"so, my plans of seduction would have failed miserably if I couldn't even find you", l spoke and she giggled while shaking her head. "Well, I don't see anyone since I have the clients, anyway. Even if I had been there, I wouldn't have fallen for your so - called seduction plans." That confirmed for me she wasn't seeing anyone outside of these illicit meetings. It lessened a smidgen of the darkness in my chest. "Oh, I think I could have persuaded you," I smiled at her. "Like I said, you are very determined," she replied, fingers slightly trembling as she reached for her iced latte. I said nothing as she sipped her drink and went back to moving her fruit around in the bowl. But I watched her still. Rhea might not want to admit it, but I was confident my seduction skills would have worke

