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“Perhaps we’re both a little desperate, hmm? Why not see if it can work to both our advantages?” she asked.

She had always known Dane Montgomery would be the toughest recruitment of her career. But she had the feeling that if she could just spend enough time with him, get to know him, find some sort of compromise to their situations…

“Fine.”

“Fine? I mean…you’ll do it?” She knew that her face revealed her surprise.

“For $10,000, I’ll be your personal tour guide…for this week only.” He rose to his feet. “But let me warn you, Ms. Reid, that others with more experience than you have tried many times over the past three years to lure me back.”

“I’m well aware of that.”

He paused, seeming to consider her. “What makes you think you’ll have a better chance than they did?”

She met his gaze with determination. “I don’t know that I do,” she confessed, “but I have to try.”

He straightened at this, and did she imagine it? Or was there just the slightest hint of respect in his eyes to avoid repetition?

“Then let the games begin.”