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“You sly dog.”
    Jude still didn’t speak.
    “I recognize the look, dude.”
    His lips were sealed. He wasn’t even going to ask what the hell
Marcus was talking about now.
    “It’s the same goofy expression that stared back at me in the
mirror when I first met Joy.”
    Oh hell. Jude bit his tongue otherwise he’d spew his disgust.
    “You’re hooked on your temp.”
    That did it. Let the spewing begin.
    “Don’t quit your day job, Einstein, because you are way off
base.” If he didn’t feel so weak he’d stand up, pace across the room. As it was,
he didn’t think his legs would hold him any further than the sofa. “I just met the
woman today and, although I admit I find her attractive, I am not hooked on her.
Hell, I find lots of women attractive and haven’t gotten hooked. I’ll never act
over a woman the way you’ve acted over Joy. Not ever. You’re insane.”
    “And you’re protesting too much.” Not phased by Jude’s outburst, Marcus’ grin widened. “You planning to ask her out?”
    “Aren’t you listening? I just said—”
    “I know what you just said. You’re attracted to her. You
planning to do anything with that attraction? Cause it’s really not like you
not to make a move.”
    “She works for me, man.”
    “She works for a temp agency. It’s not exactly the same thing.”
    “A temp agency which is currently under contract with the
magazine. When it comes to the magazine I have to set a certain example.”
    “You work for Playhouse Magazine, not The Gospel Gazette. Lunch
tomorrow wouldn’t hurt.”
    Lunch tomorrow?
    Jude scowled at his friend. “Since when did you start giving me
dating advice?”
    A smug Marcus slapped Jude’s back and looked a lot like Jude’s
best friend pre-Joy. “Since I realized you’d quit dating and fallen for your
new assistant.”
    If only a different topic had brought about the change.
    “I have not quit dating, nor have I fallen for my new assistant.”
    Marcus shrugged. “Prove it.”
    “Fine.” He didn’t feel like arguing. “I will.”
    “How?”
    “How else? By going on a date.”
    “With Angela?”
    A date with his new temp? A date where thanks to his buddy’s
continued abstinence Jude couldn’t do much more than look. Because he wanted to
do way more than just feast his eyes on Angela. He wasn’t so sick as to not
recognize the truth.
    Marcus was right. He did want her. He suspected no other woman
would do.
    Jude got what he wanted.
    Always had. Always would.
    His mother told him to know what he wanted and then to see it
in his head and make it happen. He’d taken her advice to heart for as long as
he could recall.
    From the moment Angela stepped into his office, he’d wanted her.
Once he’d met her gaze, visions of stripping her naked and taking her filled his
head. Make it happen? Mrs. Sedwick would be back in a
week, two at tops. It would probably take that long to get dud boy here laid so
his vow would be fulfilled.
    It had already taken longer than Jude intended.
    Tomorrow, he’d show his reserved new assistant that she wanted him
just as much, make her see the same exotic images in her mind that danced in
his. Make her as hungry for his body as he was for hers.
    If he had to wait a few more days before making her his, the
anticipation would only serve to heighten the awareness snapping between them.
    The thought cleared his mind, eased the ache in the pit of his
gut, and convinced him he was going to live after all despite his wicked bout
with food poisoning.
    While wooing Angela, he’d regroup his strategy on getting
Marcus laid.
    Perhaps a “when you can’t beat them, join them” attitude might
be called for in this instance.

 
 
 
    Chapter Four

 
    Avery almost sighed when Jude walked into the office wearing another
pair of tight black jeans that hugged his butt and hard thighs. He wore a black
button down shirt that fit tight across his chest and hung loose at the waist. He
hadn’t bothered