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high profile cases in the mix?” Ami asked, interrupting his thoughts.
    Alex turned his attention to his cousin. “You know I can’t talk about that stuff, Ami.” Ami did know, but something about the way he was looking at Jada made her draw him into the conversation.
    “How did the partnership come about?” Ami asked, wanting to study him further.
    Alex explained how he tried and won several high profile cases, and helped several other attorneys win their cases, also. Alex loved the courtroom. He thought of his work in the courtroom like a chess match.
    He could move the pieces and manipulate the game until he called checkmate.
    As Alex talked, Jada watched him intently. His jaw line flexed. His hands looked strong and smooth. His muscles beneath his shirt flexed and relaxed with every movement. And, those eyes, damn. Jada listened closely to the sound of his voice. She imagined him close to her ear. Feeling the warmth of his breath against her neck. She wondered what his lips felt like. For the second time in a day, she felt the heat rising in her body. She absently picked up her glass and took a long swallow.
    The jazz musicians started to play their set. Alex turned to Jada and asked her to dance before he had a chance to analyze what he was doing.
    “Sure, Alex,” Jada replied a little hesitant, just recovering from her fantasy.
    Alex took Jada’s hand and led her to the dance floor. Her hand in his sent shock waves throughout his body. She trembled slightly at his touch and he was certain she felt the heat from his body . She is Ami’s frien d , he reminded himself, but could not deny the attraction he had for this woman. He wanted her and that was dangerous.
    On the dance floor, Alex put his hand at the small of Jada’s back and she wrapped her hands around his neck. He pulled her in close to his body and they began to sway with the music. Her scent was wreaking havoc on his senses as he was taking her in. He was memorizing her smell and feel as if it would be his only chance to do so.
    Jada couldn’t believe how she felt safe in Alex’s arms. His hands were strong, just like she had imagined. The scent of him was masculine and uniquely he. She instantly got nervous and her body stiffened.
    “Are you all right?” He asked as he felt her body change.
    “Oh, yeah. I’m uh, fine,” She replied, unable to hide her nervousness.
    He blessed her with an award-winning smile that would melt the polar ice caps. “Don’t worry,” He assured her, “nothing will ever happen to you as long as you’re with me.” He felt her relax as she studied his light brown eyes. He thought he saw the slightest hint of trust in her eyes just before she broke his gaze.
    As she dropped her head, she smiled before asking him, “Do you always openly flirt with the women you dance with?”
    He inhaled the floral scent of her hair as they swayed to the sensual sound coming from the stage. “I don’t dance often, Jada. I often don’t feel compelled to dance. I just wanted a reason to hold you close.”
    She chuckled and thought to herself , He can’t be seriou s . “Alright, Alex. Whatever you say.”
    “Listen, Ami, we may have a slight problem,” Ty said, leaning over to his cousin at the table.
    “What’s up?”
    “Alex mentioned our long standing rule of not dating each other’s friends back at his house. I’m afraid my most honorable big brother might be trying to stick with that,” Ty explained.
    “Oh, that is ridiculous,” Ami retorted. “We were young, that rule doesn’t apply now.”
    “Yeah, well he mentioned it, so I know it’s on his mind. I also know the he is very interested in your girl,” Ty countered.
    “Well, I’ll just have to make it clear that all is well and he could and should go for it. Shhh, here they come.”
    As Jada returned to the table with Alex’s hand at the small of her back, she felt breathless. She recognized that his mere presence ignited a simmering fire that made all of