Free Sinfully Sexy by Linda Francis Lee Page A

" The
Catch and His Dozen Texas Roses is what KTEX TV needs. We are
going to move into the new millennium." The station owner stood. "I'll
leave you two kids to talk. Get back to me when you have a solid plan."

"Julia—" But Chloe cut herself off. What was there to say?

"What?"

"Nothing."

Julia studied her for a second. "Is there anything wrong, Chloe?"

"With me?" She laughed, the sound jarring. "Absolutely not. I'm great.
Better than great."

Julia nodded, then left the room.

All too quickly, Trey and Chloe were left alone.

"You appear to be caught off guard about this," he said, not unkindly.
"It wouldn't be because of last night."

"There was no last night!"

"I beg to differ."

"Beg all you like—"

There went that brow again.

"—but how many times do I have to tell you that you've mistaken me for
someone else?"

"Fine, have it your way. For now."

"For now?"

He started putting his pen and paper back into his briefcase. "I won't
push. But I would like to know
why you're so upset about the show."

Chloe blinked and looked at him and said the only truly honest thing
she had said since she saw him in
the conference room. "I thought you were coming in to study the
station. I had no idea you knew so much already."

"Julia sent most of the information beforehand."

Chloe hated that Julia hadn't told her about it, and from the look on
Kate's face earlier, she had been
just as surprised.

"Oh," she managed.

"KTEX needs a hit, Chloe. Badly."

But what really bothered her was that any sort of smash hit involved
this man.

"Since the station needs a hit fast," he added, "I have to work quickly
to get this show on the air. As proficient as I am"—he actually smiled
at her in a way that made her knees go weak—"I can't do it by myself. I
need a co-producer."

"And that would be me."

"You got it," he confirmed.

"I'm really not so sure that I'll be able to do this."

"Why not?"

"My schedule really is full. Budgets to work on, shows to schedule,
payroll to meet."

Her mind spun with too many things. This man, last night, right now,
this new turn of events.

"That's fine. I'm happy to work with anyone on this project. If you'll
assign someone else, I'll get started."

Chloe groaned. "There is no one else."

"No assistants?"

"Nope."

"No in-house producer?"

She sighed. "I've been serving as in-house producer since we had to let
our last one go."

"So what do you propose?"

Chloe flopped down into the matching chair across from Julia's desk,
pushing her glasses up with one finger pressed to the bridge. "I guess
I have no choice but to work with you on this."

"You make it sound so horrible."

"It is."

"Come on," he teased. "Was I really that bad last night?"

They both knew he wasn't. But she still wasn't willing to surrender her
I've-never-met-you stance.

"You really aren't going to give up, are you?" he asked.

"I've been called tenacious."

"A better word might be stubborn."

"Thank you."

"Fine. Have it your way. But we'll need to get to work right away."

He stood. Unfortunately he stopped just in front of her, planting his
hands on the arms of her chair. His dark eyes sparked with humor, and
his incredibly sensual mouth tilted up at one corner. "If you want,"
he said, "we can start in the bathroom."

He pushed away and was gone before she could chuck her notepad at his
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    Â 
To: Julia Boudreaux
      Katherine Bloom

From: Chloe Sinclair
Subject: A month
    Julia,
I hope you know what you're doing by giving Prescott Media a toehold in
KTEX. It hardly seems possible that we can create and air a program all
within a month. What happens if it doesn't work? Will we be deeper in
debt? Is this creating an even greater opportunity for Prescott to
swoop in and offer you a price that is even lower but