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“My sister is a very busy woman but agreed to attend the meeting. Let’s keep this professional. Shall we?”
Amy elbowed him discreetly as Pierre and Julien exchanged looks.
“Forgive my brother,” Amy said. “He sometimes forgets that I’m a grown woman capable of taking care of herself.”
She gave Luke a pointed look that he ignored. He didn’t care if Amy didn’t find the investors’ flirting annoying. There was no way in hell he was letting either of them grope his baby sister.
Pierre smiled at her as Julien’s gaze drifted over Amy’s body. Luke clenched his hands into fists as Amy said, “Let’s get started, all right?”
“Excellent idea,” Luke said stiffly. “Jane, would you mind bringing in some glasses and water?”
“Not at all,” Jane said.
As she left the boardroom, Luke waited until the French men were seated at the table before taking Amy’s elbow and steering her toward the table. Keeping an empty chair between her and Pierre, he pulled out the chair for her, and she rolled her eyes at him before sitting down.
* * *
“You okay?” Luke asked Amy. Two hours later, he followed Amy back to her office after walking Pierre and Julien to the elevator.
She collapsed in one of the beanbag chairs in her office. “I’m fine. I don’t need you to protect me, Luke.”
“They were blatantly hitting on you the entire meeting, Amy.”
“So? They’re good looking guys, and I’m single. What’s the harm?”
“The harm? Forgetting that they’re not good enough for you, they’re considering partnering with us. No mixing business with pleasure,” Luke said.
“Are you kidding me? You’re banging your secretary, Luke.”
“That’s different,” he said. “Jane is…different.”
“Jane is a sweetheart, and you need to lock that shit down before she figures out that she’s too good for you,” Amy said with a laugh.
“We’re not talking about me and Jane. We’re talking about you. Don’t sleep with Pierre or Julien,” Luke said.
“You don’t get to tell me what to do. Besides, a little flirting never hurt anyone. It might even help convince them to hand over their money.”
His jaw dropped. “Amy, you don’t think you have to sleep with them to get this deal, do you? The company is fine, the Board is happy with sales – we don’t need to go international.”
“Of course I know that. I don’t mind flirting with them, but I’m not going to fuck one of them just to get an account with them,” she said.
“Gross.”
She rolled her eyes. “You started this conversation. What time is dinner again?”
“We’re meeting Pierre and Julien at seven.”
She glanced at her watch. “I’m going to work from home for a bit. Text me if you need anything before dinner. Okay?”
“Sure.” He hesitated, “I’m bringing Jane to dinner tonight.”
“Sounds good.” Amy scrolled through her phone.
“For work reasons,” he said. “I’ll pay her overtime. If we do more negotiations over dinner or they want to discuss work, I might need her to take notes or something.”
“Mm, hmm.” Amy was still staring at her phone.
“We’re not dating,” he said.
