Page 34 of Her Big Fat Hunky Billionaire Boss

Good. I’m interested in you and I don’t want you falling for some girl before we even get a chance to meet.

She held her breath. What would he say to that? It wasn’t what she’d planned on saying to him.

You’re more forward tonight.

Kat bit her lower lip. Yeah. That had just slipped out. Best to keep going with it.

I’m not one to mess around. I see something I like, and I go for it.

I like that. I’m not one to mess around either.

Kat wondered what he was thinking. That is until his next message came through.

Can I call you?

Her heart jumped into her throat. Could she talk to him on the phone? What would Amelia say? Nerves shot through her as she came to the conclusion that Amelia would definitely want to talk to him on the phone. But what if he recognized her voice? And she couldn’t give him her real phone number. Damian already had that.

She did a quick internet search and found a service that would allow her to get a dummy number that would forward to her phone. She quickly set that up, then answered him.

Okay. You can call me on my cell at 555-0142.

Her fingers trembled as she waited for the phone call. When her phone rang she almost lost her nerve, but after it rang three times she swiped and answered. “Hello?” She kept her voice low, hoping he wouldn’t recognize it.

“Amelia?”

“Yes. Hi Damian.” Kat pressed the phone so hard to her ear it started to ache. She switched to her other ear.

“I’m so glad you said it was okay that I call you. For some reason, talking on the phone is more my speed.”

Kat blinked. What should she say to that? “Yeah. I like it too.” She held in a groan. There was no way she was going to pull this off. Why had she given him a phone number?

Damian ignored her awkwardness. “In the interest of full disclosure, I should let you know I did spend the day with a woman.”

Kat’s stomach clenched. This was such a bad idea. She tried to play it off as unimportant. “Oh?”

“She’s an employee of the newspaper. And while I have to admit she’s very attractive, I don’t see any way a relationship could form.”

Conflicting feelings rushed through Kat. He thought she was very attractive? Wow. But of course, there couldn’t be anything between them. She already knew that. Even after the kiss, she hadn’t been thinking of them as a couple…had she?

Amelia. Kat had to think like her. Amelia was direct and to the point. “That’s good. I don’t want to waste my time with this if it’s not going anywhere.”

“Then we’re on the same page.” His smooth voice made her want to sigh. She was so dumb.

“I’m glad.”

Damian didn’t say anything right away and Kat closed her eyes, hoping she didn’t sound like an idiot.

“Your voice sounds husky. It’s kind of sexy.”

Kat froze. Was he some kind of creepy guy? She hadn’t thought he was, but you never can tell.

Damian coughed and cleared his throat. “Sorry, that came off as weird I think. I didn’t mean anything by it.”

“That’s okay,” Kat said, relieved he wasn’t going in a strange direction.

“Before we meet, I should tell you something.”

“What?” Kat couldn’t possibly guess what he was going to say.

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