The Tycoon's Captured Heart by Elizabeth Lennox Page B

she realized suddenly.  “Yes,” she snapped, crossing her arms over her chest, trying to protect herself from…well from this enormous, brilliant man realizing the truth.  She had to hide that from him at all costs, she realized with overwhelming sadness.
    “If you want him, then you’ll need my help.  I’ll get information on him.”
    Her eyes widened.  “You’re going to spy on him?”
    “Of course!  I told you I was going to run a background check on him.”
    “You did not tell me that!” she came right back.
    He shrugged one of his massive shoulders.  “Perhaps it was mentioned with the others.  Doesn’t matter,” he dismissed.  “I’ll get my security team working on him tonight.  By the morning, I’ll have more information on him.”
    She shifted slightly, trying to decide if she wanted the information or not.  Well, she knew that she didn’t care a fig for the other man.  She couldn’t remember if the guy was blond or dark-haired so why would she care about whatever information Grayson might dig up on the poor gent? 
    But then something occurred to her.  If Grayson was willing to show her how to attract a man, maybe he could give her clues on how she could attract his attention?  Maybe, if she did it right, she could share his bed for more than just one night.  And maybe, he wouldn’t be running from her bed, and from her, the following morning. 
    Yes, she thought quickly, her mind working frantically to come up with a better plan.  She could do this.  She could use this Mark guy as a ruse, a means to pick Grayson’s brain on what he liked and disliked about women, why he ran from their beds so early in the morning, why he wouldn’t fall in love with any of the women he’d dated so far, why he kept emotional distance from…everyone, even her now! 
    Oh, this was going to be perfect!
    And if she got her heart broken again, well, at least, when she was ninety and surrounded by twelve cats and she was kicked out of New York City for throwing too much cat poop down the trash shoot, she would have memories of a few nights in this man’s arms instead of just the one, magical, beautiful night that really wasn’t a whole night. 
    Was she being greedy?  Was she trying to get more than what she deserved?
    Probably. 
    Was she going to play the game and hope for more?  Absolutely! 
    “Okay.  Fine!” she snapped.  “I’ll wait until tomorrow but you have to promise me that you’ll give me lessons.  Personal lessons on how to attract a man.  You have to tell me what you like and dislike when a woman walks into a bar or a party.  You have to be open and honest about what men like and dislike about women.”
    He huffed a moment and she thought he was about to withdraw his offer.  Her whole body tensed in fear that he wouldn’t help her any longer.  But then he shook his head.  “I only know what I like in a woman, Scarlett.  I can’t tell you what all men like.”
    Her heart soared! 
    “That’s good enough for me,” she told him with a secret smile. The man didn’t know what he was getting into, she thought with eagerness.  “What time do we fly out tomorrow?”
    Grayson saw her smile and knew that something was going on.  Something he should be very wary of.  “Nine o’clock tomorrow morning.  And you’re going to have to have dinner with me tomorrow night.  We’ll start our lessons then.” 
    He wasn’t asking.  He was telling.  Grayson spun around and walked out of the room, not able to stand next to her any longer with that damn bed so close.  And she smelled good!  The woman shouldn’t smell so good!  Most women wore that disgusting, cloying perfume that made him gag.  Scarlett wore some flowery scent that, unfortunately, he suspected was just her. 
    As he walked down the long hallway, he suspected that the next few weeks were going to be brutally painful for him.  And wonderful.  Scarlett wanted lessons?  Well she was damn well going to