Read Romance: Edge of Desire for Free Online Page B

beautiful woman.”
    His statement is so firm, so strong.  So believable.
    No!
    I will not be sucked in.
    I try hard to resist and focus on the actions of making his coffee.
    “And I love the way you make that coffee.  It is so… smooth.”
    Damn.
    My heart starts to flutter. 
    Even with my back turned to him, I can feel his presence from here. 
    “You know, I was really struggling to maintain focus on work for the past year and then something happened.”
    You fucked every girl in the city?
    “And what was that?” I reply with a touch of sarcasm.
    “You. When I walked into that coffee shop and saw you for the first time, I was blown away. I was almost speechless, which is very unlike me. Your eyes project a sense of calm and beauty… and I love that.”
    I don’t reply as I steam the milk for his coffee. I am tempted to overheat the milk so I can burn his tongue.
    “I’m sorry about Kate.”
    “Kate?”
    “The receptionist. She is very forthcoming but nothing happened. She was just sitting on my lap. She tends to think that she can have me, but I have rejected her every advance. I’m really sorry that you walked in on that, Harper. There is nothing between us.”
    “And why would I care if there was anything between you?”
    His mouth drops open a little – I am sure he is not used to people arguing with him. “I was…” he sighs. “I like you, Harper. And not in the way that I usually like girls. I like you , not your body.”
    “So now you’re calling me ugly?” I snap back.
    “No. No. Not at all. I mean, I really like your body. You are beautiful. I’m saying that you are different than the girls I usually meet and I really like that. I like talking to you. Usually the girls can’t even hold a five-minute conversation.”
    “So you’re a man-slut. Congratulations.”
    “That’s not what I meant.”
    “Here is your coffee. Just as you like it,” I hand him the coffee without a smile.
    But when his hand touches mine, he smiles at me.
    Damn.
    That smile…
    It is so seductive.
    And his gaze is so strong that I feel like I am the only person in the world that matters to him right now.
    No…
    For all my strength, he has drawn me in again.
    As he sips the coffee, he winks with a cheeky look stretched across his face.
    Damn.
     
     
     

Chapter 15
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
    The day drifts past and I try to ignore the emotions that I felt earlier today. 
    I am NOT going to get sucked in his ridiculous charm… but we have had more than that. For the past month I have flirted with this man every morning and the connection between us is real… at least I think it is.
    For every moment that I try to convince myself that he is using me, my heart says something different. My heart or my mind?
    It is so hard to know which one to listen to. 
    I know that Brad is a player. In my head I know that.
    He is a womanizer.
    I can see that clearly. And I am a smart woman. 
    Then why does he still make me feel that way? I know that he is bad for me. I know that. But it is something I can’t switch off.
    I want to switch it off. I really do. I don’t want to fall for a womanizer. I don’t want a player to have my heart. I know that is bad for me.
    Really bad.
    No girl wants that rollercoaster.
    Nancy breaks my deep thought pattern, “Two coffees.  A latte and a cappuccino.  And…”
    “What’s up?”
    “One of Brad’s mentors is in there.  He’s the older man who ordered the latte.  Just…” she thinks before she chooses her next words. “Just watch out for him. He’s very old school and can be quite offensive.”
    If he’s anything like Brad, then I bet he can be very offensive.
    After making the coffees, Nancy nods, indicating that I should take the coffees into Brad’s office.
    Walking in and placing the coffees on the desk, I can see the baldness of the mentor’s head but I can sense that he is not a nice man. He is giving off a really bad vibe.
    Both men stop talking the