Playing Dirty by Dimon Helenkay

Author:Dimon, Helenkay [Dimon, Helenkay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780062330055
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 2015-01-26T08:00:00+00:00

16

ALL OF Shay’s doubts washed away later that night while she sat across the dinner table from Ford. Well, most of them.

She ran a finger over the shiny silverware and the crisp white tablecloth. A low mumble of conversation and clink of glasses sounded around them in the busy restaurant. Waiters rushed across the hardwood floor and an impressive crystal chandelier hung above her. They occupied a two-person table in the corner of one of the city’s impossible-to-get-a-reservation hot spots.

A fancy chef owned the place, and the reviews called it groundbreaking. Shay wasn’t clear what could be so new and inventive about a steak restaurant but she showed up for the company. The fact that Ford set all of this up on a few hours’ notice qualified as miraculous. So did the suit jacket he wore. No silly tee. He put on dress pants and looked like he’d stepped right out of a high-powered office . . . only much hotter and absent any douchelike behavior.

“A nice dinner in a special restaurant.” She twisted the white linen napkin on her lap. “This is a surprise.”

He smiled at her over the top of his menu. “I got your message.”

That look, sweet with a mix of the devil, got to her every time. Those knowing glances made her hot and jumpy and ready to peel his clothes right off him. And that was part of her late night plans. She’d worn the black wrap dress for him, counting on him to peel it off her later.

Her hand ached from her hold on the napkin, so she smoothed it over her legs. “I think I was pretty clear.”

“Let me see.” He shut one eye as if trying to call up a memory. “I believe the text said, ‘Make a reservation somewhere or else,’ with one of those frown emoticons. It was clear you didn’t want to go back to the burger joint we went to the one other time we went out.”

“No one ever accused me of being subtle.” Neither was the woman two tables down who kept staring at Ford.

Shay didn’t blame her. The white shirt showed off his dark hair and those scruffy rough-and-tumble looks. She’d almost jumped him in the car on the way over but refrained.

But the best part was how Ford didn’t appear to notice the leggy blonde. His gaze didn’t wander. He never scanned the place or shot secretive glances at other women. Shay loved that he made her feel as if she were the only woman there, the most beautiful woman in DC. Neither of which were true, but enjoying a few minutes of the being-wanted sensation warmed the night’s chill right out of her.

“Subtle or not, you couldn’t be quiet and blend in with that dress.” His gaze dipped to the vee between her breasts. “It makes me want to get the food wrapped up to go.”

Not happening.

She’d finally lured him out for a real date and would not cut it short now no matter how delicious he looked and smelled.

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