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arm over the back of the chair as though he owned the place. He felt at ease, making himself comfortable, while Carla sat up straight on the edge of her chair, trying desperately to seem sophisticated and well-mannered in his presence.
    "I work in corporate law." he told her.
    "Gosh. That sounds challenging,” she said.
    "Actually, it's thrilling." Daniel told her. The lawyer sat forwards as he began to tell her about his work and his eyes lit up as he did. He told her all about his high-profile cases, his millionaire clients, and the businesses he had seen be made and broken in the courtrooms he worked in, and Carla was utterly captivated by the way he spoke.
    There was confidence in every word that crossed his lips and as he told her of his work.
    Carla was in awe of his intelligence, prowess and knowledge of the law. She felt like a little bird sitting next to a tiger, but the power in him was addictive.
    She was drawn to it more than she had ever been drawn to anything in her life. She barely understood a word he said about the legal complexities of his cases, but she could have listened to him speak forever.
    "Enough about me." He sat back against his chair and looked at her with an interested smile. "I want to hear about you."
    Carla laughed shyly. "What do you want to know?"
    "How did you discover baking? Where do you work? Tell me everything." He gave her a little laugh and it eased her tension some.
    "Well, after high school I was working as an assistant in a food store." Carla told him. "I was bored out of my mind. There were these free magazines that were delivered to the store each week and they had recipes and articles about cooking and baking in them. I used to read them to pass the time and then I started to try out a few of the recipes and I just found I was a natural at baking.
    I started to find myself baking in all my free time until eventually it was all I wanted to do. I quit my job and started to bake full time. At first I was just selling out of my home to friends and family, and going to festivals and things like that, but then eventually I decided to just go for it and put everything I had into opening the bakery.
    It nearly bankrupted me at first, but I got through the first year and then it was like something clicked and it worked like a charm. I've never looked back." She smiled in a little self-satisfaction. She was proud of what she had accomplished by working with such dedication, and she was not afraid to show it.
    "I admire a woman who works hard for what she wants." Daniel told her. He smiled at her in appreciation, but there was something devilish in his eyes making it seem like there was more to his words than he spoke aloud. There was a sexual tension building between them that made everything feel like it had a double meaning.
    It was unlike Carla to find herself flirting with a man; she had abstained for too long, but now she felt like, perhaps it was time to take what she wanted and her thoughts turned to Diane's suggestion of a hotel room. She quickly pushed the thought away and cleared her throat as her heart beat a little faster and she drank more wine.
    The rest of the dinner passed with plenty of good food, good wine, speeches, and a simmering heat between Carla and Daniel, and Carla tried to hold back from it. Daniel, on the other hand, was determined to follow Cliff's advice and pursue a woman of a different lifestyle.
    Carla was sweet and open and ambitious for the simple pleasures in life, rather than wanting to take over the world in a blaze of glory. She had dark hair, dark brown eyes with light flecks of gold, she could cook and she was definitely not a lawyer.
    Daniel found himself wildly attracted to her and he didn't know if it was because in the back of his mind, Cliff had challenged him to step outside his usual conquests.
    Or was it because Carla was delicate and sensual at the same time in a way that Daniel had never seen before. Either way, his sights were set on