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We’ll relate to each other the way we always have. And we can get blood tests and be married by a justice of the peace within three days.”
    Kate bit back a sigh. She agreed with one out of three. They had nowhere to go but up. “I don’t mind finding a house for us, but I’d like to know some of your likes and dislikes. I don’t think we will be able to relate to each other the way we always have.”
    “Why?”
    “Because you are no longer my boss.”
    “That means I’ll negotiate instead of giving orders.”
    “Okay. I need you to do something that has nothing to do with stocks and trust funds.”
    “Name it,” he said with such strength and assurance that her heart flipped over.
    “I want you to discuss our wedding arrangements with my mother. But I still don’t want you to tell her I’m pregnant.”
    “When?”
    “Later,” she said, her stomach dipping at the thought. “One thing at a time. Will you talk with my parents?”
    “Done,” he said. “Your parents seemed like very nice, reasonable people. I negotiate with cannibals all the time. This should be cake.”
    That night, Michael pulled into Kate’s driveway beside an unfamiliar car, a vintage Corvette at that. Curious, he climbed the steps of her porch and rang the doorbell. She answered the door wearing an uneasy expression. “Trent Cavoli is here,” she whispered.
    Michael immediately recognized the name of the man who’d tried, unsuccessfully, to seduce much of CG Enterprises’ talent to Cavoli’s company. “What is he doing here?” he demanded.
    “I don’t know,” she said. “He stops by every couple of months to offer me a job or ask me out for dinner.”
    “Did you go?”
    She gave him a dark glare. “I’m sure he wants CG secrets. I can’t imagine him being truly interested in me. He’s just as hung up on business as you are.”
    He felt the slightest sting from her words as she turned away from him. She might be partly right in her assessment, but Michael knew Trent had a reputation with the ladies. If he’d known Trent was sniffing around Kate, he would have…. Michael told himself his territorial feelings were related tothe company. Stepping inside, he glanced at Trent’s smoothly polished appearance and wondered if the man appealed to Kate at all.
    Trent’s eyes widened when he caught sight of Michael. “Michael Hawkins, I never expected to see you here.” Trent extended his hand. “You look a little hassled. How’s business?”
    “Great,” Michael said, barely touching the man’s hand. “Kate tells me you’ve visited her more than once.”
    Trent smiled. “You can’t blame me. She’s a smart, beautiful woman. I’d be glad to have her as an employee or a dinner companion. Word is she’s no longer working for you, so I thought I’d take my chances.”
    Michael felt the surprising, yet overwhelming urge to knock a few bleached teeth from Trent’s smile. He moved next to Kate. “You’re out of luck again. Kate’s not available. She’s not my assistant anymore because she’s going to be my wife.”
    Trent’s eyebrows flew upward. “Damn. I was sure she was your most underrated natural resource. Congratulations and best wishes,” he said and gave a little salute.
    “Thank you,” Kate said politely, as if she sensed Michael’s hostility.
    Trent walked toward the door and glanced back at Kate. “If anything changes, give me a call.”
    Kate closed the door behind him and Michaelscowled. “Son of a bitch,” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me he was making offers?”
    Kate shrugged. “It was more a minor nuisance than anything else.”
    “If he ever comes around you again—”
    She waved her hand in a dismissing gesture. “He won’t. Think about it. A baby would really cramp his style.” She gave him a long glance that almost made him feel as if she could see his entire hellish day written on his brain. “Rough day?”
    With her big blue eyes and pink cheeks and lips, she looked so