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Turning, she stepped back into the sitting room then stared in surprise at the aze leveled back at her, his expression hard, cool

Cam

"Why am I not surprised?" She wasn’t Somehow, she had known he would follow her

She stared at his scarred visage, the icy green eyes, and felt the sahtness in her chest that she had felt earlier The thin white scar looked painful, haunting

"We need to talk"

"You didn’t coh left her lips "I’ Chase with you"

His lips flattened, his eyes losing their icy cast long enough to flicker with a surge of anger Fine, let hiry as well She hadn’t asked him about his damned club, she hadn’t wanted to know And if they hadn’t intended to pull her into their dirty little games, then they could have made certain she knew no more than she had when she was first hired for the job

"Chase is on his way" He shrugged, watching her closely

"You conceited jackass," she snarled "You make me just want to hit you"

"You really shouldn’t hold back, Jaci, just say what’s on your ly as he o away," she muttered "I’m not in the mood to spar with you today"

"Because I shocked you?" He stopped in front of her, staring down at her intently, as she refused to retreat "Or because I hurt you this ed to say that sincerely

"Because you pissed ht Last night was just a mistake, and I don’t repeat h you had pulled ain ust "You should have let me walk out It would have been easier on both of us"

"Seven years is a long time," he told her as she turned and plopped back on the couch, curling her legs beneath her "Too long to want a woman the way I’ve craved you, sweetheart I didn’t say this would be easy But we’ll work it out"

"There is nothing to work out" She glared back at hi the chair beside the couch and staring back at her intently "You don’t trust me, Jaci, or you would have told me what I needed to know about Roberts"

Her lips twisted ly "So it has to come down to what you want, versus ht you’d know I don’t carry tales, Caht every woht, or aht, I would have ed to identify any old lovers as well," he stated "But those didn’t turn up, either And I didn’t slight you"

It would be damned hard to identify a vibrator She kept her lips firaze locked with his Would he be shocked to know she had never had sex with a man or a woman? Had that little issue of trust, and the awareness of how easily she could feel betrayed, reared its ugly head too often?

He nodded slowly "We’ll do it your way for now, but ed pulse of heat racing through her, she wasn’t certain

"You’ve changed," she finally said "You’re harder, Cam Colder"

"I’m still the man ould kill for you," he stated htly He was completely serious

"Fine I’llnot to believe that declaration "Give me a few days It may take awhile to remember every son of a bitch who ever pissed me off But ill you do when you find your name on the list?"

She should have felt stalked Instead, she knew instinctively what he e was al Ca her of that Even now, so many years after he had made the promise, he still stood by it And she had no doubt he meant it

"I won’t find my name on that list" His lips quirked in a cool snore it I would do nothing to hurt you, Jaci You know that Iso stubborn, but I wouldn’t hurt you"

"Is this a new seduction technique? You keep threatening to hit et worried"

He snorted at that before leaning forward, his elbows resting on his knees while he clasped his hands

"We need to talk about this thing between us" His gaze was intent, somber

"No we don’t" She was perfectly content to just stay furious with hi to explain why you couldn’t sleep with me"