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catch my drift."
    "I don't see any disagreements between them now. Maybe she's forgiven him.” Jimmy's frown told Drew he saw the attraction between the two as clearly as he did.
    "Drew, why don't you just leave. We have an agreement. It's unvoiced, but there all the same. Let me...give me a chance...some time to see if there's an attraction...before you decide to move in."
    "I saw the attraction, Jim; hell, a blind man couldn't miss it."
    Jimmy shook his head sadly. “That was friendship, not passion, and I want passion with her. I won't settle for anything else. I want her acting as nervous around me as she does around you."
    It shouldn't have, but that bold statement pushed Drew right over the edge of anger and back into irrational jealousy. “Meaning?"
    "Please, Drew, you aren't six. You know exactly what that means. I plan on bedding that woman if she's interested. Think she's interested?"
    Drew couldn't believe his ears. Sure, confident Jimmy was unsure about this one tiny woman. He couldn't help asking the one question he knew was on both their minds.
    "What if she's not?"
    "I didn't think she was, either, but damn if that woman doesn't get all my protective and possessive instincts up."
    Jimmy's sex life, especially where Allison McKay was concerned, was the last thing Drew wanted to discuss, but here they were. “You haven't answered me, Jim. What if she's not?"
    "She's not your type, buddy, Allison not only has a brain, the lady knows how to use it."
    He's avoiding the question, again. Drew turned a disgusted gaze on his friend. “You're being funny."
    "I try."
    Drew decided to let his question slide this once; Jimmy was obviously distracted tonight. “Just shut up and listen to the lady sing."
    Jimmy choked and coughed. “Lady?"
    "She is a lady, isn't she?” He hated when Jimmy put him on the defensive. The damned woman had only been there two days, and she'd already gotten under his skin.
    "Of course, but I'm surprised you noticed. I've never see you like this before. This must be one serious itch...Hell, Drew, if there's no spark between myself and Allison, and the lady is interested, I won't stand in your way. But I'm warning you now—I'll be doing everything in my power to make this work. I've been in love with her since I was sixteen years old."
    God, I hope there's no spark between them. Looking back toward the stage, Drew wondered what had come over him. He'd heard her sing before, and it had never affected him, like this. What the hell am I thinking? Jimmy's right; she's not my ...
    That thought died while watching her thread her way through the audience toward their table. Allison knew how to draw the audience into her performance, but it was more than that. He wanted her—her innocence, her strength, and her beauty. It wasn't every day he met a woman who wasn't afraid to stand up to him without killing his desire for her.
    "Let me guess—you two are best friends, right?"
    Jimmy flashed her his most seductive grin, creating a knot of jealousy in the pit of Drew's stomach.
    Hell. I thought I'd controlled that pesky emotion.
    "Yeah, how did you know?” Jimmy answered, his grin widening.
    "He may be your boss, and probably your competition more often than not, but you two have a lot in common from what I've seen so far...and you, cutie, keep defending his actions."
    "How...?"
    Allison grinned at the surprise in Jimmy's voice. “You were worried that I had sent him to fetch my files."
    He was? I think I'm touched. Well crap, now I feel guilty about wanting her for myself. Drew watched as Jimmy narrowed his eyes at her with a grin.
    "Okay, Allison, you've made your point. You can stop now."
    "Sorry, cutie. I'll behave now. Listen, I know we haven't eaten yet, but..."
    Jimmy actually looked crestfallen at those words. “You want to cut our date short."
    Interest peaked in Drew, making him all ears. Could she be tired of Jimmy already? Or maybe he'd been right about her ex.
    "Lord, no, but I do want