Chapter 16.3

Did that mean she was trying to impress Nick?

Of course she was, she admitted, working a dab of styling gel into her shoulder-length hair. She wanted him to like her work so he would let her interview him, so he would want to be included in the project and have a chapter about himself.

Frankly, she just flat out wanted him to like her. Nothing wrong with that, was there?

Then there was the other. The sharp physical attraction.

Call it what it is, Shannon—red-hot sex.

She couldn’t deny their attraction, but what made her nervous was that she greatly feared she had overestimated her ability to keep business and pleasure separate. They weren’t separate when the man was the same for both. She wanted to interview Nick, and she wanted sex with him. If

somewhere in the back of her mind she wanted more than that—if she wanted to be close to him and let their togetherness chase away her

loneliness—well, that was her problem, not his. If she wanted more time

with him—weeks, months—it wasn’t goi