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Jaci ignored the nerves in her stolass of chane from the waiter and lifted it in a subtle toast to the other wo Annalee how little her anger meant

Oh yes, she just needed to push her a little bit further

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"Would you like to tell me what the hell you were up to at the Brockheim party?"

Cam all but slammed the hotel room door closed hours later, as Jaci tossed her clutch onto the table just inside the room and turned to face both hi the drive fro, tracking both Jaci and Ca bug under a microscope

Until Cam looked at Jaci When he did, he could see the defiance in her expression, but there was soh the veil of calm indifference that had been there before had been stripped away by some unknown force She faced him now, none of the shadows that had once hid her fro" She spread her ar attention to those luscious curves

Caaze flicker over that dark red dress, but he watched those incredible eyes fro her, lusting for her That defiance only fueled the desire The desire was in turn fueled by the knowledge that she was his His, by God, and she would not continue in whatever was up between her and the Robertses

"You’re up to soed his jacket fro roo his ar both of them carefully

She watched the her odds of blowing off his suspicions

"You challenged Annalee at that party, Jaci I’ave her"

And he wasn’t the only one Brian Zimmer had seen it, and he had been concerned As one of the club’s legal advisors, Brian had been keeping up with the investigation into the Robertses’ vendetta against Jaci, as well as the reports that were still co in on Jaci herself

She had met a lot of people over the years; there had to have been someone she had revealed the truth to A friend, a lover they hadn’t yet found, someone she had talked to in a moment of weakness

It wasn’t Courtney, which surprised Cairlhood friends in Oklaho to have me thrown out of the party" She kicked her shoes off, revealing the sing the fact that I had won this round, nothing aret and Harold Brockheim weren’t about to throw in with"

That was true enough "Didn’t you do sons for them a few years back?" Chase asked

She smiled "A cabin in Colorado They weren’t there I don’t think Margaret trusted me around her husband I’ether at theretort Dae the Robertses had tried to cause her He was ready to kill the me I’ve never in my life killed a e Richard Roberts and his wife have done to you, then I e of panic flared in her eyes, causing him to watch her suspiciously Why the hell would she care if his wrath fell on Richard Roberts?

"Annalee is a bitch That’s no reason to kill Richard Besides, neither of them is worth the effort or the cost of a bullet" And before you start threatening others, consider how you affect me everytime you leave me in my bed, alone"

His eyes narrowed as she turned and ainst the silk that covered her legs "That bed doesn’t define us," he bit out

"It will soon" The silk of her stocking rasped against her gown as she turned

He had ordered se he had in his e that met his eyes when he saw her at the party Jaci was pure stubborn He knew it Chase knew it And Cam was determined to find a way around it

Ca after her, fro as hard and deep inside her as possible He had wanted her, until it was like a fire in his balls; but seeing her tonight, seeing the confidence and deterlie she had silently thrown to Annalee and given hih he had always sensed the wouts was nearly painful in its intensity He looked at Chase and acknowledged the fact she h to defy him entirely

This was the woman he had always sensed inside her The woain, seeing the lust, the obvious anticipation His brother would fight or fuck, whichever Ca now It was going to have to be the latter, because he’d be da at his insides

He sed tightly, his fingers going to the buttons of his shirt as he watched her nirip the tab of the zipper at her lower back

The snughe had bought for her

He felt his ave her shoulders a little shrug, and let the dress slip down her body until it pooled at her feet

He tore the shirt fro across the rooasp as his lips covered hers, and he barely restrained his own prier, need for need Her lips parted, her tongue ers dove into his hair and pulled, jerking free the dark band that held it back

His hands were on her ass, gripping the rounded globes and lifting her to his wrapped around his hips, the heated folds of her pussy heated his cock, even through the layers of clothing, as he sturip, held her lips with his, and caught hiainst the wall