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A kiss, a touch, a whisper, whatever you most desire,

In the arms of your lover, pleasure will burn hotter than fire

What? Aquarius believed this book could make sexual fantasies a reality? Sydney would love that, and she believed inbook? In her hands?

Caden prowled close beside her, elbowing in for yet a closer look He stared hard at the little journal, and she could smell that musky, woodsy scent of his that drove her mad

“May I see that?” he de for the book

“Certainly,” Sydneyit over The lowcut black ju his attention This book? He was enraptured

Aquarius sent her a secretive smile “Syd, do you understand? It’s—”

“An old book,” Jaood is that?”

“I appreciate each gift Thank you, everyone,” Sydney said through clenched teeth “I suspect we should get back to work now” Maybe that would make Jaan to file out Unfortunately, Ja the book, also occupied the dusk-shadowed roo special for your birthday, I’ll make time for you this weekend,” Jamie offered with a leer as he dropped a hand on her hip and slid it toward her backside

Sydney eased away and opened her mouth to defer to the rabbed Jamie’s wrist and squeezed—hard

“Bloody hell!” He jerked away and glared at Caden

Norh-handed tactics would annoy Sydney She was a grooman and kne to fend off male octopi like Jamie But if Caden’s unexpected caveman impression put the lazy sod off until she found a et lost, splendid If Caden was just the slightest bit jealous, even better

“What the devil?” Jao!”

“As soon as you do” Caden tightened his grip

Ja me this weekend if you want co back, he scowled The waves of his silent disapproval towered over Sydney like a tsuna to me in your office for a few minutes?” he said

As always, the tone was polite She wondered if he thought to warn her about the evils of Ja his adolescent sister? Depressing thought Did she have to jump on Caden while naked before he understood?

“Fine” Might as well get it over with

Caden raised a dark brow at her sharp tone and gestured to the door “After you”

“Wait!” Aquarius snatched the book froift! I should tell you about it”

Oh, the “ Aquarius’s feelings Her confrontation with Caden would have to wait

“I’ll be there in a lance at her, then the book, Caden nodded and slipped froernails out of her pal a petite redhead, she didn’t have a centerfold’s breasts and wasn’t one of those ot all in a froth about But Caden treated her almost asexually

“You want him,” Aquarius whispered It wasn’t a question

“I couldn’t want him any more than if I’d shot myself with Cupid’s arrow” She tossed her hands up in the air “He doesn’t reciprocate”

“You don’t know that,” Aquarius argued

“Perhaps He’s impossible to read So bloody private”

“I don’t think he’s as ilumly “I’d love to believe that No, I’d love to experience it”

“You can” Aquarius tapped the cover of the old book “He can be yours for the night”

Caden could have his pick of woent, and polite, he had proven dependable thus far He wasn’t lazy and seee? Yesterday’s snug shirt had outlined a positively yuood in bed—not that she’d ever know personally

Or could she?

Sydney frowned The idea teical? It sounded awfully fantastical—not that such a book existed, but that it had dropped into her lap Supposing it hadwould Caden truly be hers for the night after she jotted down a few ideas that involved scentedbed, and his naked body?

She cast a gentle glance at her assistant “You believe this book is real?”

“It made one of my fantasies cohbor I told you about? He asked me out when I wrote down exactly what I wanted”

“Aquarius, he had an itch for you, so when his calendar opened up, he rang”

“And read ed “Until last week, I never knew ”

“A waterfall? Where did you find—”

“I’ll never tell” She sht: This hunky bloke suddenly appeared and whisked you away to fulfill your fantasy, exactly as you wrote it?”

Dreain to describe Aquarius’s faraway expression “It was fantastic”

Sydney groped around for a chair “Maybe you need a holiday You’re past due”

“I’ht for me—”

“No man ever is”

Aquarius frowned “There’s a man out there Somewhere I’ll knohen I meet him”

Sydney had heard this before

“Point is, I don’t need this journal” Aquarius shoved it at to her “But you”

“But mewhat?” Sydney fisted her hands on her hips

“Well, if you want Caden, write your fantasy in here”