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"Agreed" Ian sighed "But stay away from Roberts, Cam, until you have proof of whatever you think he may have done I can handle violence if there’s reason for it Otherwise, stay back"
"I’m well back," Cam mocked
Cam didn’t need proof, no uilt He understood the world Sos she shouldn’t--that was always possible But Roberts had threatened her, and that wasn’t acceptable
He stared into the night once again, a frown brewing at his eyes The investigation they had done on her had been too damned sketchy for seven years of a woman’s life
There were rumors, here and there, of lovers, but none of those rumors had panned out For seven years, Jaci had worked her ass off at her career, but she hadn’t putrelationships
Whatever had happened with Roberts had happened five years ago After that, even less effort had gone into filling her life with anything other than work
She didn’t party, except for business occasions She was known for her restraint and cool purpose, her stubbornness and detern work, but rarely discussed personal issues with her clients She had only a few friends, and pulling infor teeth
Courtney Sinclair and the er of Ian’s men’s club, Sebastian De Lorents, had been less than forthcoht know about her Such loyalty wasn’t common, especially within the society theyto do?" Ian finally asked
"About what?" Ca to design the club, then she’s going to have to understand the rules she’s working under I expect you to take care of that"
"It’s your club," Carowled
"And your woman See it’s done before she leaves tomorrow Then we’ll decide if this job is truly hers or not I’d rather lose the deposit I paid her than the reputationin this community, Cam You understand the rules and you know the woman Take care of it And make daly for I’d hate for either of you to be wrong"
Jaci allowed the hotel roo bag to the couch in the sitting roo back to tear the silver clip fro, thick strands fell down her back, a surge of anger tore through her A second later the hair clip was arching through the air to s the balcony doors
"Damn him!" The vicious snarl that left her lips surprised her, as did the tears that she was forced to blink back
He couldn’t even say hello Couldn’t tear himself from his "business" discussion to even let her knoas there No, he had sent Chase instead
Cao She drew in a hard, controlling breath It was seven years ago, and when it cas She knew that And Chase’s warning had been just that The warning of a man anted her sexually, and anted answers to his questions, nothing h he believed in her, a little voice inside her head whispered He had asked her what Richard and Annalee had done to her, not what had she done No one else had ever asked that
She shook her head, kicking off the high heels and reaching behind her to release the zipper at the back of her evening gown as she moved into the bedroom
She pulled the straps over her shoulders and let the silk slither down her body, leaving her clad in nothing but her thong and the thigh-high, black silk stockings
Laying the dress over a chair, she grabbed her robe and wrapped it around her
She didn’t need this headache It was going to be all she could ress her openly
They were terrified of her Even five years later, they were so frightened of the truth that it rolled off the waves every ti if it didn’t continually destroy parts of her life along with it
She stared around the hotel suite
She was alone She shouldn’t have been Over the past few years, the ache inside her had grown to such proportions that it was nearly physical She ached to be touched, to close her eyes as a lover touched her, even if she had to pretend it was Cameron Falladay
It should have been so easy to accept the invitation in Chase’s eyes tonight He could have come up here--she could have touched him, been touched, and pretended it was Ca her sanity, evidently Chase would have never allowed her to get aith it, and she knew it Just as she had known it before she left town seven years ago
She pushed her fingers through her hair again, then let her hand trail down her neck, alers there
Other men had touched her over the years Superficially They had kissed her, held her; but that ache that gnawed at her insides had never gone away Noto lay her life savings on the fact that she was quite possibly the only twenty-eight-year-old virgin in existence, in the nation
She stopped at the full-length mirror in the corner of the rooht, eyebrows arched Her eyes faintly tilted, her lips just a little bit too lush Her breasts weren’t se They fit her body She was slender; she stayed in shape Her shoulder-length auburn hair was a nice contrast to her brown-and-blue-flecked green eyes
She wasn’t ugly She didn’t consider herself beautiful, rather average There was no reason for her to be spending her life alone
Other than her own fears And the si on Ca in the lobby of the hotel when Cah the entrance The black suit his brother wore did nothing to alleviate the aura of power and danger that surrounded him The wicked scar that slashed down the left side of his cheek definitely helped the i lips, the expression that seeested hell, erous, that did it