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wondering how many men actually came into her business.
    “Your name?” she asked, looking up at him with a professional disinterested expression on her face.
    “Reed Hunter.”
    The young, blonde woman picked up the phone and called Lacey. “Mr. Hunter is here to see you.” She waited a minute. “Okay, I’ll show him the way.”
    “Please follow me to the conference room where Lacey will join us in five minutes. Right this way.” The receptionist led him down a hall. “Can I get you something to drink?”
    “No, thanks. How long have you worked here?” he asked turning on the charm. Getting one of the employees to give him dirt would be like hitting gold.
    “Lacey is my sister.”
    The charm came to a screeching halt as his blood froze and he shelved any ideas of coercing information from an employee for now.
    “I help out in the afternoons after classes.”
    “Attending college?” Reed asked. Until now, he hadn’t seen the resemblance between the two women and he wondered how much information he could obtain from the sister.
    “Yes. I graduate this weekend.”
    “After you graduate, do you plan on working here full-time?” he casually asked hoping that if they accepted his proposal, he could befriend the young woman and eventually he would become her confidante.
    “Oh, no. I’m getting married and going to medical school,” she told him, her smile making her face glow.
    “Marriage and medical school. That’s a full load.” He paused, considering what she’d just told him. “Did you meet your fiancé through Mate Incorporated?”
    “We met in college. We’re both about to graduate.”
    “How did your sister became a relationship coach?” he asked, wondering how much she would tell.
    “Lacey saw a need that ordinary counseling wasn’t addressing, and she’s built a business around helping people. She’s quite successful.”
    “You’re getting married without going through her coaching? Why not?” he asked, digging deeper, trying to find out why an employee, her sister, had not gone through her relationship practice.
    “Are you a new client?” she asked, her brows gathering.
    Reed couldn’t help but smile. “No.”
    She took a moment to assess him as they walked down the hall. “I wasn’t looking for a relationship. It found me. Lacey is great at finding someone for her clients, but me, I found my fiancé at college.”
    “When’s the big day?”
    “June. Right before I go to medical school.”
    “Being married and going to medical school…won’t that be difficult?” he asked as they entered a large conference room.
    “We think we can handle marriage and school.”
    “What does your sister think?” He watched the conflicting emotions cross her face and realized he’d found a subject that he’d like to explore.
    Lacey walked through the doorway and frowned at her sister. “Thanks, Kerri. I think the phone’s ringing.”
    Kerri ducked her head and exited. Tension seemed to vibrate in the air between the two women. And Reed knew he needed to see if he could arrange time to talk with Kerri more.
    “She’s a sweet girl. I didn’t see the resemblance at first.”
    “Thank you. Kerri works part-time for me while she goes to school.” Lacey pointed to a chair. “Please be seated.”
    She sat across from him. “Amanda will join us momentarily.”
    “Did you get the DVDs?”
    “Yes. We watched them together. You’re a good filmmaker,” she said her voice sincere. “But the film we watched and from what I’ve learned about you, you usually do exposé types of films. Why the sudden interest in relationship coaches.”
    He shrugged. “When you do so many exposés in a row, you begin to think the whole human race is nothing but jerks. I needed something lighter. A film that would leave my audience feeling good.”
    He cringed inside, thinking maybe that last line was a little over the top.
    A tingle of warning seemed to vibrate through him. Her demeanor seemed more