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She continued to stare in equal parts bewildereous he ith that awatt smile Holy hell, now she could understand why he never lacked for female company Gracie had told her, after it was established that a ro to happen and the two settled on being just friends, that she lost count of the women who sailed in and out of his life
At first Eliza had re that he couldn’t keep a woman That idea had appealed immensely to her and she’d warmed to it i her that he never kept a wo on to the next one Figures Apparently he was a co But, a man with his looks and money could be as picky and selective as he wanted Woe persona and the danger that seemed to swirl in his eyes and fit him like a second skin Eliza scoffed at that
Theinto hi in her research led her to believe he was completely on the up and up Dirty, she’d suspected and had told Zack as much The problem was, she had no solid proof Only discrepancies and her own suspicions And her gut, which she never ignored
But that likely appealed to the section of the female population ere shorter on brains and superficial enough not to care about anything beyond good looks, lots of est attraction--and the aura of dark and dangerous that cloaked him at all ti as he was rich, handsoood in the sack? She nearly bared her teeth in irritation but instead returned to getting the handsome, rich asshole out of her space
"Do tell, what do you find so a?" Eliza asked snidely She’d never in a million years admit or confide to anyone how flustered she’d been over that smile Or that for a moment she’d entertained a few naked fantasies about hih disappointment was keen when the s twist of his lips, which told her he was about to start firing back the sa and cut downs she routinely gave him Oh well, it would hardly be fun if he didn’t fire back She would have been disappointed if he acted like she’d hurt his little feelings or hishim was the only fun she had these days Besides, when he was being a dick, it was too easy to despise hiirl and start thinking about licking those delectable lips
And then she remembered that she didn’t have time for fun or for juvenile fantasies Hadn’t that been what had got her in the o? How could she have even thought about anything else when all her focus, her concentration and her training should be on preparation for the single ’s eyes narrowed, and his hand was curled around her chin before she even registered it was there He turned her to face hi deeply until she felt stripped bare and utterly vulnerable before hi about?" he demanded "And don’t make this about me, Eliza I’ll call bullshit and you know it You enjoy tauntingyour damnedest to make me believe you want no part of me, which we both know is untrue Whatever it was that just crossed your mind was not a source of enjoy sparks at ed and you are nothing if not confident Your back is always up, shoulders straight and you don’t lower your head to fucking anyone and yet you just did all of those things What the fuck is going on with you?"
She stared at hi which of his absurd statements to refute first In his oay, he’d just coave anyone At least she thought he was co her He hadn’t listed her attributes with a distasteful look nor did he see He was justh all the other crap he’d said, and it was crap Then her cheeks blazed with a ot to the ant little prick had er into his chest, causing hi hier away and then folded his very muscled arms over his very ether as if
"Don’t you dare laugh!" she shouted "And as forA woman ants a part of you doesn’t tell you to fuck off every time she sees you She doesn’t constantly insult you Nor does she avoid you because you annoy the ever-loving fuck out of her Get it into your head I want nothing to do with you In fact, I don’t want you here right now Which begs the question, why are you? Our avoiding each other is mutual I avoid you You avoid me I think it’s established that neither of us can stand the sight of the other Neither of us wants to be in the saement that suits me just fine So don’t tellto do with you!"
She jabbed her finger just above his overlapped ar every ith another jab
"I" Poke "Don’t" Poke "Ever" Jab "Want" Jab "To" Poke "See" Poke "You ever, ever, ever again!" She balled her fist and punched hihed It took every bit of her discipline not to let her ht Because Sterling actually sh in itself, but hi was a very beautiful thing indeed He was beautiful
"Keep telling yourself that, Eliza," he said, his eyes still sparking with laughter "If you tell yourself often enough youyour lies"
"Oh for fuck’s sake," sheon her heel to stalk past him so she could be rid of him