Seducing me...

MAVERICK

"Hi." She squeaked. My eyes looked around the hallway to see the vase that she had knocked over.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop! I really didn't! Butler Flora said I could find you here so I came looking for you. Then, I heard you were talking about something important. Then, my ankle hit that vase. I would have gone but I didn't know you were coming or had heard me since Carter kept talking. And I–"

"Breathe..." I shushed her and she paused.

"Breathe," I commanded and she released the breath she had been holding. She took a deep breath and patted her chest.

"Do you want water?" I asked and she shook her head.

"Do you want to come in?" I asked nudging my head in the direction of the study.

"Can I?" She asked and I nodded my head with a smile. I stretched my hand out and that was when I noticed what she was wearing.

She was dressed in my white shirt and it swallowed her body whole. The sleeve was too long so it covered her whole arm, including her fingers. The shirt reach