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“After you.”

Kaeden Strong held open the front door to Donnie’s Diner. His secretary and the sole employee of Strong Accountings, Felecia Craven, smiled briefly at him before she stepped through the door ahead of him. He paused briefly in the doorway to quickly remove his rimless glasses and wipe away a smudge. As soon as he placed them back on his angular face, Kaeden spotted a bright yellow Jeep Wrangler park across the street.

“Mr. Strong, thanks for taking me to dinner…”

The rest of Felecia’s words and the light touch of her hand to his arm barely registered as every muscle in his body froze when the driver’s door opened and Jade Prince stepped down onto the street. The short-haired, dark-skinned beauty had a very thick, curvaceous figure that could stop traffic.

She definitely made Kaeden pause. Mercy, mercy, mercy, he thought as he took her in as she strutted across the street in a pair of jeans shorts, a white tank, and gold high-heeled sandals. Her deep and dark skin gleamed like the sweetest and most decadent chocolate. Her short and curly hairstyle brought out her high cheekbones and deep-set eyes.

Jade was the epitome of a brick house. The old Commodores hit came floating into his head as each step showed the muscles of her thigh tense.

“The lady’s stacked and that’s a fact, ain’t holding nothing back.”

He swallowed over a lump in his throat.

His heart hammered.

His hands filled with sweat.

As she pressed one foot to the curb in front of Donnie’s, the fruity and sweet scent of her perfume floated to him. The same scent had taunted and tantalized him many a Sunday during church services.

Jade smiled briefly at Felecia and then him before she came to a stop in front of him.

Kaeden fought the urge to reach for his dreaded inhaler.

“Um…excuse me,” she said politely in a husky voice that made him wonder if she could sing.

“Oh. I’m sorry. Sorry.” Kaeden stumbled over himself as he quickly pressed his body back against the door to allow her entrance.

“That’s okay,” she said kindly, briefly touching his arm as she breezed past him into the restaurant.

Dammit.

This woman really did it for him in every way possible…and she had absolutely no idea.