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She tilted her head to the side, deliberately allowing her hair to slide over her bare shoulder

Madison hadn’t spent years in front of a caance hasn’t changed"

Luc sucked in a slow, deep breath, the dark eyes predictably lowering to the gentle swell of her breasts before returning to aze

"Perhaps not, but I have," he said, his voice loith sensual invitation "I proed how?" She deliberately glanced down at his bare fingers "You clearly still avoid coue Unless there’s a little woman at ho toward fingers that were bare of rings "Isn’t there a saying about people who live in glass houses?"

She shrugged "I intend to ained a firuard by his swift retort The thought of him married with a pack of children was…

Agonizing

"You?" She tried to laugh off the unexpected pain

"Why notup to brush her hair back over her shoulder, his touch heart-stoppingly gentle "Of course, first I need to find my Cinderella"

For a crazed minute, Madison allowed herself to become lost in the dark pro that she could be the woman to earn this man’s love? That she alone could mold him from a ruthless playboy to a man dedicated to one wo her completely hue his ave a sharp shake of her head

Christ She was an idiot

This was no fairytale She was here for a purpose and clearly the sooner she got it finished, the better

Before she did so s searing through her body as his fingers ski e

"Cinderella? Really?"

"You don’t believe me?"

She reached up to brush a piece of lint froainst the strong width of his chest

"I was actually thinking that it would be a sin against nature to tael with minivans and dirty diapers"

His eyes narrowed at her abrupt shift from bitter ex-lover to fe that I--"

Madison pressed a hasty finger to his lips Crap It’d all seey in the coirl I drea the bad boy, and I was hurt when you walked away," she said, not having to fake the edge to her voice

He studied her with a puzzled gaze "And now?"

Her hand pressed over his heart, feeling the steady beat increase as she stepped close enough to whisper directly in his ear

"For tonight, I just want you to be bad"

His breath hissed between his clenched teeth, his hands gripping her slender waist "You’re sure?"

"You were right" She nipped the lobe of his ear "There’s always been an attraction between us, and I’ Why shouldn’t we have so words Had she ed to wound him? No, that would be ridiculous

As if to prove his point, Luc nuzzled his lips along her jaw "I’ll have my car--"

"No need," she interrupted "I have a roo at the hotel?"

"Yes" She’d checked as soon as she’d been sure that Luc was attending the party There was no way she was coe in Kristen’s house "Shall we?"

The dark gaze ran a slow, heated path down the length of her body before a smile of anticipation curled his lips

"Lead the way"

Luc stepped into the luxurious suite, barely paying attention to the s and spectacular view from the wall of s He was utterly consuet this woman into the closest bed