Take Me if You Dare (Entangled Brazen) by Nina Crespo

Author:Nina Crespo [Crespo, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic, contemporary romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Ethan walked out of the elevator of Bode-Wynn and spotted Jasmine standing near the reception desk. He grinned. She was done by six, as promised. That left plenty of time for them to go back to her apartment and get ready for the surprise he’d been planning all week—their first real date. Actually, it was an entire weekend, but they’d start tonight with dinner in Orlando and the late-night comedy show at the Improv. After that, they’d stay the night and then on Saturday, they’d spend the day exploring. He wasn’t sure what she liked to do, but he was up for whatever she wanted.

As he walked closer, she didn’t move to join him. She met his gaze and he knew. His smile faded.

“I can’t leave.” She frowned. “I have a conference call with Ted and his boss tonight.”

Plans started to disintegrate in his mind. He switched his bag from his left hand to his right and looked at his watch. “What time?”

“In two hours.” She looked down and her high heels scraped on the tile as she shifted her weight. “Don’t wait for me. I’ll probably be here until ten or eleven.”

Ten or eleven? A frisson of irritation heated the nape of his neck. Couldn’t she at least say she’d try to finish earlier? A comment about all their ruined plans started to come out, but he held back. Causing her to feel bad would make him into a prick. Ethan took in a breath of cool air and let it sit in his lungs a few seconds before he let it out.

Just sex…

That’s what their time together was about, and things were good between them. Sure, he was going to lose a few bucks over this, but he’d promised not to get in the way of her work. So get over it. He glanced around the empty lobby, preparing to leave, but uncertainty about where to go or what to do with the rest of the night rooted his boots to the spot.

Jasmine sighed. “Well, I guess I’d better head back upstairs and get ready for the inquisition.”

The sadness in her eyes completely melted through his frustration. “Hey, are you okay?

“I—” Her gaze dropped.

She reached out for his chest and he went still. Seconds ticked by and the longer her hand hovered in the air, the more it felt like he was stretching out of his skin. She was so close, he could smell the light scent of her perfume warming on the skin exposed by the open collar of her blouse, see where she was worrying away the deep red coloring from her bottom lip with her teeth. Then it registered that she was a lot closer than the usual two feet or more she seemed to require when they were at work. Something was very wrong.

“No, I’m not okay.” She stepped forward and dropped her forehead to his chest. “This is the third time this week my bosses have called for an update. I know I haven’t been a program coordinator for a while, but they’re the ones who asked me to do this.

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