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he’d slowed
to a halt.  “But why Cupertino?  Why leave New York to come all the way here?”
    He
shrugged.  “My brother.  He runs a software engineering firm here and I’ve been
visiting for years.  When I mentioned wanting to get into the auto racing
business he was the one who suggested I set up shop here.”  He smiled.  “I
guess it helps that I kinda like the place.”
    Silken
nodded.  "The place is teeming with young professionals so Suave and I
thought it would be the perfect place to start our business.”  She cocked her
head to one side so she could look up at him.  “Just like you.”
    “Great
minds think alike.”  That was what he said, but from the look in his eyes she
had a feeling it wasn’t her mind he was thinking about.  But then he jerked his
head toward the open field ahead.  “Time for the grand tour,” he said and set
off ahead of her.
    To
say that Silken was impressed was an understatement.  Although not yet
completed, the latest NASCAR racetrack was stunning in its colossal size.  She
felt like an insignificant speck of dust in the vast open space before her, a
gigantic oval-shaped stadium with a tilted racetrack in the middle.
    “Wow,”
she whispered as her eyes roamed the field, the track and the stands
surrounding the racing area.  “This is huge.”
    “Not
by international standards,” Max pointed out as he gazed at his handiwork. 
“You’re looking at a capacity of about sixty thousand.  Compared to Daytona and
Indianapolis, this is nothing.  But it’s good,” he said, nodding, “good enough
for Cupertino.”
    “Good
enough for me,” Silken said emphatically.  She wanted to be among the first to
try out this new racetrack.  “When will it be open for business?”
    “It
still needs a couple more months of work and my team is finalizing all the
necessary paperwork, then we’ll be good to go.”
    “Great. 
I’ll be front of the line for a ticket.”
    “For
you,” he said, giving her a slow smile, “tickets will be no problem.”
    Despite
herself, Silken blushed a rosy pink.  She didn’t need a mirror to tell her
that.  She could feel the heat rise in her face and she ducked her head,
embarrassed.  And all he’d done was offer her tickets.  What the beeswax was
wrong with her?
    But
she knew what was wrong and it was Max’s fault.  She knew it and he knew it. 
It was the way he said things, slow and sexy and seductive so no matter how
innocent the comment, it came out like an invitation to join him in the
bedroom.  Damn the man.
    Her
skin prickling with awareness, she tore her gaze away from his and turning
away, she drew in a surreptitious breath.  Don’t let him get under your
skin, Silken.  You’re in control.  As alway s.
    She
began to walk toward the exit.  “This is really great,” she said over her
shoulder, “but we’d better head back now.  I promised Suave that I wouldn’t be
long.”
    Max
strode toward her and, with his long legs, within seconds he was by her side. 
“The sister I’m supposed to be meeting this afternoon, per your orders.”
    “Oh,
yeah,” she said, giving him an apologetic grin.  “Sorry I didn’t ask you
first.  I didn’t think you’d mind.”
    “I
don’t mind at all,” he said in a fake British accent that made her laugh.
    The
mood lightened, she took the hand he stretched out to her, accepting his help
as they made their way along the uneven section of the pathway.  As they headed
back to the car, Silken had the tiniest of smiles on her lips.  She liked this
playful side of Maximillian Davidoff.  This, she could handle…a whole lot
easier than when he was being seductive.
    Because,
as weird as it was, she was beginning to like this man – sort of – even though
she hardly even knew him.  On an impulse she’d gone and arranged for him to
meet her sister which meant she was a tad bit more than curious about him.
    And
based on his response she would say he was a tad bit