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His brother’s brows slammed down "The reason why she’s here"

"True," he ue with that either

But when he turned his attention back to his nurse, his sister--God help hi from his mind

Lucian wanted tohe wanted to paint her

And he couldn’t ree had peaced out on hiers itched

For the first tiht about what his great-great-grandmother had said about the men of the de Vincent family Maybe she’d meant that they fell in lust fast and hard, without reason or hesitation

Because oh yeah, he was experiencing soht had been one of the craziest and out-of-character things he’d ever done

"Lucian," Dev repeated "I want you to leave her alone"

"Too late for that," he replied

Dev stiffened as he stared at hio yesterday?"

Winking in his brother’s direction, he strode forward, leaving his brother and his concerns in the hallhere both belonged

Ms Hughes jolted at the sound of his footsteps and finally, finally lifted her chin and those thick lashes He saw her eyes widen and could track the confusion pouring out of thenized him, and when those plush, unbelievable lips parted on a soft inhale, the tiny breath went straight to his dick

He couldn’t help it

Lucian bowed in front of her with a flourish aristocrats would’ve been envious of, extending a hand to her

Those warm brown eyes dropped to his hand and then rose to his face The pink in her cheeks deepened and spread She gave a little shake of her head Disbelief was etched into every inch of her face

As if through a tunnel he heard his brother say his naain, this ti to it But he didn’t care This was Dev’s fault, after all, because what the hell had his brother been thinking when he hired her? Not that he was co, but for real? Did Dev not find a picture of her during the background check, and think, well, this may not be a wise idea?

Too late now

Because he knew he could’ve had her last night

Because he still wanted her

And Lucian always, always got what he wanted

This wasn’t real life

That hat Julia was thinking as she watched Taylor bow in front of her This was some kind of dream Maybe she was still back in her apartment, in bed Or maybe she fell and hit her head somewhere in the airport There was no way Taylor was here

In such a shock, she barely processed hihes?" he said in that same deep voice that sent a fine shiver down her spine

Her mouth dried

"Allowin a small way that hinted at all kinds of trouble

She blinked slowly What in the hell? She kneho he was Intimately Like real intimately, but that didn’t anshy he was here

Her mouth opened and she drew in a deep breath that went nowhere She started to rise, but found that she couldn’t get her legs to s as she stared up hi She’d just seen Taylor in Pennsylvania, and he had beenhe was just so in front of her, thousands of miles away