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n unable to stop staring at me. I had the same problem, except I had a little more self-awareness a

ut her that drew me in. It was like a mag

here I was. I couldn’t remember ever seeing a woman that I was that attracted to. Her friends

ished like hell I could have seen her standing up. I was imagining round hips to go with the round br

iling to a young couple clearly on their hon

after I had talked to my mystery girl and her friends, I didn’t want it to look awkward. I had spent twenty

e day be my chain of hotels. I owned two so far and was in the process of procuring a third. I wanted

e times tighter than it had been when I’d put it on that morning

at Ashley, the assistant wh

serable,” sh

any meetings in

she said with a wink,

e, breathing out a huge sigh of reli

sked. “No one expects you to wear a

ning around in shorts and polos, looking like he just ste

e what you wear,” she said,

d and headed into my office

. I was hot, and it had nothing to do with the sun outside. The woman was still front and center in my m

ate him for his easy way of just being the co

he said, walking to my mini-frid

self,” I s

ortable tub-style chairs I had in the office. It was as if he was j

m h

ou sick? Don’t breathe on me. I am not ab

not s

face. “You have a weird look, like—well,

e smile. “I just m

t, and leaned in close, his

way. “What ar

you have

d spreading my arms out to hang over the armrests

future wife?”

st, what I pictur

reincarnation o

Loren is

what I mean,” he s

no. She had the full curves, but she also had a very girl-next-d

woman and think wife mater

” I said. “I look at a woman, and I think

’s because you’re

re you here to work or lectur

’t lecture you about s

you here to work or compl

infamous grins. “Both. I’m good like that.