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I think men have forgotten how yummy they look in a well tailored suit, nice shoes. Man oh man a few one me over with that look. What happened, shorts and t-shirt have won out. Can not wait to read this one.
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I just wanted to post it now, sorry for the delay(I just got home from school and shopping :)
It's Steal the Light by Lexi Blake
“I have to say I’m surprised,” the gentleman across the table from me said. “I honestly expected someone of your reputation to be, well, a bit older.”
I looked up from the menu I was pretending to study. There was no actual need to read it. I had it memorized, but it gave me time to make assessments concerning my potential client.
THE CLIENT made a memorable first impression. By all appearances, he was a man in his prime, perhaps forty or forty-five. The world I dealt in was rife with secrets and things that were not what they seemed to be, so I took nothing for granted. If he’d come to see me, he likely had something to hide.
THE CLIENT glowed with the suave inner confidence of a man who knew he looked good in his tailored Armani suit and what had to be thousand dollar Italian shoes. He was well groomed, but there was nothing metro about him. If I had to guess, I would say he had not always been so wealthy. He’d probably fought his way to any power he accumulated. There was a certain roughness to his features that no amount of polishing could eliminate. It was his obvious wealth that put my guard up the minute he’d walked into Canelli’s for our meeting.
Why would a man who always bought the best be looking to hire me?
“Looks can be deceiving, Mr. THE CLIENT,” I replied with what I like to think of as my sassy smile. Perhaps I could make up for my lack of designer labels with youthful flirting.
He studied me for a moment, assessing me with a singular purpose. Those dark eyes pinned me. Black as night, they seemed to have a power all their own.
And then the moment was gone. He smiled, a smooth expression that spoke of social ease. “A truer thing has never been said, Ms. HEROINE. There is a reason we should never judge a book by its cover. Even when the cover is so very lovely. Now, what’s good here?”