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He clasped her hand in his, and he raised a brow as he took her in.
She was stunning, no doubt about it.
“Well, I think you’ll be very pleased to know that Mara Skye is actually joining us tonight,” he said.
Georgia’s mouth fell open. Her plump, pink lips making a perfect O. Thoughts of filling that sweet mouth with—
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I needed to pull my shit together.
I wasn’t that guy. Women didn’t affect me. I was polite enough, a considerate lover who always pleased my women before myself, but I didn’t gape or fantasize or think of anything beyond that moment.
A nice dinner, light conversation, and a great fucking romp in the hay.
That was me.
No attachments.
Ever.
“Mara Skye is coming to dinner tonight?” Georgia whispered and wrapped both her hands around my grandfather’s hand, which he clearly found endearing because he beamed down at her.
“She is.” He smiled before turning when someone called out his name. Ted Hagger strolled into the bar wearing an expensive suit and waving his hands around, which was impossible to miss because the dude had rings on almost every finger and a fancy watch on his wrist, and he made sure everyone saw them.
He looked like a cheesedick trying to flaunt his money.
I leaned down close to Georgia’s ear as my grandfather extended his hand to Ted.
“Keep your cool when she gets here, Tink.”
She nodded and sighed before Grandfather introduced us. I couldn’t stand the guy, but I’d be polite because we wanted to sign Mara, and we needed him to make that happen.
Of course, the asshole pressed his lips to the back of Georgia’s hand, and it took everything in me not to yank him by his over-gelled, slicked-back hair and remind him this was a business deal.
I didn’t need him panting all over my assistant, for fuck’s sake.
“Maddox, what has it been? A year since I saw you last?”
I wished that were true. But we’d seen one another at a social event three months ago.
“Something like that. Thanks for meeting with us on such short notice.”
“Of course. Mara’s on her way, so we can head to the table and wait for her there. I’m assuming we’ll be ordering the best bottle of wine they have, as I am representing the hottest author out there right now.” His laugh was high-pitched, fake, and annoying as hell.
My grandfather chuckled, as he knew how to play the game better than I did. “Absolutely. Whatever you want is on us tonight. Thanks for giving me the first option to sign her.”
We walked to the hostess stand, and she led us to the table in the back of the restaurant. The place was packed tonight, but it was quieter back here. This had always been my grandfather’s favorite spot, and I’d grown up coming here.
We took our seats and the slimy jackass made sure to take the seat beside Georgia, which pissed me off. I sat across from her, and my grandfather sat at the head of the table. We saved the spot beside me and across from Ted for his client.
“So, Georgia, you work for this guy, huh?” Ted smirked, his eyes roaming her face and chest so blatantly, I cleared my throat to remind him we were all watching.
“I do, yes.” Her face was hard, not something I’d ever seen from her before now. She didn’t like him, that much I could tell, but she remained professional, and that had the corners of my lips turning up just the slightest bit.
“Well, when you get tired of that hokey little town, just know we’re always hiring at my firm here in the city. In fact, I’m in the market for a new assistant.”
The bastard was trying to steal my employee while I was buying him dinner? The dude went through PAs faster than—well, faster than I did, but for different reasons. I was a workaholic who demanded perfection, which could be too much for people at times. He had a reputation for being a womanizer, and there were rumors of multiple women complaining to HR at his firm, but he’d always managed to buy his way out of it. I didn’t like him sitting beside Georgia.
