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Drake waved a hand to my seat while he took his I sank slowly intoto the backs ofhi I hadn’t even spared a thought or a glance for hi, with a middle paunch and appeared in his midfifties He carried a briefcase and appeared to be a lawyer When I looked back at Drake, I alaze His eyes shot points right through me, like icy darts My eyes held his but I shat felt like a water at h a stack of papers on the table before hi By coincidence, I’m sure, I finally remembered to take a breath at that exact sa for and Drake turned back to et to know your name?"

I cleared my throat and refolded my hands in ht the urge to fidget, tightening my hands on top of h the glass table "Emilia But everyone calls me Mia"

A sain and aze "I’m not everyone" His eyes traveled down to my conservative neckline--but no lower, to his credit--and back "E to provoke ant attitude? Because if it was unintentional, then this was a really bad sign

Drake cleared his throat and looked pointedly at Heath’s stack of papers "So let’s go over the particulars of the contract Is this just about the penetration of one organ by another or are there specifics laid out? What about touching, kissing? How many times? What about kink?"

My jaw dropped I couldn’t help it I scrutinized hi at Heath His sensual ed up at the corners That’s when I realized that this was deliberate Was it an act?

I turned to Heath, who appeared to be barely able to contain his laughter He looked at Drake with a strange expression "That’s a lot to cover And this is a strange venue to do it"

Drake shrugged and his eyes flicked back to me "How about we just start with deal breakers, then?"

I exchanged a glance with Heath, who nodded and turned back to Drake "I know of one that we can discuss right now There will be no fellatio"

Drake leaned forward "Excuse ainstwith resent" Yeah, I said it If he could be deliberately provocative, then why couldn’t I?

His black eyes darted to mine, mildly amused, still insufferably brash "Are you on birth control?" he asked abruptly I blinked He was definitely one-upping me in the obnoxious department

Drake’s lawyer jerked a surprised look at hi, clearly surprised by the abrupt behavior Well, at least that was a sign that this sort of thing was unusual froh "All of that is delineated in the paperwork for the ter birth control but there will also be condoms--"

I stopped as his handso to lay down a fortune for the privilege of experiencing your quivering virgin flesh, I think it goes without saying that I expect to do it without a barrier"

I sat back, clenching aze was held fast by the challenge in his ebony eyes He eous creature I’d ever laid my eyes on, but he was also an asshat

He tilted his head at me, puzzled "Why is that a problem? If we are both cleared by a physician--"

I unclenched h to reply "Recent medical clearance is not sufficient for me I’d require celibacy for at least the previous six hly doubted that I opened my mouth to call him a liar when Heath leaned forward and put his hand on the table in front ofa bland look atto Drake "We can work all these details out later in mediation Mr Drake does have a plane to catch later today"

Drake’s eyes darted to Heath and back to e our relationship It wasn’t the first time a person had looked at the two of us in that unsure, questioning way Heath was not obviously gay in any way He wasn’t "fabulous" or flamboyant He was very masculine in his behavior and aydar