Rules of Negotiation by Scott Inara

Author:Scott, Inara [Scott, Inara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Category, one night stand, attorney, playboy, deception, harlequin, affair, rules of negotiation, fling, playboy reformed, strangers, bachelor, inara scott, lawyer, no strings, Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-02-13T06:00:00+00:00

Brit carefully measured the ingredients and handed them back to Tori. He watched out of the corner of his eye as she put them away. When she reached up, the soft knit fabric of the shorts outlined her round bottom, and he felt a tug at his groin. He should be exhausted after that incredible night, but having her only seemed to make him want her more.

When he first set out to convince Tori to give him Solen’s number, he never guessed how enjoyable that task would be. He had imagined a slightly unpleasant night of trying to create sympathy in the heart of a barracuda. Instead, he found a sexy, funny, tough-on-the-outside woman with a painfully obvious vulnerability underneath.

Whoa there, cowboy. Keep talking like that and people will think you like her.

Brit forced himself to shrug off the moment, as if the thought hadn’t hit him somewhere between the gut and the solar plexus.

So what if I do like her? I like her breasts, her legs, her mouth…what’s wrong with that? Besides, she doesn’t want to date me any more than I want to date her.

Strangely enough, her insistence on treating this like a one-night stand irritated him. What was wrong with dating him? He wasn’t malformed, old, or poor. He didn’t have a wart on the end of his nose or an unfortunate habit of burping at dinner. They had shared a night of mind-blowing sex. There were legions of women who would be ecstatic at the thought of dating Brit Bencher. What made her so special?

He turned to the stove and prepared the griddle. He had put aside any thought of Melissa and Solen last night, but he couldn’t ignore his task forever. Today would be the day. He’d do it subtly, and cleverly. He’d get her to fall in love with Melissa. He’d get her to want to give him the phone number.

Tori opened the cabinet with the coffee beans and threw some in the grinder. She pushed the button and filled the kitchen with noise, her face relishing the physical act of pulverizing the beans. Her mood had changed again. Was she pissed that he’d mentioned dating? Did she not like pancakes? It was hard to say, but he found it fascinating to watch the emotions flit across her face.

When the crunch of the grinder turned to a softer whir, he took it gently from her hands. “I think they’re done. Why don’t you let me handle this? You can get the newspaper. It should be at the front door by now.”

Without a word, she marched out of the kitchen and over to the front door. After playing for a moment with the locks, she opened the door and retrieved the Wall Street Journal. She stalked back over to the dining room table and buried her face in the newsprint.

After starting the coffee, Brit turned to the griddle, glancing back at Tori every few seconds. It seemed risky, given her current mood, but if he was going to win her sympathy, he needed to start laying it on.

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