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She continued to research Tim and his love interests until she’d finally found a pattern. It wasn’t easy to discover, but apparently, Doctor Timothy Armstrong preferred women who weren’t all that intelligent.
According to his dating record, Doctor Armstrong dated people who were the opposite of himself.
But…now that he might be serious about finding a significant other…was he changing his preferences? That was possible. Some people dated to have fun and enjoy life and their youth. Then when it came time to settle down, they reexamined their preferences and discovered that they preferred someone who was more similar to themselves.
Either was possible, but Raven’s instincts told her that Tim needed someone more similar to himself.
That definitely pushed her out of the running!
Raven’s fingers stilled on her keyboard as she ran that last thought through her mind again. After several moments, she chuckled at her silliness. “Just a random thought,” she told herself. “It didn’t mean anything. You’re not the woman for the good doc, so move on!”
Finally, she started working to find candidates. Why had this been so much easier when she’d done this for others? Even finding a mate for Sheik Zahir bin Aristi had been easier than finding someone for Doc Armstrong. Of course, Zahir’s soulmate had been right under his nose the entire time. So that had certainly helped make her job easier.
Pulling her focus back to the present, Raven started making calls. She didn’t define these phone calls as “interviews”, but that was essentially what they were. The women she spoke to were all highly intelligent ladies that worked in the scientific field in various capacities. They were all tall, with three of them being nearly six feet tall. Four of the ladies would be considered natural beauties while the fifth woman wasn’t classically pretty, but Raven knew that there was some indefinable quality about the woman that was alluring.
Just like Tim, she thought.
She didn’t mention Tim’s name because Tim was too well-known in the industry and his financial status was regularly mentioned in the news.
It was disgusting how many women were willing to explore a relationship with a man simply because he had money. Did they care that he might be a jerk? That the man might be a manipulative, abusive ass? Nope! They were too busy staring at dollar signs to properly evaluate the man’s personality and how he might compliment her own.
Thankfully, that was where Raven excelled. After the phone interviews, she’d arranged appointments with the ladies so she could meet with each woman face to face. She’d then spoken with their friends and co-workers, careful not to reveal the reasons why.
Now it was time to meet with Tim again, to show him the candidates and find out which ones he’d like to meet.
All five of the women wanted children, but not immediately. All of them were well established in their careers, and also understood chemistry and various sciences. One of the women was even a patent lawyer, which Raven hoped would be Tim’s first choice. She was a dark haired, tall beauty with green eyes and a sharp wit. Indra Clementi looked like an Italian goddess. Hell, if Raven was so inclined, she would have wanted to date Indra! Their conversations over the past week had revealed a person that Raven would like to call a friend.
However, she was a client, at the moment. And if Tim Armstrong was interested in Indra, Raven would never have a reason to speak with her again.
Picking up her phone, she dialed Tim’s number.
Tim hung up with a sigh and turned to his computer. Raven. She’d invaded his thoughts all week, distracting him from his work. He’d delegated more tasks this week than he ever had since…ever! And he resented that fact. But he’d been too distracted by thoughts of a blue-eyed temptress. And distractions in a laboratory were dangerous. He knew that and so he hadn’t tempted fate by mixing chemicals when he couldn’t pay attention.
His team leads were excited about this though. And that irritated him even more. His team leads were stepping up and taking on the additional responsibilities as if they’d been waiting for this to happen. Everyone in the lab seemed to be working with a bit more zeal and Tim had to wonder if he’d been holding back his team members’ successes.
That didn’t sit well with him. He worked hard to find the best candidates from the various colleges and universities all over the country. He prided himself on an egalitarian work environment, but obviously, he’d failed somewhere along the way.
Even Bailey and Matteo had mentioned that the teams seemed to be making more progress than expected.
So what had he been doing all this week? Besides waiting for one dark-haired, blue eyed vixen to call him, that is?
Tim looked down at his notes and snorted with disgust. Had he figured out the issues with the fabric softener? Nope. Had he explored the solvency problems with the fuel additive? Also nope! Had he helped the safety teams with the smoke problem? Nope again!
He’d been experimenting with scents, damn it! He’d done research on perfumes and was now mixing various components so that he could attempt to bottle that strawberry scent. So far, he’d failed miserably! No matter what combination of chemicals he tried, Tim couldn’t get that particular scent that Raven wore. As a scientist, he was energized by the challenge. As a man, Tim was frustrated that he couldn’t achieve his goal.
But now…now he had candidates that would distract him from his obsession with Ra..strawberry scents. Turning away from the window with disgust, Tim clicked on the email that Raven had sent.
As he’d finished flipping through the pictures of the candidates, Tim wanted to reject them all. They were too tall, too hard looking.
“Bad news?” a voice asked.
Turning, Tim watched as Matteo and his older brother, Antonio, walked into his office and sat down without waiting for an invitation.
“Not too bad,” he replied and clicked the message closed.
“Were those Raven’s candidates?” Matteo asked, never missing anything.
Instantly, Antonio’s eyes narrowed. “You’re looking for a wife?” he asked. Both men had that sexy, Spanish accent going for them and Tim would have hated them for it, if they weren’t two of his best friends.
