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notepad to her chest. ‘Actually, there’s more than one and, no, they can’t wait.’
    Two? Whoa. When he’d labelled her as a wildcat he’d only got it half right.
    â€˜My sons,’ she said quickly, then stared him down.
    Jason stared back. He knew what this was about. She was expecting a reaction from him. He disappointed her by not running screaming from the room. So she was a mom. Didn’t bother him any.
    Except if...
    â€˜You’re married?’ They’d been in close proximity all week. Surely he’d have noticed it before now. A ring was the first thing he looked for when an attractive woman walked across his path.
    Okay, maybe not the first thing. But it was definitely in the top five.
    He hadn’t thought it was possible for her to look any more poker-like, but she surprised him yet again. ‘No, I’m not married.’
    No problem, then.
    But Kelly didn’t look as if she shared his opinion.
    She’d wanted to fudge it. He could tell it by the way her lips had moved silently before she’d said no. But she hadn’t. And she could have invented a fictional Mr Bradford and been on her way home in a flash if she’d wanted to. That was a sign, right there. One he should probably not be paying attention to, but it was a hard habit to break.
    â€˜After-work drinks... Not a good idea. It’s against the no-dating-at-work policy,’ she said matter-of-factly.
    Jason frowned. ‘We don’t have a no-dating policy.’ He should know. He’d ditched it so he could start dating his former PA. They’d turned out to be such a good team. In the office... Out of the office... Especially in the bedroom. But then she’d gone and got all serious on him, talking about moving in together and hosting dinner parties. Jason shuddered. It had ended with a nuclear fight, a cold space in his bed and a vacancy at the office. That had been two months ago, and they hadn’t found anyone suitable to replace her long-term yet. In the office, of course. Out of the office Jason wasn’t looking for anything more than ‘temporary’.
    â€˜You might not have a no-dating policy, but I do,’ Kelly said quite seriously.
    Jason blinked. Had he just heard her right? It took him a few moments to gather a sensible reply. ‘I said it wasn’t a date. Just socialising after work.’
    She narrowed her eyes. ‘Socialising is fine, and I’d be quite happy to go out in a group, but not tonight, and not alone with you.’ She smiled sweetly at him. ‘Have a good weekend, Mr Knight.’ And then she was gone. Out of the office and down the corridor before he could think of anything else to say.
    Jason let out a dry, self-mocking laugh. Well, that told him! He didn’t get that response very often when he asked a woman out for a drink. Far from it.
    He sat back down in his chair and rubbed his face with his hand.
    Oh, Kelly Bradford might say she didn’t want to go out with him, but all week he’d seen the way she’d looked at him when she thought he hadn’t been watching. That was why he’d issued his invitation in the first place. For a woman who told the bald, unvarnished truth about everything else, she was lying about this.
    How intriguing.
    And how very tantalising. He laughed again, but it was a lighter, more joyous noise this time.
    Love-one to Ms Bradford. But that didn’t mean she’d won the match.

FOUR
    Jason stared at the email he’d just read a few seconds longer then closed the window down with a grunt of exasperation. What had he expected? That suddenly the world would take the rich kid playing with his daddy’s company seriously, even though he’d spent years turning it around?
    The rules in this game were stacked against him. Just because his ancestors had been successful and he’d been born into a wealthy family, he couldn’t be seen as just another