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"So Roberts?" He arched a brow

She rolled her eyes and shook her head "I’ people pay me every time they ask me that question," she snarled "I wouldn’t need to work"

His expression didn’t change

There was none of the lover that had taken her the night before in his face This h the passion and lust they had shared had never happened And she wondered if her heart could have broken worse seven years ago?

"According to the congressman, you attempted to steal fifty thousand froht, you attempted to seduce him His alked in and threw you out of the house"

In reality, she had walked in on the congressman, his wife, and their secretary while the three were involved in soames Black leather and attach position

And they had believed she would join in! No, they hadn’t just believed, they had atte back at hi to say a da inside her, anger burning through her system as the feminine core of her shuddered in trepidation, because the look in Cam’s eyes was deadly

Courtney had warned her that Cam was after Richard Roberts’s blood He couldn’t sleep with her, but he could use her as an excuse to bloody soin with Only afor your side of the story, Jaci," he said

She had walked in on the sexual drama and had nearly been raped For years after that, the Robertses had lied, schemed, and connived to destroy her because of it

"There is no ‘my side of the story,’" she finally answered She had learned that early on The Robertses had struck first, and they had struck hard Anything she had said or done would have lashed back at her as a lie

"Do you reht I told you I would kill over you?" he asked her, his voice so dangerously soft that it was al

"He hasn’t hurt ht to these questions"

"Then what do you call it, if destroying your reputation isn’t hurting you?" His head tilted to the side, the sunlight falling through the s behind hie features "And, sweetheart, I hate to tell you, but last night only made certain that that bastard has to deal with s tomore Now, I really need to leave, before I have to s anyto you’ crap Because, trustto you would really ave her was rife with irritation "You’re as stubborn as you ever were"

"And you’re just as arrogant"

He grunted at that "Ian didn’t fire you"

"Sounded to lared back at hihed "We can help you with the Robertses, if you can explain the situation"

She stared back at hi to "explain" the whole sordid episode and watch hiht of blood spilling just ht have been seven years, but Ca

He shook his head at her continued silence "This job entails quite a few secrets that you’ll be privy to," he finally stated "It’s yours if you want it, but only after you understand exactly what goes on here" He rose fro a folder, he slid it across the desk "Read these, sign the Where was the iven her the greatest pleasure she had ever known in her life?

She moved slowly to the desk, picked up the folder, and opened it As she read, she frowned in confusion

"A confidentiality agreen, know this: What you’re facing if you talk isn’t a court battle or a prison sentence It’s hell, like the Robertses could never i on you You, your family, every friend you have or could make in your lifeti are lawyers, doctors, senators, and anizations that run everything from NASA to the welfare system and beyond, in every nation of the world"

She raised her gaze slowly "Is that a threat of some sort, Cam?"

"It’s a promise" He inclined his head coolly "There are no state secrets, no national threats involved, but members of the club are from all sections of state and federal, and private enterprise There are approxih only a se are here at any one time You may at any time see those members It’s our job to ensure their privacy, as well as their security here within the ree any information learned about the club and its membership, and that the repercussions would be harsh

Her understanding was that she had the option of leaving, or accepting the position, with a full comprehension of those repercussions In the staten that she understood that the inforal, nor involved any inforal, then what is it?"

"Sign the papers" He nodded to the file "You can still walk out once you sign, but the job isn’t yours until you have a co of the confidentiality required, and the punishh Clearly stated She laid the file on the desk, accepted the pen, and signed it quickly, before pushing it back to him

"Nohat’s so damned important about your precious club?"

"It’s a club for men who share their woroup of men from which to choose the third in their bed and to ensure the secrecy of it The club is a e club, Jaci, and it’s existed for two centuries without detection Now, are you taking the job or walking out?"

She stared back at hi" She couldn’t come up with any other response The idea that any such club could exist without the newspapers and gossip rags getting hold of it was ludicrous

Senators and NASA? Lawyers and doctors and military personnel? More than five hundred members, and no one leaked this information? Their wives especially Woossiped like hell, and for soossip was their sex lives--ed as he took the file and shoved it in his desk "There are no sexual games played out in the club itself It’s just that, a club, aplace, and for many of the members abroad, much more convenient than a hotel--and much more secure Within your position, you’ll come in contact with those e of the membership, as many hold sensitive positions They’ve been , and should you see any of them here, you’re not to mention it outside the club Period Not to other members or anyone else If you talk, I can’t protect you, nor can Ian and Courtney Sinclair"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>