lobby of his headquarters building. Maybe she was just one of those challenges he needed to conquer. Perhaps he’d been thinking about her too much and once he actually got her into bed, he’d discover that she wasn’t as alluring or intriguing as he’d been anticipating all along.
That had to be it, he thought. She was just a mystery, a challenge that he’d been working through. Just like any other business deal he’d decided to conquer, his mind had fixated on her and, since she was more of a challenge than the other women he’d bedded, he was simply working through the details. Alec always won whatever he went after and Helen was one of those resisting issues he needed to conquer.
“Good afternoon, Edna. Is the contract ready?” he asked as he walked past her desk.
Edna snapped to attention as soon as he walked through the door, eager to please him since he’d been in such a good mood lately. “The newest version is printed out on your desk with the revisions you asked for,” she said, following him into his office.
Alec stopped short, his eyes narrowing in on the bottle on his desk. “What’s that?” he demanded but he already knew. Helen. The burning inside him increased as he realized that she’d been thinking about him as well.
Edna was quick to explain, a huge grin spreading across her face. “Helen dropped it off along with the picture she sold. There’s a note that goes along with the wine.” Edna knew that he’d been seeing Helen regularly and, in Edna’s opinion, was the main reason for her boss’s current good humor. Life had been so nice for the past several weeks.
Alec picked up the bottle and read the label, frowning. “Helen bought this for me?” he asked, remembering how she’d only had nine dollars in her purse the first night he’d
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