Roxanne watched Liam's retreating backside in stunned silence as tingles traveled over her body.

“Well....” Mrs. Guzman, one of her mother’s friends, breathed. When Roxanne looked over, the woman was fanning herself.

Roxanne rolled her eyes as she came to her senses, and walked purposefully out of the restaurant, hot on Liam’s heels. “What was that?”

Liam headed down the hallway toward his office but stopped short, nearly causing her to run into him. “What was that contract all about?”

Roxanne shrugged. “I just thought it would make it easier.”

“For whom?” When she said nothing more, he rolled his eyes and walked away, but she followed him. Finally, he...