Candace (The Fairer Sex collection) by Miller Michelle

Author:Miller, Michelle [Miller, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: AOS
Published: 2019-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

His posture contracted as he took in her calculations.

“I, too, believe in equality,” she said to his bowed head as he studied the paper. “And that the foundation of equality is transparency.”

She watched his Adam’s apple tense.

“I would be more than happy to adjust any of my assumptions regarding your expenses, or to explain the necessity of my own, though I think you’ll find any outside opinions will confirm that I have been very conservative in what I’ve included, and, moreover, demonstrated a well-honed understanding as regards what can be bought cheaply and what justifies proper financial investment.”

She directed him, by way of example, to the inexpensive bronzer she’d paired with a quality sable-hair blush brush.

He looked up, his lips parted, his eyes just a little scared.

She calmly picked up the check and read the total, then reached back into her purse for a pen and did the calculation on his cocktail napkin.

“So, unless there’s something there to dispute,” she said, passing him the napkin, “why don’t you pick up dinner, and then you can just owe me flowers?”

He blinked at her calculation, his mouth still agape, then looked back up at her and narrowed his eyes.

He studied her for a long moment, and she folded her hands in her lap and calmly waited for him to complete whatever constituted the male equivalent of the examination she had done of him a few moments before.

“All set?” the server asked, returning to the table.

Neither of them moved.

Then, without taking his eyes off her, Patrick reached into his pocket and lifted his credit card between two fingers.

And once the server had taken it and they were alone again, Patrick leaned forward over the table and said in a low voice, his eyes filling with a new kind of intensity that flooded all her senses with a thrill, “Enjoy this feeling of being on top, Candace, because when I get you home, I am going to absolutely ravage you.”

To which she leaned in, equally fearless, and said, “Perfect.”

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