Make Me Forget - Page 85

“Okay. I mean . . . I guess that could work,” she said impulsively, finding it impossible to resist.

Finding him impossible to resist.

For a second, his irritation and preoccupation with the snag in his acquisition might never have been. He flashed a smile. Harper thought he looked relieved. For a few seconds, she was positive she’d made the right decision in agreeing. How could it be a bad choice, when it made him smile that way?

“Make the arrangements please?” he said to Elizabeth, his gaze remaining on Harper.

“Of course,” Elizabeth said, giving Harper one last uneasy glance before she walked into the house.

“I’m sorry about your deal complic

ations,” Harper told him when they were alone again.

“I’ll get it straightened out,” he said grimly. His expression lightened a little. “And at least you’ll be there.”

She forced a smile and walked toward him. “For the weekend. For the moment.”

He reached out to palm her jaw and ducked his head, seizing her mouth in one swift, unexpected movement. His kiss was hard. Hot. Greedy. Harper felt her toes curling into the stone terrace. Her brain went blank for several heated seconds.

He tore his mouth from hers and pressed their foreheads together, fisting her hair. She looked up slightly, seeing the gleam in his eyes.

“I’m going to make them moments you’re never going to forget. Trust me?” he asked quietly against her open mouth.

“Yes,” she whispered.

Because as usual, her doubts couldn’t exist simultaneously with his touch. That’s what had her breathless at the idea of spending the entire weekend with him.

Not to mention scared half out of her mind.

5

make me

RISK IT

twenty-one

Living up to his easygoing management style, Sangar had no problem whatsoever telling Harper to go home once she’d turned in her work that Friday. Harper called Jacob and let him know she could leave for San Francisco whenever he was ready. His driver and he were there in the parking lot when she walked out of the newsroom ten minutes later.

The glamour and novelty of Lattice’s sleek private jet awaiting them at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport that afternoon only added to her sense of general euphoria at the prospect of a weekend with Jacob. He was on the phone a lot during their chauffeured ride to the airport and after boarding the plane. He’d immediately apologized for his preoccupation with business when she got into the limo with him. Harper assured him she understood. He’d already put off leaving for San Francisco because he was waiting for her to finish work, after all. She relaxed in the luxurious seat, listening to him talk and experiencing his concise, drilling intelligence firsthand. Unlike this morning on the terrace, when she’d found him intimidating, she found herself relaxing, however. Wasn’t it natural, that he could apply that intense focus of his wherever he chose?

Once the pilot informed them that they’d be taking off soon, he hung up his cell phone and dropped it on the table in front of them with a clunking sound.

He took her hand.

“Hi,” he said.

“Hi,” Harper returned, smiling over at him.

“Sorry again about all that,” he said, nodding at his phone.

“No problem. Does it look like a problem you’ll be able to solve?” she asked. She knew by listening to him he’d been conferring with others on the copyright claim on the software for the business he wanted to buy.

“It’ll get solved. It’s just a matter of how much time and money we have to throw at this thing to get it there.”

“Does the prior copyright claim on the software seem legitimate?” she asked.

His stare was on her face. As usual, she felt uniquely aware of herself and her body when his focused attention was on her. “Legitimate enough to bring it to court. It’s my job to convince the claimant that it’s not worth his time and money to take it there.” He abruptly planted a kiss on her mouth, making Harper blink in surprised pleasure. “Forget about work. Are you comfortable? Do you want anything to drink?”

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