Executive Sweet (A Sample)

Kay grinned. "This party has shown me something else about you. There is no shortage of women for you to seduce! Better get back inside there, Mr. playboy CEO, and find someone to satisfy you."

"Don't worry about me. I'm satisfied." He paused for a second, then looked at Kay with a gleam in his eye.

Dan had a devilish thought and he walked directly across the labyrinth, right up to Kay. "That's it! Perfect!" My so-called friends would never understand. "I know what I'd like to do right now, but feel free to say no if you don't want to do this." He reached out and took Kay's hands in his, turning on whatever charm he could bring to bear, but knowing deep down that he could never charm this one-Kay was bulletproof.

"What can I do for you, Dan?" Her hands felt warm, and her eyes sparkled. Just who is charming whom here? "I'd like to tease my friends, the same way we do at work. I want one hot dance with you that everyone notices, and then we leave the party together, acting like we can't wait to get in bed." Of course, that won't be an act for me. He had thought of little else this week.

Kay pursed her lips. "Acting?"

"Sorry, just acting." Dan shook his head. "We're still business partners, so I'm taking you home afterwards with no kisses at the doorstep and no coming up for a drink. It'll be fun to dance, but it's not a prelude to anything else."

"I can never figure you out, Dan Avery. You want me to dirty dance with you, just to scandalize your friends? Why?"

"My friends don't understand me, they treat me like some sort of curiosity." He started to mimic his girlfriends with a falsetto voice. "'It's only three in the morning, Dan, the night is young. Cancel your stupid meeting and let's go to another club.'" He held out his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I can't win with them. They have no respect for what I do, and they just want me to party."

"And marry them."

Dan chuckled. "Yeah, that too. They have no idea who I really am. It makes me want to confuse them and leave them wondering. At least it will give them something to talk about. So let's make the women jealous and the men curious." He looked Kay up and down. "Actually, we'll make the men jealous, too."