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office he would be going to.
Luckily security and he were tight and it wasn’t the first time they’d done
favors for his family. Lucas had to always think two steps ahead. That was the
blessing, or the curse, of being a Romero.
    When he got to the loft offices at Dream Weddings,
Inc., Lucas was shocked to see a detective there. “Is everything okay here, officer?”
Lucas’s deep voice commanded authority.

 
    Maxine felt as if her limbs were going to give way. Heat
rushed through her body. Lucas Romero?
    Oh, my God!
What is he doing here?
    Why was she always captivated by
this…sexy Adonis ? Oh, no. Not
Lucas too-hot-for-his-own-good Romero. Anyone but him .
    “Yes, everything is fine, sir,” the officer said to
Lucas. “Just a routine report.”
    “Oh, good,” Lucas’s voice was edgy and curt as he
responded to the officer.
    The detective nodded and left. It was evident that somehow
the officer knew who Lucas was. There seemed to be that air of respect there.
The Romero family was well-known in the city. They
were a prominent family for a reason.
    Maxine was stumped. She still couldn’t get her head
around this.
    Lucas Romero?
    She knew Toni Romero had said he was going to assist
her in helping her secure new software for her company but she had no idea
Lucas Romero would be the man in charge. Why hadn’t Toni warned her?
    Her mind was mush all of a sudden.
    She couldn’t think. She was in a daze. Giddy like a school girl with a massive crush on the captain of the
football team.
    Maxine stood in the reception area of her office when she
caught sight of his tall, lean frame and his broad shoulders accentuated by the
expensive looking dark blue suit he was wearing. It looked like an Italian
designer cut from what she had studied in that workshop on selecting the best tailored suits for grooms. His dark cropped hair and
sexy stubble caught her off guard. The man had a sexually-charged rugged bad boy appeal, that was for sure.
    “Hi. Are you okay?” Lucas’s deep, rich voice caused a
surprising reaction in Maxine. She was in a momentary trance from the moment he
said “hi.” His dark, rich caramel eyes melted her inside like warm butter in a
pan. Oh, his eyes were so sexy.
    Oh, no.
I can’t be around this guy. Not now.
    “I’m fine, thank you,” she replied a little more
breathless than she intended. Her heart rate must have been climbing by the
second. “I’m surprised to see you. Did you have an appointment?” Maxine tried
to compose her voice and quiet the internal trembling.
    Maxine,
he’s just a guy. Just an ordinary guy.
    Yeah,
one who’s headlining every tabloid in town right now. And he’s here. In my office.
    “Well, I’m here by special request. But what was that
all about with the police?”
    “Oh, I just…it’s nothing. Just some prank notes.”
    “Prank notes?” His voice grew dark. Lucas seemed very
much concerned. Angered even. Was he that worked up over something that
happened to her?
    “Um…I’ll go to Starbucks to get some coffee,” Betty interrupted,
sounding uncomfortable as she eased out of her chair in the reception area.
Maxine almost forgot Betty was present.
    “Sure. That would be great, Betty. Lucas, can we get
you anything?”
    “I’m good. I just want to know if you’re going to be
alright.” Lucas's voice was baritone low and edged with steel. His jaw was
clenched. He was fired up all right.
    She would be fired up too, but his aura and the scent
of his cologne was irresistible to her and lulled her senses. Oh, heavens.
    Were all the Romero men hot, sexy and this bad?
    There was an electrical current between them. Maxine
didn’t know if she was coming or going. She really wanted to be going…away with
him, into his burly arms. She wanted him to carry her away but she could never
let on to that.
    Maxine hugged herself feeling so self-conscious.
    Here was Lucas Romero and she should be thinking about
that darned letter. Instead she was fretting about how