“This isn’t a date.”

“Of course not. You know I don’t date employees.” Nigel quirked a brow. “Did I imply it was?”

“Actually, yes.”

He laughed and shrugged. “I like your company, both professionally and personally. You’re not immune to all of this, either.”

There went those nerves again. And when he’d toyed with the ends of her hair? Revved up all of her sexual urges with the simplest of ways. Still, he didn’t get involved with his staff, or so he kept saying, and she couldn’t throw away her virginity on a man she was lying to and essentially using.

Except, she wanted to. Mercy how she wanted to.

She was so out of her league here. The flirting, the charm... She was a complete innocent in every sense of the word.

“Dating would certainly complicate things,” she finally stated. “I mean, I’m only working for you temporarily and for all you know I have a boyfriend back in Texas.”

the top of her knuckles, and stared directly into her eyes

date employees, but he hadn’t said anything about

man in Texas, then he’s a

British accent had her toes curling in her

hit on all

never made a pass at any woman I worked with,” he

Until now.

the blaring bells and red flags waving in her mind. If this were another time, another place, if she could show him her true identity and start over, then maybe this attraction could lead

to drastic measures to do so and she couldn’t get sidetracked now—not when she’d promised her brothers. And besides, how could they build anything real between them now? She couldn’t keep up the facade forever, and the more deeply they got involved, the more betrayed he’d feel when he learned

to attend the CBN Awards Ceremony on Friday. I was going to go alone because it’s not a big deal and I know this is last minute but...” That

“Nigel, I—”

you want and I’ll make sure hair and makeup are informed you’ll need their services. They’ll come to you, so don’t worry

Woman? Turning into someone she wasn’t and getting a makeover to

way he kept looking at her and touching her, they’d have had her on the jet back to Texas before she

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