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tempted by a new dress she was trying on. The
Devil said, "Buy it, honey, buy it!" And the
preacher's wife said, "Get thee behind me,
Satan!" And the Devil did, then he said, "Mm.
Looks good on you from here too ..."
Michaels shook off the semi-erotic thoughts.
Winthrop was a subordinate, more than a dozen
years younger than he, and he didn't need any
entanglements just at the moment But it had been a long
time since his divorce had become final, and things
had not been too good at home for a lot of months
before he'd moved out. He hadn't been in bed with a
woman since.
There was only so much space in a man's life that
work and hobbies would fill. You could only read yourself
to sleep so many nights of the week.
He glanced up and saw Toni standing in the
doorway of her office, leaning against the jamb,
watching him. Michaels felt guilty, even though
he hadn't done anything. He gave her a half
smile, then went into his office. If he was going
to leap off a cliff into an office romance, Toni
would be his first choice, but that was a bad road to even
contemplate. Toni was a co worker and a friend, and he
certainly didn't want to damage either of those
relationships for the sake of romance.
Friends were harder to come by than lovers.
Well. At least that was what he'd heard. It
had been so long since he'd had a lover, he had
forgotten how to play that game.
And it wasn't exactly like ri ding a bicycle.
He looked at Joanna Winthrop, who stood
in front of the chair across from his desk, waiting for
him. A drop-dead gorgeous woman. Despite
himself, he could easily imagine what her hair would
look like unbound and spread over a pillow, what her
face would look like staring up at his in passion....
He gave himself a twitch of a grin. Fortunately,
his shower came equipped with plenty of cold water.
And he was probably going to be using his share of it
tonight.
"Thanks for fix ing the keyboard," he said.
"My pleasure."
He moved behind his desk, sat, and gestured for
Winthrop to do the same.
She did so. Back to business now.
"We have a little problem, Lieutenant.
Colonel Howard thought you might be willing to help
us out."
"Yes, sir, whatever the colonel wants. He