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couple.  I want us to be apart for as little as possible while we work on this.  We can build a really successful relationship here.  Openness is key-”
    “Argh!”  Mackenzie shouted in frustration, causing him to jump.  She rubbed her eyes before looking at him.  “Why do you make everything sound so clinical?  This isn’t a damn business transaction.  We aren’t two companies merging – we’re fucking people!”
    “God, I love it when you’re cranky.”  He smiled at her and her lips curled in response.
    “Stop it! … I just don’t get you.  One minute you’re carefree and fun and the next you’re this-this business man.  Which one are you really?”
    “I’m both.”  He shrugged.
    “You’re like Jekyll and Hyde.”
    “Jekyll and Hyde?”  He laughed.
    “Well, no, maybe not them.”  She paused to think.  “One minute you’re playing games-”
    “You like my games,” he interrupted, smirking and wriggling his eyebrows at her.
    “Stop interrupting me.  I’m being serious.”  Looking at him, his unbelievably sexy body and that gorgeous face, she lost her train of thought.
    “You were saying?” Nate prompted her.
    “Right, um, I need some time to get my head around all of this, and you seem to think that jumping in and becoming inseparable is the solution, but it’s not.  To build a healthy relationship you need time apart too.”
    “I thought you said you haven’t had much experience with relationships.”
    “I haven’t, but-”
    “Mackenzie, I like being around you, but if you really feel the need for some distance I will respect that.”
    “Thank you,” Mackenzie replied, slightly confused at how easily he was backing down.
    He climbed from the bed and went to the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.  Mackenzie heard the water turn on and instantly wanted to follow him into the shower.  Shit!  Sneaky bastard!  She chastized herself for being so damn needy, particularly after the conversation they just had.  She needed a shower too, but it would have to wait, she was not joining him.
    Minutes later, when he came out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel and a sexy smirk, it was obvious he was trying to tempt her with his body.  He headed toward her and she quickly moved past him, entering the bathroom and closing the door behind her.  She leaned against it and heard him chuckle on the other side.
    Nope.  I won’t give him the satisfaction.
    She took her time in the shower, washing her hair and trying to wash away her doubts.  When he didn’t try to enter the bathroom at all she started to wonder if he’d left without saying goodbye.  She wouldn’t put it past him.  However, she was pleased to see Nate sitting on the end of her bed when she exited the bathroom.  She wore her towel proudly and smiled widely when his eyes focused on her almost bare body.  Payback.
    He was a sight to behold, his hair still wet and uncombed, his perfectly tailored black suit, crisp white shirt, a deep burgundy tie around his neck … Mackenzie’s pulse was racing just looking at him.  She gulped.  He looks delectable in every damn thing he wears.   And then she wanted to take it all back, the whole conversation, she didn’t want him to leave.  He was too delicious to not have by her side. 
    “Stay with me at my apartment tonight,” he said, interrupting her stare-fest.
    “What?”  She blinked at him.  “What happened to having some space?”
    “It’s only eleven a.m.  You can have all afternoon to yourself.  Spend the night with me.”
    “I can’t, I’m working tonight.”
    “So?  Come by after work, or take the night off.”
    “It will be really late when I finish.”
    “Night off it is then.”
    “No.  I’m not calling my boss to ask for the night off, just so you can have your wicked way with me.”
    She glared at him, but he could see she was fighting back a smile.
    “Fine.  I’ll make the call for you,” he said seriously, taking