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The back of Nicole’s neck prickled late Wednesday morning. On alert, she swiveled her office chair away from her side desk. Ryan leaned against the doorjamb and observed her through narrowed eyes. Her heart slammed against her rib cage.

“Ryan Patrick to see you,” Lea chirped from beside him.

Nicole cut her assistant a dry look and caught the matchmaking glint in her eyes. “I can see that.”

Lea grinned unrepentantly and shrugged. “Sorry, I was stuck on the phone and I waved him through. I knew you were only finishing the pilot scheduling chart.”

How long had Ryan been watching her? Had she done anything obnoxious?

“Thank you, Lea.” Nicole didn’t want to talk to him, but while she could get away with refusing personal visits at work, she couldn’t refuse to see a client, and she didn’t know in which capacity he’d come today. Judging from his tailored gray suit he’d come from work. He looked handsome, successful and rich like so many of the other HAMC clients, but her reaction to him was far from her usual business-only response. He had a way of looking at her that made her feel jumpy, jittery, tongue-tied and feminine.

Pressing suddenly damp palms to her skirt, she rose. “Good morning, Ryan. I wasn’t expecting you until Friday.”

It took a conscious effort to keep her gaze from drifting to his mouth, but that didn’t keep her lips from warming at the memory of a kiss she couldn’t seem to erase no matter how hard she tried.

“The agent has two houses lined up on this side of town. Ride over with me during your lunch hour.”

An order. Not an invitation. His timing couldn’t be worse.

Lea practically jumped for joy. “You’re looking at houses together?”

Nicole winced. “I’m helping Ryan find a place for himself.”