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Joey couldn’t stand the man. She couldn’t stand the way he talked. She definitely hated the way he dressed. She loathed the way he always questioned her opinion. But nothing irritated her more than the fact she wanted him in bed, preferably beneath her.

She glanced out of the corner of her eye at the object of her thoughts, Heath Campbell. Even the quick look sent a shaft of heat spiraling through her veins, warming her blood. He wasn’t her type at all, but even just the thought of him would have her quivering with need. It made no sense she’d be attracted to him. Even now, he was irritating her and he wasn’t even conscious. From the moment they found their seats, he’d stretched out in his beside her on the plane and passed out within five minutes of taking off.

How he fit his six-foot-four-inch frame into the coach class seat, let alone slept, she didn’t know. But there he slept, as if he were floating on a cloud and he didn’t have a care in the world. It irritated her that he could just collapse as if he didn’t worry about how the week would go. Of course, he didn’t care, as long as they got the job done. He wasn’t attracted to her…which just pissed her off even more. Joey wasn’t used to a man ignoring her, especially since she’d dreamed of him every night.

She wanted to wake him up, just so she could pick a fight with him. It would at least give her some satisfaction…although it would do nothing to ease the fine layer of sexual tension she’d been fighting since she’d met Heath. A full week in Florida working with him was going to suck, and not in a good way. When Liam had informed her she would be working her first on-site consulting job, she’d been so thrilled. Then, Liam dropped the bomb. Heath would be her trainer. The man who was convinced she didn’t have a brain in her head.

She looked at him again and sighed. She needed to have some sex, get the man off her mind. Finding a man usually wouldn’t be a problem. Joey knew she was attractive. Almost six feet tall with a head of curly blonde hair, and the legs of a Vegas showgirl made her irresistible to most men. She usually had her pick of dates. It was just the fate of good genes—thanks to her gorgeous mother. But any man who had approached her in the last few months had left her cold, bored. They didn’t even leave her with a small spark of interest. Any time a man even showed a bit of interest in her, she couldn’t help but think what it would be like to have Heath respond to her that way.

She couldn’t help the small sigh of aggravation. She had to be some kind of freak. Why would she fall for a man who had little to no respect for her? Freak. That had to be the reason. Oh, he was attractive. She glanced at him again. Very attractive. Okay, he was mouth-watering, hormone-dancing fantasy.

Heath wasn’t one of her pretty boys, as Marlow called Joey’s dates. Until Heath, Joey had been attracted to men who could easily grace the cover of any male magazine. She liked them lean like swimmers, and charming. Heath was neither of these. He was built like a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. For the first time, she’d felt tiny next to a man, and for good reason. Six foot four, chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes that changed with his moods, he was a big-boned man with a square jaw and a boorish personality. But every now and then, she would see him smile. Just a small curve of his lips, and she melted like ice cream on the pavement in July.

She frowned and looked out the window. At some point, she needed a man. Because if she didn’t get one, she really didn’t want to think of the consequences of going two months without sex and being cooped up with Heath. It had been hard enough not to lean over and take a big ol’ bite of him. It didn’t matter that she didn’t like him, or that they were completely wrong for each other. All that did matter was that every night she dreamed about him touching her, undressing her, slipping inside her body…

Dammit, she had to stop. She rubbed her temples. They were all wrong for each other. And since Marlow had married Liam, Joey had started thinking about finding a man for more than a few laughs. Heath would not be that man, and she needed to find someone she knew there might be at least a chance of something else.

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