Sweet On You - By Kate Perry Page 0,25

was she going to wear under it?

"Who was that?" Marley asked.

"No one." She pointed at her assistant. "And don't think you'll wheedle the answer out of me. The last thing I need is for Tony to interfere in my personal life."

"You have a personal life?" Marley clapped a hand over her mouth, only her horrified eyes showing. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it that way. Of course you have a personal life. I'm just surprised I didn't know about it."

Daniela leaned forward. "If you say a word to Antonio, I'll take away your Justice League."

Marley sat back, gasping. "Harsh."

She nodded, satisfied that she'd made her point.

"This guy must be important," her assistant mused. "Who is he? Do we know he's not after your money?"

She remembered how Ken, her real estate agent, had told her Cruz Enterprises could buy and sell her ten times over, and she collapsed onto the table in a fit of laughter. It wasn't her money Nico was after. It was the Harrison building—and her body. She just wished she knew which he desired more.

"That wasn't really the reaction I expected," she heard Marley mumble.

Shaking her head, Daniela stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Shopping." She wasn't going to take any chances—she wanted to be prepared for anything tonight. And that meant she needed to make a stop at Romantic Notions.

On impulse, she called Eve and had her meet her at the lingerie store, since Eve and Olivia, the woman who owned the shop, were good friends.

Eve was in the store, talking to a very pregnant Olivia, when Daniela arrived. Both women turned to her eagerly, but Eve was the one who said, "Who is he?"

She didn't pretend to play coy. "No one. Yet."

"But you want him to be," Eve said.

Olivia nodded. "We can help with that."

"He's direct and to the point." Daniela looked around, smiling distractedly at the young woman behind the counter—Olivia's new hire, Nicole, according to Eve. "I don't know if he's not into the trappings of romance, if you know what I mean."

"All men are into trappings. You just have to find the right trigger. Something simple that'll showcase the goods, I think." Olivia surveyed the store from her perch. Then she turned to Nicole. "What do you think?"

"The red," she said without hesitation.

Olivia smiled proudly. "Exactly."

"I'll get it." The young woman rushed behind the curtain, presumably to the backroom.

"I'm training her to mostly run the store while I'm on leave with the baby," Olivia said. "I think she's going to be great. She's got the right instincts."

Nicole returned holding out a red bra and matching panties. "Want to try it on?"

Daniela looked at Olivia. "Do I need to?"

She shook her head. "It's going to be perfect."

"Okay then." She handed her credit card over. "Let's do it."

Eve leaned her hips against the counter. "You know we expect details, right?"

"If you wear that"—Olivia pointed to the underwear Nicole was bagging up—"the details are going to be juicy."

Daniela grinned. She hoped so. She really did.

At six fifty-nine, Daniela stepped outside, right as Nico rolled to a stop in front of the house. His slinky car purred as it idled.

She slid inside, taking him in. He wore slacks and an immaculate dress shirt with a couple buttons undone.

Flushed with the urge to kiss that bared patch of skin at his collar, she fanned herself.

"Warm?" he asked, adjusting the vents.

Overheated by testosterone was more like it. She felt like she was drowning in it. But it'd be a happy way to go. She tucked the black lace of her dress around her legs. "My brother would approve of your ride."

"I approve of your dress."

"Thank you." She loved this dress. It was vintage, from the fifties, and made her feel like a movie star. More importantly, it made Nico look at her like she was good enough to eat.

But wait till he saw what was underneath. With a secret smile, she buckled herself in. "Where are we going?"

"My place."

She glanced at his profile as he eased the car from the curb. "Is that a good idea?"

"It's a great idea." He flashed her a wolfish grin.

She hid her smile by looking out the window. Tonight was a great idea. Soon they'd have an answer on the building, and then who knew—

No thoughts about business, she told herself. She was going to revel in Nico tonight. What happen from here on out was up to Fate and him.

They drove in silence, which was a first for her. Normally she was chatty,