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Оглавление“All right, Mr. Stoner. I’ll hire you on a trial basis. One month.”
“I’ll be here as long as you need me.”
The words were innocuous enough, but somehow he invested them with deeper meaning.
“What does that mean?” Gwen asked.
“I’m a man who has to drift. I’m just passing through.”
“I’m not interested in hiring a transient,” she said sharply.
The man met her eyes, his gaze clear and steady. “I’ll stay as long as you need me. I always do.”
Gwen wanted to believe Jake Stoner. She had no choice but to believe him. “All right,” she said slowly. “When can you start?” Please, she thought, let it be now.
He held out his hand. “Soon as we shake on it, ma’am.”
She didn’t want to shake hands with him. She didn’t want to touch him. The realization disconcerted her. Jake Stoner was more than the hunk her lawyer Prudence had labeled him. He was overwhelmingly male. If she knew one thing, it was that Jake Stoner spelled trouble. And he worked for her.
