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I’m not sure why I thought I could come down here and ask you about this. Even if my brother was mixed up with you, it’s not like you would tell me,” she said with a curl to her lip.
    “You’re right. I wouldn’t,” he answered honestly. At the stunned look on her face, he simply sat quietly and waited for her next move.
    “Why did you agree to see me?” she asked.
    “I thought you were someone else,” he answered quickly.
    “Oh,” she said under her breath. Then her eyes hardened and she stood up. “Then I’ll be leaving. I didn’t mean to bother you, Mr. O’Shea. I just felt compelled to try and see you and find out what was going on with my brother.”
    “You’re not bothering me. But now I have a question for you. Why did you feel you needed to confront me personally? Why come all the way to my office?” Although his tone was casual, he needed to know the answer to his question. Looking at her face, he saw the flush of burgundy blaze across her cheeks. Oh, now that’s interesting .
    “I told you,” she squeaked. “You were the most accessible one. Although, when your secretary told me that you would see me, I was somewhat surprised. You seem too busy to be bothered with unexpected guests.” Her eyes were bright and he knew that wasn’t the whole story. There was a reason why she was here, in his office.
    “Yes, but I have three other brothers, Ms. Barbosa. Granted, you wouldn’t get to Kieran, but if your brother is into something shady, why come to me? I’m a businessman, love, not a thug.”
    “Are you? I’ve always believed that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” was her snippy reply.
    Score one for the lovely Tatiana. Nodding at her in acquiescence, he acknowledged the barb. Tilting his head as if he were pondering the questions of the universe, he asked the question he knew she had not asked herself before strolling in here pretty as you please. “Then wouldn’t that make it worse for you and your brother for you to come here? To me? The one who can move in polite society, but still have the heart of a criminal beating inside?”
    At her widened eyes and deer in the headlights look, he knew she had finally caught on to the danger she had placed herself in. Slowly backing up to the door, he could see her trying to escape him. Oh no, pretty little butterfly. You came into the spider’s web and now I got you.
    Finally, she found her voice, attempting with all her might to backpedal. “You’re right. I should never have come here.” Her legs continued to slowly move her closer to his office door. The quiver in her voice gave her away. Did he make her nervous?
    “What’s the matter, Tatiana? Leaving so soon?” Purposely using her first name, he continued sitting as she tried to slowly plan her escape.
    “I made a mistake coming here,” she repeated.
    “Yes, you did,” he said in agreement. At her gasp, he continued, “Now that I’ve seen you, I’m not sure I’ll ever forget you. You were brave to come into the lion’s den.”
    “Sir…I mean, Mr. O’Shea, this was a reckless decision to come here. I never should have come to your office.” Just as she was about to open the door, he jumped up from the loveseat and managed to get his hand on the door to gently close it again.
    “I like hearing you call me Sir. Say it again,” he whispered in her ear. Inhaling deeply, he captured her scent and it sent a frisson of awareness through his body. His body responded instantly and his cock hardened within his pants.
    Eyeing her face as he stood close to her body, he noticed her eyes close and her lips began to quiver. The tiny moan that came out of her was proof that his attraction to her was not one-sided. Hell, he didn’t even know why he was attracted to her. Sure, Kieran was into chocolate, but his tastes had always been more geared toward vanilla. Well, in skin tone alone. His desires in the bedroom were anything but normal.
    “Do I make you nervous, Ms.