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why he found the back and forth so fucking hot. “Tempting.”

“Keep in mind I’m an expert with weapons.”

If he were the eye roll type, now would be the time. Since he wasn’t, he stood up instead. If he needed to implement Plan B he wanted to be on his feet. “I’m better.”

Her gaze followed him around the small conference room. “Are you trying to intimidate me?”

“Do I?”

“I’ll ignore that.” She stopped playing with the bottle and unscrewed the cap. A ripping sound cut through the room as she broke the seal.

Thanks to that death grip he half expected the plastic bottle to explode in her hand. “You now have four minutes.”

“It doesn’t matter, because in three minutes I’m going to get up and walk out of here.” She took a long drink then refastened the lid. “Without you following at my heels.”

She managed to make something so mundane look sexy but at least she finally drank from the damn bottle. Gabe mentally switched back to Plan A. “If you look around you’ll see a lack of windows and one door.”

“So?”

“You have to get through me before you can get out, and I think you’re too smart to pick that option.” But suddenly he wanted like hell for her to try.

She stood up and her balance faltered. Slightly and just for a second. With a hand against the table, she righted her body again. Then she came straight at him. Stopped right in front of him and in her high spiky heels almost met him eye to eye. Their bodies didn’t touch but the thin layer of air between them didn’t act as much of a deterrent.

She leaned in until her mouth hovered next to his. “You think I’m that easy to take?”

Son of a bitch. “I don’t know, Natalie. Do you want me to take you?”

She pulled back. “You assume because I’m a woman I’d be submissive during sex.”

Jesus, she went there. “Who said anything about sex?”

She snorted. “Oh, please.”

Just as he thought. They were finally on the same page, and it was the wrong damn page. Sure as hell the wrong time. “I know what I like.”

“I can guess.” She tipped a bit to the side and grabbed on to his shirt in a rough hold to stand upright again. “You demand complete dominance.”

“Mutual pleasure.”

Her body began to list to the side and she blinked a few times. “What did you . . .” She visibly swallowed as she shook her head. “What’s happening to me?”

“I think you know.” He slipped his hands around her elbows in a gentle touch. The room was going to sway for her and he needed to be ready.

“I don’t . . .” Her knees buckled as her grip on his shirt tightened. A second later her gaze flew to his. “You—”

“Drugged you.” He nodded as his gaze searched hers, trying to figure out how far gone she was at this point. “Yes.”

Before she could answer, her head tipped back and her body went limp. That hand dropped from his shirt and her body fell as if her bones had disintegrated.

He caught her before she hit the floor. Scooped her right up in his arms and stared down at her. Enjoyed the feel of her in his arms far too much. But he didn’t mind the sudden quiet. “Now you’ll follow my directions.”

The lock clicked and the door opened. In walked Gabe’s younger brother, Andy.

“Talking to unconscious women.” Andy shook his head. “Is that your thing now?”

Gabe refused to get diverted by bullshit talk. “Our scheduled transport should be here. We need to get moving.”

Andy glanced at Natalie then back to his brother. “I thought she’d never drink the water.”

That made two of them. The rush of relief stole some of the stiffness from Gabe’s shoulders. Since the alternate plan involved knocking her out, he’d been pretty damn grateful she got thirsty or nervous or whatever caused her to reach for that bottle.

“She’s careful.” He admired that. Admired so much about her.

“Really worried there for a few minutes that I’d have to listen to a lengthy discussion of the type of sex you preferred.” Andy shivered. “Not interested in that, by the way.”

At thirty-six, Gabe was six years older than Andy but sometimes felt like the grandfather of the company. He kept them on task. So, treating his brother to a front-row seat of the attraction kicking his ass was not Gabe’s idea of a good time. “She was testing boundaries. A smart strategy,