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the door.”
    And the blush is back.
    Talk about extreme subject change, way to catch a girl off guard. I can feel his eyes on me as I stare down at the table trying to hide my reaction to him. “Thank you.” A shiver makes it's way from my head all the way down to my toes. If he keeps looking at me like that I'm either going to melt into a puddle or run away. Right now the latter sounds like a good idea. But I wore my big girl panties tonight, not going to fold, I need this job.
    Thankfully our waitress comes to take our drink order. She doesn't even look at me and when asked, Braydon turns to me. I stare into his eyes and lick my lips. “I'll have a glass of house white please.”
    He looks to the waitress, “We'll have two glasses of house white please, thank you.” He immediately turns back to me. Not waiting for her reply, he looks at my wet lips for a moment and clears his throat. “So onto business. I have an opening in HR but seeing as you have no experience there I was thinking of doing some shuffling around the office to free a position you're more qualified for.”
    Is he serious? All that trouble for me. “I can't let you disrupt your business, it doesn't seem fair to your employees. Not to mention, you don't even know me, it's crazy.” Great, now I'm rambling like an idiot.
    “First of all, crazy? I'm offended, and I would love to get to know you.” I just know he's laughing at me, I can see it in his eyes. “Secondly it's already done.” He smiles smugly at me.
    Done? What the hell is he talking about? “Done? What do you mean done? You said you weren't making any final decisions until we met face to face.”
    “I know I'm sorry, I'm an in the moment kind of guy, lets just say after our call I decided I would do anything to get you to come and work for me. I found a way to give you the perfect job, as my assistant.”
    Well that is ideal, no wait... I'll have to work with him side by side everyday! Oh God help me. “Your assistant?” I squeak.
    He raises an eyebrow at my voice, damn he's sexy. I have no idea how I'm going to survive this. Damn him. Is he trying to torture me? Our waitress returns with our food that I can't even remember ordering. This man has my mind all kinds of messed up right now.
       “So as I was saying, I'm hiring you on as my assistant. I've thought it through, my assistant Lisa has a lot of prior HR experience so she's the perfect choice. I held a meeting last week with my managers and they all agree that this is a good move for the company. So what do you say? Do you accept?”
    I take a few bites before looking at him. “And what does being your assistant entail exactly?”
    “Well let's see.” He pretends to think about about it, he's toying with me, I just know it. Could it be he's attracted to me as well, or just a flirty guy?
    “You would handle all the necessary paper work for day to day operations, answering emails, accompanying me to all meetings to take notes, send and receive fax. It really changes day to day, depending on the business at hand. I imagine you're used to those things. You'll stick by my side for the first couple of weeks to see that you understand the accounting business. I have great hopes for you succeeding with me. What do you say? Are you game? Your salary will be sixty thousand for the first year and a raise after that.”
    I choke on the forkful of food I've just scooped into my mouth. “Did you just say sixty thousand? Now I know your crazy, that's almost double what I was making at my last and only job. I hardly have any experience. How can you offer me that much?”
    He gave me a panty dropping grin. “Because I can and I want you.” I can't help but hear a hidden warning in his voice. If he only knew how bad I want him too.
    How close I've come to having him in my dreams.
    “Are you sure? I mean you could get someone else so much cheaper.”
    “As I said, I want you.” Now he's the one licking his lips. Wow it's suddenly