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run. She stopped dead in her tracks by the water fountain and paused before refilling her stainless steel canteen.
    “Do you have a membership here? I don’t remember an application with your name on it coming across my desk.”
    “Well, do you keep track of every new member? Maybe you missed me.”
    “I don’t think I would have missed you.”
    Graham lifted the corner of his mouth, chuckling. “You caught me.”
    “Did Holly let you in?” Alexa pursed her lips. Her eyes drifted to the front desk.
    “Don’t blame her. I told her you said it was okay for me to try things out.”
    “You could have asked, and I might have. Now, I have to throw you out.” Alexa gave an exaggerated sigh and shook her head. “Hold on while I call the police. This is theft, you know.”
    Graham mentally rubbed his hands together and tried to look doe-eyed. “How about I buy a membership now? Would that clear my ledger?”
    “You don’t already belong to a gym?”
    “That’s not your concern. I’m willing to become a paying client.”
    “We reserve the right to refuse service.” The slightest humor in her voice delighted him. His chest swelled.
    “You’re banning me?”
    Alexa’s nostrils flared, but a tiny smile flickered on her face. “Come to my office.”
    Alexa took off, and of course, he followed. When she got to her office, she turned, holding open the door for him and throwing it shut behind him.
    “Why are you here?” She gestured for Graham to sit down, but stayed standing, leaning against the edge of her desk. If she thought he’d let her peer down at him, she had another thing coming.
    Graham draped his towel on the back of the chair and widened his stance, just a few feet from his sparring partner. “I wanted to check things out.” He gestured toward the gym with his water bottle and keys.
    “We did that the other day.”
    “Okay. I wanted to see you again.”
    Graham shot her an unflinching, flirtatious smile, which she met with a daunting glare.
    “Why?”
    The way her lips bowed on the word supercharged his pulse.
    “You seem the secure type. I’m sure you know why.”
    “I don’t like your using my business to pry your way back into my pants.” Exasperation rose in her tone and heightened the color in her cheeks.
    The effects of pushing her buttons gave him a twisted thrill. He’d never enjoyed annoying another human being more.
    “I didn’t say anything about your pants. I only said that I wanted to see you again. To ask you out. My getting into your pants is on your mind, not mine.”
    She crossed her arms, stone-faced. He countered her demeanor by moving a step closer.
    She rocked back on her hip, then stood and walked around to put the desk between them.
    Graham pressed forward with his case. “You owe me a breakfast—or the meal of your choice. That would make it up to me for so rudely running out on New Year’s Day.”
    “I thought we agreed not to discuss that.”
    He laughed and shook his finger at her. “Nope. You said you didn’t want to talk about it. I said nothing of the kind.” Graham dipped his chin and looked up at her with a pleading expression. “One meal. Let’s have dinner.”
    “Dinner, now?” She sighed. “You’re my landlord.”
    “That’s an excuse.”
    “I don’t mix business and pleasure.” Her gaze fled from his, and Graham grinned.
    “Never?” When Alexa didn’t respond, he tried again. “Come on.”
    Her mouth twitched near a smile, wariness and amusement wrestling on her face. “Fine.”
    He’d prepared to argue with her, and her capitulation tripped him up.
    “W-what are you doing tomorrow?”
    “I have plans already.”
    “Hot date?”
    “Yes, actually.”
    She raised one brow and stared at him, not blinking. He wasn’t sure he believed her, but he’d gotten what he wanted, so he let it go. “Friday, then.”
    Alexa shook her head. “I’m meeting with Toby and Sarah after work to discuss plans for their charity