Free Kiss Me Crazy by Ednah Walters, E. B. Walters Page A

Candy.”
    “Business, Chloe. I know you recognized Baron,” Kara added the dig.

    “That was your Baron?” Shannon jumped in. “I mean, your boss?”
    “Hot, isn’t he?” Chloe smacked her lips.
    Shannon’s eyes were wide as she added, “How can you work with him without wanting to… you know?”
    “Jump him is what my briliant but virgin sister is trying to say,” Chloe added, throwing her sister a teasing look. “Quit poking me with your boney elbow, Shannon.”
    “Then stop making fun of me,” Shannon retorted. “Just because I don’t share details of my sex life with you doesn’t make me a virgin.”
    Chloe sucked her teeth. “Then stop acting so damn repressed al the time. It’s irritating. And you’d better not try that act tonight either. I didn’t pul you out of your place to have you warm a chair and turn down dance after dance.” Chloe pointed at Renee and Kara. “Now back to you two.” Chloe’s gaze zeroed in on Renee’s expression, but the assistant D.A. stared right back with a tiny smile, as though she was enjoying a private joke.
    Chloe glared at her and turned to Kara. “Are you keeping a secret from me, Kara? Because that little scene back there—
    placing a wrap around your shoulders, gazing into your eyes while playing with your hair—is not a normal way a boss acts toward an employee. Do I smel an office romance? Not that I blame you or him. It’s about time you got some. You can’t keep flying solo forever.” She made rocking moves on her seat, grinning.
    Kara’s ears burned. Chloe’s bluntness shocked her at times. “Chloe, there’s nothing between Baron and me.” Renee laughed. “Tel her, Kara. Tel her how he’s not your type.”
    This was the problem when a friend knew your business; she put it al out there for everyone to see. Although the three of them were tight—Shannon usualy used her job as an excuse and rarely hung out with them—she’d only discussed Baron with Renee.
    “He’s aloof and arrogant, right?” Renee continued.
    Kara clenched her teeth, refusing to be drawn into discussing Baron.
    “As chauvinistic as they come. And don’t let me get started on his womanizing ways,” Renee added. “In fact, most of the Fitzgerald men are like that…gorgeous, successful, charming, and bona fide skirt-chasers. In colege, Baron and his twin brother made a bet to see how many coeds they’d—”
    “Stop it, Renee.” Kara shook her in confusion. Renee grew up with the Fitzgeralds and knew them quite wel, but Kara had never heard her talk like this. What was her problem? She’d even hugged Baron just a few minutes ago for crying out loud. “The man is my boss and I’m not going to sit here while you besmirch his character. For starters, I don’t know or care how he acted when he was in colege, because the Baron I know carefuly picks and chooses the women he beds. He’s neither cold nor arrogant. He just doesn’t wear his feelings on his sleeve, which is very important in his line of work…in any line of work. He’s also very single-minded when going after something, a very admirable trait if you ask me. Kind of like you.” She glared pointedly at Renee. “Or you Chloe. Spend time with him and you’l see how briliant he is. He’s not arrogant or….”
    Kara’s voice tailed off when she noticed the expressions on her friends’ faces. She’d walked right into a trap and given away her rapidly escalating feelings toward Baron.
    She narrowed her eyes at Renee. “I hate it when you use your courtroom tactics on me, Renee Gunter. In fact, I’m not saying a single word until we get to the club.”
    Surprisingly, her friends changed the subject and left her alone with her thoughts. Kara leaned back and closed her eyes, her throat tight with emotion.
    What was happening to her? Usualy she controled the feelings Baron evoked in her and went about her business. Even now she felt the heat his fingers left on her nape. Had he also felt the