"Oh…" She was stepping into delicate, intimate territory, and yet… "Is that because you have a particular taste for young, blonde women?"

"It would be hypocritical to deny that it plays a part." And suddenly, she didn’t want to know any more. He had just confirmed his preference for younger women—and blonde ones. She was neither. "By the way, thank you for putting it so tactfully."

There was a note of irony in her boss’s stern voice, and it left her feeling faintly discouraged.

"I didn’t ask wi