Lately, things in Victor Trye’s life aren’t as perfect as they could be, and he feels down on his luck. At forty-four, he hates his job at Breeze Realty, and, according to his lame dating life, won’t be falling in love with a man anytime soon.<br><br>Victor gets a new job selling houses at Sinn Realty. Soon, he realizes owner Jax Sinn is totally irresistible, for all the right reasons. To Victor’s surprise, Jax has quite the crush on him, too.<br><br>Just as things are starting to look up in Victor's love life, Matthew “Miller” Van Millhowsen complicates things. A waiter at Victor’s favorite lunch spot, Miller begins to stalk Victor, which causes numerous problems between him and Jax. Can Miller's bothersome antics cause Jax to dump Victor, though? Or will Victor win Jax over in the end?

Irresistible

Tina sounded thrilled to hear from me, as always, unaffected by Jax’s whereabouts, unconcerned, and possibly chalking it up as: I’m sure he’s gone on a little business trip with one of his clients. Sometimes he goes on weekend adventures with his company’s brokers. He’s taking some time off. I’m sure he went gambling in Niagara Falls. He’s been known to vanish for a few days on end, enjoying Canada and Buffalo. I think he has a relative up there and…


“Tina,” I hurriedly said. “The folder Jax came into the office and took yesterday morning. What file was it?”


Quiet meshed between us. Overwhelming silence. I pictured her looking through a paper pad with her fancy script, reviewing her notes. Protocol at the office entailed Tina pulling files for the realtors, including Jax. Every client folder was signed out by Tina like a library book. All files were kept on record because the information inside the files were confidential and held important details of client’s private lives.


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