Relieved that he was ready to get to work, Lauren sat
down, but her breath caught in her chest when hw picked up
the file and opened it. CONFIDENTIAL – PERSONAL FILE was
stamped across the front, and beneath it was a typed label
that read, LAUREN E. DANNER/EMPLOYEE NO. 98753.
A flush tinted her delicately molded cheekbones as she
remembered deliberately failing her test and listing
president as her first preference for a job. Nick would
see that and –
“Hmmm,’ he said, ‘Lauren Elizabeth Danner. Elizabeth is
a beautiful name and so is Lauren. They suit you.’
Unable to endure the sweet torment of having him flirt
with her, Lauren said repressively, ‘I was named after two
maiden aunts. One of them had a squint and the other had
warts.’
Nick ignored that and continued aloud. ‘Color of eyes,
blue.’ He regarded her over the top of the file, his gray
eyes intimate and teasing. ‘they are definitely blue. A
man could lose himself in those eyes of yours – they’re
gorgeous.’
‘My right eye used to wobble unless I wore my glasses,’
Lauren informed him blithely. ‘They had to operate on it.’
‘A little girl with wobbly blue eyes and glasses on her
nose,’ he reflected with a slow grin. ‘I’ll bet you were
cute.’
‘I looked studious, not cute.’
Nick’s lips twitched as f he knew exactly what she was
trying to do. He turned over the application, and Lauren
watched him scanning it, his gaze nearing the bottom where
she had listed her job preferences. She knew the exact
instant he spotted what she had written. ‘What the…!’ he
said, astonished, and then he burst out laughing.
‘Weatherby and I are going to have to be careful. Which of
your jobs do you want the most?’
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