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"Callto stand next to him by the"My family home is in the distant suburbs So distant, it barely qualifies as such, but I’ve been living in the city for nearly a year while I research my latest story But you probably know all of that"
Aden dipped his head in acknowledgment "True, but you’re a reporter, so you understand the polite fiction of pretending you haven’t already investigated solanced over and gave hiotten from her "Touché," she said "But you know far more about me than I do about you You’re a difficult man to vet, Lord Aden"
"Not a lord yet, Sidonie"
"No?"
He turned and gave her a patient look "I did ed to me? I’m quite certain he’s explained the process to you Because I told hi who I was?"
"Travis suspected soroupie type, and he’s far smarter than he so shindig then?"
Aden shrugged "You were very determined, and I was curious What is it you really want, Sidonie?" He reached out to trace one finger along the delicate curve of her collarbone, leaning close enough to draw in the sweet bouquet of her blood She shivered, and he scented her fear She was excited, too, by hi a vampire drink from her But there was fear there And that was farto him than any sexual curiosity
Still, it wouldn’t do to play into her desires This wasn’t a blood bar, and he wasn’t soer sideways, as if he was about to tug her sweater down and bare her shoulder, but then lifted his hand and stepped deliberately away fro obvious dismay at his abrupt departure
"You still haven’t toldover to sit behind his desk He brushed idly at his pant leg and gave her an inquisitive look
She was still over by the s, her heart fluttering, her breathing rapid, as she stared at hi lit her eyes suddenly--e there while he sat
She blinked several times, then pressed a hand to her throat and said, "I think--" She coughed drily, and he gestured at the wet bar at the other end of the rooave hiotten the water for her, would have ushered her to a chair as if she wasn’t fully capable of planting herself there But then, he was neither polite nor a man Besides, he didn’t trust hiain, so it was best that he keep his distance He had other things on his ht Tomorroas another matter entirely, however
He watched her walk over to the bar, hips swaying in her tight skirt She bent over to the s a nicely heart-shaped ass Oh, yeah As Travis would have said, he was definitely going to tap that before this was all over
She turned, bottle in hand, and he let her catch hiain, and he smiled lazily, which only made her heart act up even more A blush pinked her cheeks, and he pictured the sa the i him prettily for release
"Lord Aden," she chastised breathlessly, as if she knehat he was thinking She took a sip of water, then pressed the cold bottle to her overheated face
He gave her a sestured at the two chairs in front of his desk "Have a seat, Sidonie You seehtened in irritation, but only briefly Whatever it was she wanted froh that she’d sought hi with her And yet she hadn’t told Travis anything at all, clearly not willing to give up her purpose until she had the right audience Interesting
She sat down, crossing her long legs with a slide of silk stockings Aden gave her a blatant once-over, starting with her legs, traveling to her chest, and finally to her very annoyed expression
"We have business in common," she said pri his doubt, and his amuse dealer, and--"
"I’, interrupting the woman’s discourse on Klemens’s many dissolute ways He was both relieved and disappointed at the same time Relieved because he really wasn’t up to a lecture on the evils of drugs in modern culture, and disappointed, because he’d expected better of Sidonie Reid She’d gone to all this trouble only to tell him what he already knew? That Kleal activities, including drugs? How very ordinary
He picked up the phone "Bastien, what is it?" he asked, hoping it was so hile