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―Rightly said.‖ She answered ducking in the car.

Oscar closed the door behind her.

―You are definitely not winning any brownie points.‖ Max

said with a mock glare, glancing up from the computer screen he

had on some sort of extension out from the side of the car. He sat

against the leather seat with his long legs crossed at the knees.

When her eyes first set on him, she near lost her tongue.

He was wearing a navy suit, yellow shirt and striped tie. His hair

was neatly combed and she was certain not one ebony strand was

out of place. The whole aura he gave off at that moment gave the

impression of a powerful, wealthy man completely in control and

confident in his abilities. Not to mention the overwhelming

feeling of masculine appeal that seemed to just be tossed on her

like a bucket of warm water. This time she faltered in her

defences and found herself stuttering, ―I—I was teasing.‖ Her

shaky voice brought his eyes back to hers and slowly a smile

formed on his handsome face as his grey eyes studied hers. In

her defence, she‘d never seen him dressed for business. She‘d

only known him outside of work and thankfully so, because the

sight before her just destroyed all of her defences.

―I know you were button.‖ He paused watching her

intently, ―Are you a little nervous about today?‖

I’m shaking, trembling, nervous about you, she thought

as she got a whiff of his expensive cologne, and God do you smell

good, ―A little.‖

He smiled reassuringly, ―Here,‖ he pushed a small paper

bag toward her, ―I brought you a muffin.‖ That caused her to

laugh.

―I thought that was my job?‖ she said partially recovering

enough to tease him.

―I told you that you were too good to do those things for

me.‖ He said with an edge of seriousness.

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Did he say that? She was sure it wasn‘t put in that

context.

―Now, I know you don‘t drink coffee, so I wasn‘t sure

what you wanted to drink.‖

Vodka and tonic, ―Water‘s fine.‖ How did he know she

didn‘t like coffee? Well, Max didn‘t get where he was by not

being observant.

―There‘s some in the cooler there.‖ He pointed to a

partially concealed door next to her.

―Oh thank you.‖ She leaned over and opened it to retrieve

a bottle.

Max near groaned, the woman‘s derriere in that tan skirt

was flawless. Perfectly smooth and round and he had the

experienced eye to know that it was firm and smooth as silk like

the rest of her skin. Leave it to her to bend over in front of him

and not think twice about it. How easy it would be to flip up skirt

and…He quickly averted his gaze back to the laptop feeling the

rising heat in his groin. Christ, Luke would kill him if he knew

how he thought about Lily at that moment. Totally lost in the

images flashing in his mind, he started to recite the alphabet in

his head to distract him. Something he never had to do before in

his life around a beautiful woman. Maybe that‘s why he could

only think of the alphabet at that exact moment. This was going

to prove to be the longest summer of his life.



Nancy was a woman in her mid fifties who seemed very

warm yet professional. Max introduced them and Lily shook her

hand.

―You‘re Mr. Shayne‘s sister.‖ She said smiling.

―Yes.‖ Lily studied her expression to see if the

favouritism bothered the older woman, but the smile she wore

was genuine. It gave her some measure of relief.

―Nancy, set her up.‖ Said Max, ―I want her one hundred

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percent ready for Monday. It‘s going to be busy.‖

―Right away Mr. King.‖ She said

Max reached up and squeezed her shoulder, ―Lily, when

Nancy‘s done with you, I‘ll take you home. Just come and get

me.‖

―Okay.‖ She said still nervous.

―Take good care of her Nancy.‖

―I will.‖ She said with a boy scout salute causing him to

chuckle as he turned away.

After Max left, Nancy took her to a locked cupboard and

retrieved a Personal Data device, a mobile phone, and a binder

with Orientation printed on the front. For the next hour she

went over Max‘s routine, then she took her to the security office

to have a key card made with her photo on it.

Lily instantly liked Nancy. She answered her questions

and made her feel welcome. By the time the morning was over,

she was no longer as nervous.

―Now Max mentioned that you needed to be set up at the

boutique.‖ Nancy mentioned as she lifted her phone and dialled a

number, ―I‘ll get the car to take you over so you can get fitted.‖

She said as the phone rang on the other end.

―Max was right, you are efficient.‖ Lily had completely