Page 20 of City of Sin (Men of Manhattan 1)

"The city of sin? Isn't that Las Vegas?"

"Las Vegas has nothing on New York. Trust me, you'll see."

"I think I already have."

"Right. Your ex certainly sounds like an asshole."

Bee smiled at me for the first time. Her eyes looked bright and eager. This was too easy.

"He's such an asshole," she said and laughed. She looked at me skeptically. Maybe she didn't believe that I wasn't the same type. "So what brought you to New York?"

"Born and bred."

"So I guess you're not very soft then?"

She was turning my own game against me. I tensed in my chair. "Baby, I'm rock hard. If you don't believe me, I'd be happy to show you."

I saw her gulp. Soon it would be my cock in her throat. She was staring at me. Her gaze would have been unsettling to other men, but I just stared back at her.

The waiter walked over, uncorked the bottle of cabernet, and poured us each a glass. "Your dinner will be out shortly."

Chapter 10

Bee

I crossed my legs under the table. His words had such an effect on me. I was getting damp between my thighs just listening to him. I felt like I could hear my heart beating. And his gaze was making me melt. I took a sip of the wine. It was crisp and refreshing. Hopefully it would calm me down. I couldn't seem to take my eyes away from his chiseled jaw and the five o'clock shadow that was starting to appear there. It had just been a long time since I had been on a date. Or since a man had looked at me the way that Mason was looking at me.

"So what did Marie and Carter tell you about me?" he asked.

"That you're in advertising." God is he sexy. "And that you're unbelievably sexy." Shit did I say that out loud?!

"Carter called me sexy? That's quite the compliment."

"No."

"Marie then?" He was smiling at me.

"Yes. I mean no." I didn't want to throw Marie under the bus. Marie had said he was handsome, not sexy. "I may have added that part in myself. Accidentally."

"So you don't think it's true? You don't find me sexy?" He loosened his tie a bit around his throat. I watched his Adam's apple rise and then fall as he studied me.

I needed to change the subject immediately. "What did they tell you about me?"

"They told me you were a secretary. Waiting on someone hand and foot all day? I could get used to that." His leg brushed against mine, and I felt that same electricity shoot through me as I had earlier.

"That's not what a secretary does."

"What do you do then?"

"I edit memos and make phone calls. And...fetch coffee." I sighed. He was exactly right. My job was ridiculous.

"I see. That is quite different than what I said. I do apologize." His seductive smile sent shivers down my spine

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Get a grip. I took a deep breath. "I don't really see why Marie and Carter thought we'd be a good fit." I ran my finger along the rim of my glass. Patrick was the only guy I had ever really dated. The dirty way Mason talked made it seem like he was way out of my league. At least sexually.

"Well they did tell me one other thing about you," he said.

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