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from him. So sleep was in great demand in her life right now. Smothering a yawn she took out her wallet and put down a few dollars to cover her meal.

“Thank you so much for inviting me out tonight Tom,” she said but included Greg and Dave as well. “It was nice to get out and have a little bit of a life.”

Greg laughed and shook her hand, “I know what it’s like to have to live in the numbers. So I’m glad you we got to know you a little bit more. We’ll see you tomorrow?”

Dave also shook her hand and Tom stood up, moving a bit closer to her. “I’ll walk you to your hotel,” he said.

Kate felt his hand on her back, but it didn’t feel right. In fact, it felt more wrong than it probably should have. It was just an innocent touch, wasn’t it? Tom was simply a nice guy, so why was his hand moving lower?

Kate spun around, effectively dislodging his hand from her back. “Tom you stay here. The hotel is right down the street, so I’m safe enough.” She didn’t tell him that she’d have to take a cab to get there. She quickly felt the need to get away from him, not sure why though.

Tom was starting to shake his head but she put a hand on his forearm, effectively stopping any argument he might have. “No, really. I’m fine. You stay here, and I’ll see you next week.”

Tom still looked like he was going to argue so she put up her hand and waved goodbye. She wasn’t going to argue with Tom, and she felt like she really needed to get out of this bar. Looking down so she wouldn’t trip over other people’s purses or briefcases that they’d set on the floor, she carefully but quickly made her way out of the bar.

Perhaps if she had been looking more carefully, she might have missed him. But since she was looking down and she was trying to get away from Tom, who had suddenly turned a bit too proprietary for her comfort, she didn’t see the extremely large man looming in front of her. Kate’s first indication that Davis was here was when she ran smack into his hard, muscular chest.

As soon as the strong arms wrapped around her waist and stopped her from falling, she knew exactly who was holding her. She stood there for a long moment, simply savoring the incredible feeling of his arms around her one more time. But as reality came back to her, she knew that she had to push away from him. This was not right, she had to keep her distance.

Unfortunately, Davis was not releasing her quite so easily. His hands gripped her upper arms, not letting her step back more than a couple of inches. “What the hell are you doing here again?” he demanded of her. “I dragged you out of here just last night.”

Kate held her breath as she looked up at the man, her heart pounding and her knees going week. She opened her mouth to say something, but then her eyes dropped to his lips and all thoughts of whatever she might have been about to say disappeared from her mind. The only thing she could think of was how wonderful his mouth would feel on hers, or anywhere else on her body.

“Answer me, dammit,” he demanded of her, his body stirring to painful need with that sensuous look.

Kate heard the angry tone in his voice. Everything inside of her was focused on what it would be like to feel him kissing her again, and all he wanted to know was why she was in a bar?

She pulled back, creating space between their bodies. “You’re my boss, not my keeper.” She jerked her arms but she couldn’t release his grip from her upper arms. “Let go of me, Davis.”

“The hell I will,” he replied. Taking her hand, he led her out of the bar, almost pulling her. It was hard for her to keep up with his longer stride. “Davis stop, I can’t keep up.”

He opened the back of the long, black vehicle and impatiently waited for her to climb inside. When the car was moving again, she glared at him, refusing to speak to him now. But the silence was too disturbing and he played the game better than she did. “How could you embarrass me like that?” she accused. He could be brutish all he