all the guests to hound him and ask him questions about his business that he didn’t want to, and couldn’t legally, answer. An appearance at an employee’s wedding, to hopefully restore some public good will, was all he had intended.
Instead, he met her, and this was possibly the best wedding he’d ever attended.
She murmured, frowning in her sleep, and he realized he had tensed up, thinking about his business. She was responding in her sleep to him, and that fact alone endeared her further to him. How was it she was so perfect?
“Go back to sleep,” he murmured, leaning over and kissing her brow. Her dark hair spilled across the pillow as she relaxed under his touch. He liked that she apparently responded to him as much as he did to her.
He watched her sleep, trying to find the same tranquility and failing. Now that his mind was on it, he couldn’t shake the tension of his business. The lawyers. The fighting. The media and the drama. It was all just a swirling dark cloud that he couldn’t seem to escape.
The scandal revolving around his business partner, Paul, was out of control. Every news station was running something about it. The board of directors, the investors, and his designers were all looking to him to solve this.
AJ was ready to strangle Paul. A murder would probably be easier to deal with at this point. Either way, Paul’s secretary was going to be a very, very wealthy woman because Paul couldn’t keep his hands or his ego to himself.
So were the mail girl, the coffee clerk, and at least two other female employees. Very, very wealthy.
The worst part was that none of it was AJ’s fault. None of it was the company’s fault. There was nothing about what Paul did that actually tied back to Shoesy, Inc. It was all Paul, yet AJ and his company were the ones suffering for it. The sex scandal was becoming synonymous with the Shoesy brand, and that was the last thing AJ wanted.
Share prices were falling and the board was looking to AJ to fix it.
Kat mumbled in her sleep, her brow furrowing again. He was tensing again. He forced himself to take a deep breath and relax.
Kat didn’t have anything to do with his company. She was just friends with the bride. It was pure luck that he was the bride’s employer. Good luck. Fantastic luck.
He could date her. He could have a moment of peace and happiness, because Kat was in no way related to the business scandal taking over his life. A girl who wasn’t related to his company was exactly what he needed.
This was better than anything he could have hoped for.
He reached over and smoothed the lines on her brow with his hand. She leaned into his touch and smiled in her sleep.
Definitely better than anything he could have hoped for tonight.
8
F un Kat
K at woke up in the dark hotel room. She glanced over at the hotel alarm clock to read the green number seven and two zeros.
Thanks, internal alarm clock, she thought to herself. I was allowed to sleep in today.
She tried to close her eyes and go back to sleep, but she knew it was futile. She was up. With a sigh, she officially opened her eyes.
It took a moment for her to focus in the dark of the curtained room, but she found herself smiling at the sleeping form of the man next to her. He was still as attractive in the morning as he was last night, which was pretty amazing for something that was supposed to be a one-night stand.
She grinned and wondered if he had any plans for today. If she was lucky, the two of them could hang out and get to know one another better today. The idea of sleeping with someone and then getting to know them was so different than what Kat usually did that the idea tickled her.
Fun Kat was way better at picking guys than Regular Kat. For the first time in a long time, Kat had let herself just be free.
And now, she was in bed with a crazy hot man who she was hoping to get to know better.
She loved it. It was the best feeling ever.
Kat decided to let him sleep while she
Instead, he met her, and this was possibly the best wedding he’d ever attended.
She murmured, frowning in her sleep, and he realized he had tensed up, thinking about his business. She was responding in her sleep to him, and that fact alone endeared her further to him. How was it she was so perfect?
“Go back to sleep,” he murmured, leaning over and kissing her brow. Her dark hair spilled across the pillow as she relaxed under his touch. He liked that she apparently responded to him as much as he did to her.
He watched her sleep, trying to find the same tranquility and failing. Now that his mind was on it, he couldn’t shake the tension of his business. The lawyers. The fighting. The media and the drama. It was all just a swirling dark cloud that he couldn’t seem to escape.
The scandal revolving around his business partner, Paul, was out of control. Every news station was running something about it. The board of directors, the investors, and his designers were all looking to him to solve this.
AJ was ready to strangle Paul. A murder would probably be easier to deal with at this point. Either way, Paul’s secretary was going to be a very, very wealthy woman because Paul couldn’t keep his hands or his ego to himself.
So were the mail girl, the coffee clerk, and at least two other female employees. Very, very wealthy.
The worst part was that none of it was AJ’s fault. None of it was the company’s fault. There was nothing about what Paul did that actually tied back to Shoesy, Inc. It was all Paul, yet AJ and his company were the ones suffering for it. The sex scandal was becoming synonymous with the Shoesy brand, and that was the last thing AJ wanted.
Share prices were falling and the board was looking to AJ to fix it.
Kat mumbled in her sleep, her brow furrowing again. He was tensing again. He forced himself to take a deep breath and relax.
Kat didn’t have anything to do with his company. She was just friends with the bride. It was pure luck that he was the bride’s employer. Good luck. Fantastic luck.
He could date her. He could have a moment of peace and happiness, because Kat was in no way related to the business scandal taking over his life. A girl who wasn’t related to his company was exactly what he needed.
This was better than anything he could have hoped for.
He reached over and smoothed the lines on her brow with his hand. She leaned into his touch and smiled in her sleep.
Definitely better than anything he could have hoped for tonight.
8
F un Kat
K at woke up in the dark hotel room. She glanced over at the hotel alarm clock to read the green number seven and two zeros.
Thanks, internal alarm clock, she thought to herself. I was allowed to sleep in today.
She tried to close her eyes and go back to sleep, but she knew it was futile. She was up. With a sigh, she officially opened her eyes.
It took a moment for her to focus in the dark of the curtained room, but she found herself smiling at the sleeping form of the man next to her. He was still as attractive in the morning as he was last night, which was pretty amazing for something that was supposed to be a one-night stand.
She grinned and wondered if he had any plans for today. If she was lucky, the two of them could hang out and get to know one another better today. The idea of sleeping with someone and then getting to know them was so different than what Kat usually did that the idea tickled her.
Fun Kat was way better at picking guys than Regular Kat. For the first time in a long time, Kat had let herself just be free.
And now, she was in bed with a crazy hot man who she was hoping to get to know better.
She loved it. It was the best feeling ever.
Kat decided to let him sleep while she
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