l assistants&#8221; since then. Her mother must really want this man to open that can of worms again.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Carly&#8217;s gaze slid to &#8220;Bruce.&#8221; She wondered how quickly he&#8217;d make it out the door when he discovered she had no intention of paying him one red cent. His gaze met hers, strong and steady. She&#8217;d admit there was something commanding about him, something magnetic. She could understand her mother&#8217;s attraction to him, but she couldn&#8217;t let her mo