Chapter 2For hours, Tess Iverson had avoided her new co-anchor, keeping mostly to her dressing room/office, and did her best to concentrate on business, or rather on the news items she planned to report once air-time commenced. Her attempts to focus her whirling thoughts, however, proved futile. Not only had Jared’s powerful voice breached the thin walls of her dressing room, constantly reminding her of his presence, but her mind kept returning to their initial encounter. No wonder Jerkowitz had hired the damned Yankee—female viewers would indeed go ape over Jared Cox, divined Tess, especially when they caught their first glimpse of those rugged, beguiling features. Hell, the man practically had S-E-X written all over his face, and no red-blooded female, young or old, would likely find h

