BUSINESS CASUAL by Cassie Leigh

Author:Cassie Leigh [Leigh, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sassy Typewriter Press
Published: 2019-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

Who would have thought that hump day of all days could usher in an attitude change? Certainly not Briar. Nevertheless, the evidence was sitting beside her on a Chesterfield sofa with his shirt sleeves rolled up and his tie pulled loose. Not sloppy loose, just enough to be on the right side of sexy. Hell, he’d even gotten her coffee right. Apparently, he’d been paying attention, because today there’d been no creamers or sugar to fix it, but the first sip was perfect. Yet another sign there might be more to Ciaran.

If you had asked her yesterday, she might have said this level of charming wasn’t possible. She’d taken the advice of her girlfriends and dressed to provoke him. Silly and maybe ridiculously flirty, but she walked a razor-thin line with the rules.

He noticed. She could see it in his eyes. Even if he was holding his tongue.

She’d already had enough of his silence. “Are you about ready for a break? I know I’m at a good stopping point with the list of items we discussed.”

They’d been good little worker bees sticking faithfully to Jack’s master schedule—two very long, very quiet hours.

Ciaran lifted his wrist to look at the time. “Yeah, I suppose we could. The day’s almost over though. Do you want to put in some extra time and keep grinding on this after our break?”

She’d like to grind something alright. “That shouldn’t be a problem.” She could be late for her scheduled interrogation by the girls at their favorite watering hole.

He leaned forward, set his laptop on the coffee table, and then stretched his arms over his head before leaning back, arms spread wide along the rear of the sofa. He crossed his feet at the ankle and propped them up beside the forgotten laptop. “You wanted a break. Go ahead. Relax. You aren’t going to offend me.”

So agreeable today, was this the real Ciaran or was the foot-in-mouth asshole she’d been dealing with the real deal? After last night’s too brief chat on the trail, she wanted to know the real answer. She could rile him up and find out. It could be so easy.

“Thanks. You know it is a little hot in here.” Briar kept her tone light—very don’t look at the man behind the curtain—buying herself some shock value at least she hoped.

Standing or walking through the office for the casual employee she had to deal with; there was nothing wrong with her outfit. For most of the day, she’d even worn a very business appropriate sweater. She kept it buttoned through their morning briefing, and Ciaran hadn’t said a thing. She had a scandalous amount of cleavage, but he’d be sending home half the women in this building if he commented on that. Didn’t mean she couldn’t tempt him.

Briar set her laptop to the side and unbuttoned the sweater. Up to this point all of their interactions had been accident, or without any premeditation. Now she was making a choice there would be no going back from.

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