When I arrived at the restaurant, the hostess led me to the table where Jack was already seated.

“Wow,” he spoke. “You look great. I like that dress. Where did you get it?”

“I made it,” I replied as I sat down in the seat across from him.

His eyes widened. “You made that?”

“Yes.”

He tilted his head. “Is there something I don’t know about you?”

I let out a light laugh. “What do you mean?”

“You rearranged the outfits in my office to make them look better and now you’re wearing a spectacular-looking dress that you yourself made.”

I picked up the glass of water that was in front of me and took a sip. “I studied at Parsons for a couple of years.”

“Interesting. You didn’t graduate?” he asked.

“No. I had to drop out due to a family emergency, so I lost my scholarship. I couldn’t afford to go back.”

“I see. How did I not know you were a fashion girl?”

“You never asked, I guess.”

“Then I’m going to have to start asking more questions.” He winked.

Narrowing my eye at him, I spoke, “You said you didn’t like the outfits I put together.”

“My sister did and that’s all that matters. And it’s not that I didn’t like them. I was pissed they weren’t exactly what I asked for.”

Chapter Ten

Jack

I used the launch party as an excuse to have dinner with Lorelei. After she said good night to me, and when I watched her walk down the hallway and step onto the elevator, the thought of not seeing her again until Monday bothered me. I already had plans tonight with Kate but cancelled them so I could have dinner with Lorelei, even though I knew sex wouldn’t be part of the evening plans.

“Can I see your hand?” I asked.

“Excuse me?” She cocked her head.

My lips gave way to a small smile. “Let me see your hand.” I placed my palm face up on the table.

“Why?”

“Lorelei, I don’t bite.”

She hesitantly reached across the table and placed her hand in mine. Fuck. Her hand was so soft and my cock was on the rise. I ran my fingers softly along hers.

“You have long, slender fingers, which indicates creativity.” I smiled.

The only thing at that moment I could think of was how good those long fingers would feel wrapped around my cock. Shit.

“I’ve heard that before.” She smiled back.

Touching her was too much and the rage of fire erupting through my body was unbearable. I let go of her hand and took a sip of my drink.

“Garrett didn’t tell you anything about me?” she asked.

“No, and he knows he doesn’t have to. I trust him to hire the best people for me.”

“But you’ve already been through fourteen assistants.”

“And how do you know that?” I casually smiled.

“Your mother told me. She said she hopes I stay longer than your last fourteen PAs.”

I chuckled. “Well, Garrett wasn’t to blame, or maybe he was. Who knows. But I have a feeling he made the right choice this time.”

“We’ll see. Won’t we?” She smirked and my cock reached its full rise.

“What else is there about you that I should know?”

“Mr. Sutton, you asked me here tonight to talk about the launch party, not about my personal life. So if you don’t mind, I’d like to get to it.”

Arching my brow, I stared into her beautiful blue eyes. “You seem to be in a hurry. Is there a boyfriend waiting at home for you?”

“No.”

I silently let out a sigh of relief. No husband and no boyfriend. This was good, but shocking. Why didn’t someone as beautiful and smart as she was have a boyfriend?

As we were eating our dinner, I pulled my ringing phone from my pocket and saw my mother was calling.

“Hello.”

“Jack, you need to come to the office right away. Vidal just put together the clothing line for December’s spread and we need to go over them. Coco is here too.”

“I’m in the middle of dinner. Can’t it wait until tomorrow?”

“Box it up and eat it later. And no, it can’t wait until tomorrow. In case you have forgotten, I’m leaving for Los Angeles.”

I sighed. “Fine. I’ll be there as soon as I can.” Click. “I’m sorry, Lorelei, but we’ll have to discuss the rest of the details on Monday. My mother needs me.”

“Is everything okay?” she asked.

“Yes. She needs me at the office. This is the reason why the woman has been divorced six times.”

She tried not laugh, but she did anyway. I smiled.

“Ride with me to the office and then I’ll have Tony drive you home.”

“It’s okay, Mr. Sutton. I can take the subway.”

“You aren’t taking the subway this late. It’s not safe. Actually, it’s not safe ever.” I waved my hand for the waitress and had her box up our dinners.

Lorelei climbed out of the booth and I placed my hand on the small of her back as we left the restaurant. Climbing into the limo, I told Tony to take us to the office and then instructed him to drive Lorelei home. When we reached the office, I stepped out of the limo and then bent over to see Lorelei one last time.

“By the way, you can call me Jack.” I smiled and shut the door.

****

Lorelei

I sat there with a confused look on my face as he shut the door. He wanted me to call him Jack? Why? The way he ran his fingers across mine at dinner sent a storm through me. His touch and the sensation I felt made my head spin. I began to sweat and my heart started to beat rapidly. I had even lost my breath for a moment and I couldn’t explain why. Maybe it was because he was so damn sexy. He was confident, too confident. He was the type of person who liked control. I hated people like that. But there was something about Jack Sutton that created an ache between my legs. An ache I hadn’t felt in so many years. The type of ache that scared me and could potentially become dangerous. He was attracted to me. That much I could tell, but did I want that? Who wouldn’t want a hot and sexy millionaire corporate man attracted to her? But we were total opposites and I was pretty sure that he was only attracted to me from the outside. Another notch in his belt was something I wouldn’t become.

“Tony, has Jack ever had you drive one of his PAs home?”

“No, Lorelei. You’re the first.” He smiled through the rearview mirror.

“I see.” I looked down at my hands.

Tony pulled up to my building and opened the door for me. Climbing out, I thanked him and went up to my apartment.

“You’re back early.” Stella smiled as I walked in the door.

“He had to go to the office and meet his mother. Something about the December issue.”

“Oh. So what did you talk about?” She smirked.

I rolled my eyes as I walked into the kitchen and poured a glass of wine.

“Is Hope in bed?”

“Yes. She’s been asleep for about an hour,” Sebastian replied.

“He wanted to talk about me and my personal life.” I took a sip from the glass.

“I think someone has a crush on our little Lorelei.” Stella smiled as she hooked her arm around me.

“He can crush all he wants. He’s a womanizer and all he thinks about is sex.”

“So? You haven’t had sex in seven years and he does wear extra-large condoms.”

“Hold on a second!” Sebastian put his hand up. “How the fuck do you know that?”

“Didn’t I tell you?” She laughed. “He had her buy him a box.”

Sebastian rolled his eyes. “The guy sounds like an asshole. Who does that shit?”

“Jack Sutton. That’s who,” I spoke.

Chapter Eleven

Jack

I arrived at the office at six a.m., and at about seven, Garrett came strolling in, taking a seat across from me.

“How was your weekend?” he asked.

“It was okay. I worked most of it. You know I’m leaving for Paris Fashion Week in a few days and it’s always hectic around this time.”

He gave me a light nod as he crossed his hands and brought them up to his lips.