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Aspirin and a long hot shower had scalded away the last of her hangover Chloe had invited her to drop by her cha to wear, as they were nearly the sa besides jeans Okay, she was looking forward to looking pretty around Adam; there, she’d admitted it Really, a woood around hih her hair, letting it spill down her back, tugging a few long bangs to spike softly around her eyes A se of sloss on her s with it Enough to draw aherself in the ot Clothes would have to do the rest; she just hoped Chloe had soen provocative that she could borrow

Opening the bathroo bedcha at the canopied bed

Not that the velvet drapes were hung again or that the bed was neatly made--that was perfectly possible A maid had obviously stopped in while she’d been in the shower, shaving her legs, s with cosmetics

What wasn’t possible was the slinky black dress she’d spent longover so wistfully at Macy’s that was currently hanging between those drapes

Nor, she thought, stunned,closer to the bed, the dainty heels she’d eyed so covetously

Nor, she thought, eyes widening, that sinful bit of lacy bra and panties in her favorite shade of pale pink

And, oh, ht breathlessly, is that a box frolanced around the roon of him

But on the air, faint yet unmistakable, was just a hint of the exotic scent of jasmine and sandalwood and spicy, seductive o while she’d been finishing up herhands, opened it, and gasped, so stunned that she fumbled and nearly dropped it

Nestled on a bed of velvet was a dias, and she knew exactly where she’d last seen theht her dinner froalls She’d left the office late, taken her usual path past Tiffany’s to collect her car from the corner lot There’d been a ne display up, and she’d been briefly captivated by the elegance of the si in theat the , with feminine curiosity, what kind ofif she’d ever get soband

Heher

Just as he must have been at Macy’s

I take care of what is mine, he’d told her when he’d handed her the keys to the BMW