Playing with Fire. Rachel Lee

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       “I made you uncomfortable.”

      Charity’s heart lurched. “Why do you think that?”

      “Because I asked you out,” Wayne said. “You’re sitting there trying to make casual conversation with someone you have nothing in common with except work.”

      He’d nailed it. A little while ago she’d felt giddy about meeting him. Now she was uncomfortable and floundering.

      “It’s okay,” he said. “I know you’re leaving. This is what you want to make it, nothing more. I like you. You’re very attractive. But maybe mixing business and pleasure was a stupid idea.”

      “No. I was glad you asked me out. Truly. I like you, too. It’s just that …” Charity hesitated.

      “We have an advantage here,” Wayne continued.

      “We do?”

      “Sure. When you go back to Atlanta, you never have to see me again. That ought to be freeing, not inhibiting.”

      “Sort of like Las Vegas?”

      “Yup. Or not. But I guess what I’m saying is, relax. Be yourself. I won’t hold it against you.”

      He made sense, she realized. There were advantages.

      “Ah, you’re smiling again,” he observed. “Good. This was supposed to be fun, not trial by fire.”

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