A Date With a Billionaire by Julianna Morris

Author:Julianna Morris [Morris, Julianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Kane walked into his executive assistant’s office early the following morning and gave her a repressive look. She was a smart lady and a hard worker, but she didn’t have any business grinning like that.

“So, I took a day off,” he muttered defensively. “I’ve got a life, or didn’t you know it?”

“That’ll be a surprise to everyone in the Western Hemisphere.”

He gave her a fierce look, then spoiled it by grinning himself. “Okay, let’s say my priorities have been a little off. I’m checking into an attitude readjustment clinic today.”

“Sure, you are.”

Libby’s open disbelief didn’t bother him. He’d heard so many pointed comments about his lack of a life that most of it just rolled off like water from a duck’s back…all except the things Beth said. Why he cared what a skinny little innocent from Crockett had to say, he didn’t know. He did know that skinny little innocent had the ability to make him hotter than he ever remembered feeling in his life.

Actually there was nothing skinny about the way Beth fit into his arms. Her breasts had satisfied him more than all the overblown women he’d ever dated, and she was smart, kind, funny and a damned good kisser.

But still an innocent. And still too young.

A sigh came from Kane’s chest that seemed dredged from the bottom of his soul. He couldn’t marry her; she deserved a full-time husband. He couldn’t have an affair with her; once upon a time his dad would have taken a stick to him for even thinking about it. There were certain rules of behavior for real men, and it had nothing to do with what he did or didn’t eat.

So if marriage and an affair were impossible, that left friendship. He just had to convince his body to accept friendship. Problem was, his body kept remembering kisses in the dark, and his ears kept hearing the eager little sounds Beth made when he caressed her slim body.

Jeez.

“By the way,” Kane said, walking toward his adjoining office door. “I’m leaving in an hour. I want you to clear my schedule for the next two weeks. I’m taking some more time off.”

Libby’s mouth formed the words oh my God, but she seemed temporarily robbed of speech.

“Got that?” he asked. It was nice to make at least one woman speechless. He’d certainly never managed with his sisters or mother. The O’Rourke women were a hardy lot with angelic smiles and short-fuse tempers. In that respect, Beth was just like his family.

His assistant nodded shakily, reminding him of a bobble-head doll. “What should we do about…uh, anything that comes up?”

Kane only had to think for a fraction of a second. If he was going to get a real life, he’d have to let go of a few things. “Neil can handle it. He’s been aching to take over. Let him.”

Neil was one of Kane’s younger brothers—a Harvard graduate with nerves of steel when it came to delicate business negotiations. He’d worked on mergers in

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