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To my chagrin, the bell rang and Jude jumped up, dashing for
the door before I could stop her.

“Wait. No, Jude.” My voice came out all croaky and weak. My
heart began to beat so hard I might just be on the verge of having a heart attack.
Voices carried over from the hall. Then the tinkle of laughter. Turning toward
the open door, I strained to listen. The voices were muffled, but from Jude’s
eager chatter, I could tell she was delighted and made no secret of it.

Oh, my god.

Any moment, I’d have to face him. I turned my head left and
right, pondering whether I should maybe climb out the window and just leave. I
could always pretend later that I had to pick up some milk and forgot all about
the meeting.

“Laurie!” Jude yelled. I flinched and jumped back at the
prospect of having been caught eavesdropping. Two pairs of footsteps thumped
down the hall. I froze to the spot. She couldn’t possibly have asked him—

In they stepped.

I stared in horror at Jude’s toned body and then at the
brown-haired guy towering behind her, and for a moment the entire situation
began to play in slow motion before my eyes. Jude said something, but all I
could do was stare at the guy behind her as I broke out in a sweat.

Fuckety hot!

That was all my mind could come up with, even though my
monosyllabic and simplistic description of him couldn’t possibly do him
justice.

He was stunning.

I should have been more articulate, but only six words came
to my mind straight away.

Unbelievably
stalkable. Fuckably sexy. Simply tastylicious.

He was so hot he couldn’t possibly be real. Perfect in every
way, with dark brown hair framing a masculine face with a straight nose, and
the kind of bedroom eyes that invited you to gaze into them right before you
screamed his name as you came over and over again.

Hell, I wanted to scream his name, and he was probably not
even
that
good. I mean, anyone who
was physically that flawless must have an ego the size of the White House. The
guy’s impossibly blue eyes turned on me, and an amused flicker appeared in
them. He stepped around June with a wicked smile on his lips. My heart dropped
in my panties.

Holy cow.

He was smiling at me—as if knowing I was attracted to
him. That was the last thing I wanted. I forced myself to look away from this
impossible beauty, only for my gaze to settle on his chest. Unfortunately, my
hormones didn’t seem to care much just how unfortunate and awkward the entire
situation was.

I wanted to run. I wanted to hide. But all I could do was
stay glued to the spot while staring at the way his shirt seemed to emphasize
the strong muscles in his arms and draw attention to his flat abdomen and
strong thighs. I wondered if they were as hard as they looked.

“Laurie, this is Chase,” Jude said, pointing at him.

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AN INDECENT PROPOSAL will be
available February 23rd, 2015.