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It felt like days instead of hours until dinner time arrived.

But finally, Rafi finished up his last meeting of the day.

At this point, he accepted that he was going to have to fire Dave.

It was still undetermined if Tanya was a good fit for a leadership role.

But Rafi wasn’t going to make a move until he had more information.

And now, it was time to shut down the business for the night. Rafi headed out of his office to look for Carys. Interesting name. He’d never heard of anyone named that before. It was unique, just like her.

“Are you ready?” he asked, peering over the edge of her assigned cubicle.

Another thing he wanted to do is get rid of the cubicles.

He’d never thought they were conducive to productivity.

Companies installed them because cubical walls were less expensive than real walls, but they tended to cause more distractions.

Oh, he knew that companies claimed that cubicles encouraged team building, but that was a load of crap.

Stepping back from the wall, Rafi watched as the woman he’d been thinking about all afternoon stood up, her sketch pad pressed against her chest again.

For the first time today, he noticed the dress she was wearing.

It was just a simple, black dress, but it hugged her curves delightfully.

She’d topped the dress with a red and black patterned scarf around her neck, but between those blond tresses and her sparkling blue eyes…

not to mention the leather, heeled boots…

he hadn’t noticed what she’d been wearing until now.

She looked nervous and gestured vaguely toward the conference room. “We don’t need to go out to dinner. I could update you quickly right here.”

“But I’m starving,” Rafi countered. “And you haven’t had anything to eat since breakfast, have you?”

Her mouth fell open slightly and he knew that he was right. “How did you…?”

Rafi chuckled at her surprise. “I didn’t until this moment.

” He turned and started walking, hoping that she would fall in beside him.

He definitely didn’t want to have this conversation in the office, where anyone could overhear.

Not that they were going to discuss anything but business.

Still, he wanted to discuss business with the lovely Carys Remington more privately.

He knew the exact moment when she fell into step beside him. He could literally feel her presence. Later, Rafi would ponder that reaction, but for the next few hours, he was just going to enjoy this beautiful woman’s company.