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sweet Keiko was a district coordinator. The revelation had been bittersweet for him. She’d recruited him to take over the Dallas location, an exciting opportunity he’d eagerly agreed to, but their relationship forever changed. They still had their playtime, but only when she was in the region, and only if she had time.
    It so happened she was not only in the region but in his condo when he decided to reject the Willis application. The last thing he wanted to do was waste their precious time together on issues he was expected to handle himself, but without her approval he would be unable to reject Abby Willis.
    He hadn’t been prepared for her reaction, though in hindsight he realized he should have waited until the next morning. She hadn’t come to his apartment to pour through potential pairings and made no effort to hide her irritation. Ignoring his explanations, she’d snatched the files from his hand and flopped on the couch, rolling her eyes and groaning expressively.
    “I don’t see the problem, Ryan,” she’d snapped. “She doesn’t need a million rules, and it’s clear from his profile he’s not the sort who requires absolute obedience. Put them together and move on.”
    “She’ll be an unmitigated brat,” he protested unhappily. “And I can’t picture him setting boundaries, much less enforcing them.”
    “She’s a brat because everyone tries to force her to be something she’s not. She just needs someone who will give her the freedom and support to explore her true nature. He’s already been through all that and will understand. Send him her files already.”
    “But she’s so combative,” he’d pressed on. He knew he’d lost but wasn’t ready to concede yet. “I doubt they’ll last a week before she blows up and throws a chair at him.”
    Her only response had been to wave a hand dismissively at him and leave him alone with his files and doubts. Now he found himself dismissed once more.
     
    * * *
     
    Abby allowed Chris to lead her by the hand down the hall, the silence only broken by their footfalls in the plush carpet. Her heart fluttered at his hand wrapped around her own, and she stifled a surprised giggle at the unexpected butterflies in her belly. Tingles raced up and down her arms, and she couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt so alive.
    They went down the hall, rounded the corner, and then headed for an open doorway. Inside they found a large room with pinball machines and arcade games along one wall, snack and drink machines on the other, and assorted chairs and couches in between, but Abby barely noticed any of it. Images arose unbidden, strong and powerful, his strong hands pressing her back against a wall, the feel of his lips devouring her own. Without realizing it, her eyes had begun to close as she inhaled the masculine scent of his cologne.
    “Abby?”
    Her eyes flew open and she stared back at him, embarrassed. He stared questioningly at her, his hand poised over the selection buttons on the coke machine as he waited for her response.
    “Um, Diet Coke?”
    Grinning, he got two sodas from the machine, then led her to the couch in the middle of the room.
    “That guy, he means well, but he’s all about rules and procedures,” Chris said as he settled into the couch and took a sip from the can. “I get that a lot of their clients want someone to control every aspect of their lives, but I’m not into that, and I don’t think that’s what you really want either. Am I right?”
    She nodded but her attention focused on the way his eyebrows perfectly framed his eyes more than on his words.
    “He’s sent me portfolios before, but no one that really caught my eye. To be honest, I was about to call him up and tell him to pull me out of the system. Then he sent me your files, and well—” He paused for a moment while he looked for the right words. “A lot of the women he tried to pair me with were really just children in adult bodies. They were all lovely,