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been months since he’d felt interest in another woman. He’d kept himself so busy with work reality hadn’t intruded until Gabe had shoved it in his face. It seemed he was a one-woman man after all, so long as that woman was Kelli.
    Damn his love-soaked family history. Every member of the Douget family knew their future spouse as soon as they laid eyes on them. Love at first sight and all that. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe the fairytale. Experience with his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles finding the perfect person to complement them and their lives tended to make anyone a believer.
    When he’d first met Kelli, he hadn’t thought he was ready for the whole one and only thing, but time had passed and no other woman had even stirred his attention. Like the good Cajun man he’d been raised to be, Remi gave in to the hand of fate. Kelli was meant to be his in every way, just as he would be hers. The trick would be getting her to admit the truth.
    Getting his head back in the game and conversation, Remi smiled, making sure to flash his dimples. Mimi always told him he could get away with murder flashing those cheek pockets. Then again, his grandmother had also told him when he met the one Remi would fall harder than a gator in a sinkhole.
    “Jesse had a flat. She called me to fix it, but before I got there the idiot tried changing the tyre herself.”
    Narrow shoulders straightened in feminine outrage while suspicious eyes sparked. His cock hardened. “She’s an idiot for trying to change a tyre herself?”
    “No.” He shook his head. “Jesse’s an idiot because she doesn’t know how to change a tyre and that’s how she ended up breaking her hand.”
    Worry darkened Kelli’s heart-stopping, jade eyes. “Oh no, is she okay? Does she need some help?”
    His heart softened at the genuine concern she showed for a girl Remi considered family. “She’s doing fine. Mad at herself for getting hurt, mad at me for sending her to the hospital and probably pissed at Walker for volunteering to take her home.”
    Those tense muscles relaxed at his words. “Yeah, I can see where that would tick her off. Would you let me know if there’s anything I can do to help her out?”
    “Of course. Now let’s see what you’ve managed to get into now, shall we?” He swept his hand out in front of him, a gentleman to the last as he motioned Kelli to lead the way. If that made him look like some kind of well-mannered knight, fine with him. Really, all he wanted was the chance to ogle Kelli’s fine butt some more without being caught.
    Within moments, Remi mentally dived into her computer, blocking out everything but the numbers and symbols scrolling in front of him. Briefly, he was even able to ignore Kelli and the delicious scent of her skin as she leaned over him. One hand casually pressed to his shoulder, she guided him through her last few moments before the computer had gone ‘apeshit crazy ’ , in her words.
    Twenty minutes later, he’d found the problem, neutralised it and restored all the documents hiding behind the security firewall.
    “You’re amazing,” she whispered in relief.
    He couldn’t help it—he let his poor, tortured dick do the talking for him. “Women are always saying that to me.”
    The bright, happy smile on her face quickly died as his thoughtless and egotistical words registered. “I’m sure they do, Remi.” With a fluid grace, Kelli slipped away from the desk, ensuring a wide space of distance remained between them.
    “Shit.” He ran a distracted hand through his hair and pushed up and away from the heavy desk. “I didn’t mean it that way, Kelli.”
    The stubborn woman only crossed her arms over her chest, pushing her magnificent breasts up and out. Mouth watering, Remi licked his lips and tore his gaze away from the tempting, pale orbs.
    “What other way could you have meant it?” Her foot tapped an uneven rhythm against the soft, thickly woven carpet.
    Under his breath,