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turned him on then, and it turned him on now. He was ready to get down on his knees and beg when she gave a sharp nod of her head.
    “All right. I’ll probably regret it, but, yes, I’ll have a drink with you.” She held up a finger. “One drink.”
    He blew out a sigh of relief. “I’ll take whatever I can get. How about tonight? Right after work?”
    He was babbling, but he didn’t care, as long as he got her to say yes to something.
    “Fine. A drink tonight. But that’s all.”
    “A drink. Good, that’s good. What time do you get off work?”
    She checked the watch on her wrist. “I have a contract I have to finish before I can leave. Seven would be the earliest I could meet you.”
    “I’ll pick you up,” he insisted.
    “I don’t think that will work. Pick a place, and we’ll meet.”
    Okay, he’d take whatever he could get. “How about Jake’s After Dark? Do you know where it is? I have no idea how long you’ve been here.”
    “Three weeks, and I have a GPS in my car. But I heard someone at the Thunder headquarters mention the place. It’s a restaurant, isn’t it?”
    “It’s a quiet restaurant, and the bar is quiet, too. We can talk.” And if he could talk her into dinner, they’d be right there.
    She nibbled on her lower lip for a moment. The sight of it sent his cock into the stratosphere and a jolt of electricity to his balls. Finally, she nodded.
    “All right. Seven o’clock at Jake’s After Dark. A drink. Just one drink.”
    He blew out another breath. “Thank you, Sarah. I…. Thank you.”
    “Don’t make me regret it.” She sat down. “If I’m going to be on time, you’d better get out of here and let me get to work.”
    Beau was almost afraid to leave, worried she might change her mind, which she certainly had every right to do. Finally, he backed toward the door.
    “I’ll see you at seven.”
    “Seven o’clock.”
    She was already looking down at her desk, focused on her work again.
    Beau nodded to the admin as he left the office. Every muscle in his body was knotted like a rope as he made his way out of the building. Somehow, he managed to exchange pleasantries with whoever he ran into. After all, these people were paying him a bloody fortune to play ball for them. He at least owed them courtesy. It wasn’t until he was outside, in his car in the parking lot, that he actually breathed easy. He leaned back in the seat and rubbed his face, not surprised to find it covered with a fine sheen of perspiration. He’d definitely been sweating bullets in Sarah’s office.
    Looking at the dashboard clock, he realized he needed to haul ass back to the house if he wanted to be on time for everything. He wanted to spend a few minutes with Toby before he showered and dressed and headed to Jake’s After Dark. He definitely did not want to be late tonight.
    Should he stop and get flowers? Something? Anything?
    Stop, he told himself. He hadn’t seen her for six years. He had a lot of fences to mend, and he had to do it right, one step at a time. He backed the car out of its parking place and headed out onto the highway, silently praying he wouldn’t screw it up this time.

Chapter Three
     
     
    At six thirty, Sarah closed the folder on her desk, shut down her computer, and sent her phone to voice mail. Time to get ready. One of the perks that came with her suite of offices as in-house counsel was a fully outfitted private bathroom. She wished she’d thought to bring a change of clothing with her today then mentally smacked herself in the head. Slow down, she told herself. She didn’t need to shower and change from the skin out. This wasn’t a date. It was a drink. That was it. Nothing else. Still, she took time to refresh her makeup, brush her teeth, and spritz herself with cologne.
    She was still not fully recovered from seeing Beau again after all this time. Beau. The star of her many nights of erotic dreams. She was so proud she’d kept it together, maintaining her cool