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My gaze turned back to Drake, drawn to him like a flame pulled into a hot, dry wind I resented the heat on my cheeks I was not a habitual blusher Hardly ever, actually But thismy Irish up, as my reith hilance at Heath and then his lawyer "Gentlemen, could you excuse us for a moment? You’re free to wait just outside the door" Then, allanced at me "If, of course, that is okay with the lady?"

My face flamed hotter and I foldedif the thirty-so New Yorker was still interested in the deal There was no way he could be more offensive than this jerk

Heath looked at me for confirmation and I nodded He pattedthe two of us across the table fro

Finally he cleared his throat and laid his hands on the table before hiaze "I’m sorry if my bluntness has offended you I assumed that a woman who has placed herself on the block like you have would be cohed "Oh, is that what that was? I just thought you were being an asshat"

When he sone and the most delicious dimple appeared at the side of his mouth I wanted to lick that dimple, to know every nuance of its taste I shifted in my seat, furious with hts?

"Mr Drake You are not leaving me with the best impression of yourself--"

I cut off at his dry chuckle "Do I need to? I thought er sizzled hot and ht and then released it "I am not a prostitute and I’ll thank you not to treat me like one"

"You’ve sold yourself You may not see yourself as one, but clearly…" His eyes traveled down ain

I shookme like this As beautiful as he was, each ti it harder and harder to picture ht in my life and a bit of broken skin does not constitute prostitution"

His dark gaze intensified, as if with one long, deterh my defenses I drew back

"Sex for ed, deter under ht of enerous, sexy lips turned up in a knowing sht"

I couldn’t look away nothroughs I would do for al to this overinflated jerk ht not be one of theht hile studying platelets under a microscope "It takes a curious type ofonly to sell off that asset to the highest bidder"

My jaw tightened It was getting harder and harder to cloak et inside my head, Mr Drake"

To cover my discomfort, I pushed Heath’s stack of papers across the table to hi that I could think of"

He flicked a glance at theh that now, obviously And, of course, I’ll have addenduree about an NDA to ht?"

"Of course But, aside fro, not your sex life The docu about our special situation"

He pushed a single sheet of paper across the desk to me I looked it over It did, indeed, seem standard, and it specifically ether I’d never planned to go into any details I don’t write that kind of blog But I did plan to mention that it had happened I did have credibility to maintain, after all

With a bored sniff, I asked for a pen, surprised that he handed old-plated ostentatious rich guy’s pen that shouted, "Look at ly wealthy" I hurriedly scratched out nature on the form