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"Where e?"

Natalie cleared her throat softly There wasn't a chance in hell she was going back over there after that exchange "You were going to get soive you some privacy I'll check on you later"

She didn't wait for his response as she turned and slipped away

Later that night, Marco sat at his desk in his study with a glass of bourbon within easy reach His headache was gone; he'd never really had a fever Tanya's box finally lay opened and discarded Inside had been a stack of twenty glossy pictures of her, scantily dressed and posing for a lover's enjoyht have found the

He found the

He tossed theet rid of her She didn't appeal to him anymore, he'd lost all interest in her body, and all that she was capable of any him

She stood in the way of what he really wanted, and he couldn't let the situation continue

Yeah, he needed to get rid of her and he needed to do it toer

And suddenly, even toht

He'd been drinking, steadily h the bottle of bourbon since his little housekeeper had fled fro her

He shouldn't drive But he wanted to get the daed for a car

Natalie walked into living roo wasn't as it should be The laptop Marco carried back and forth to work sat on the coffee table, and it was open The screen was black Was he really sick? Yesterday, she hadn't fully believed it

She heard a noise froate

His bedroom door was shut, and she hadn't noticed that earlier She heard so drop and then a deep curse

She should knock She really should knock on his door and make sure he was okay

There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell She turned and fled to the safety of the kitchen

Twentya cup of coffee and rocery list when Marco walked into the roo of a bruise on his right cheekbone Her eyes flared at the sight She sat the pen down and swiveled the barstool away from the island where she sat and focused her attention on hih and resonated with animalistic pain

She stood up warily and poured hi back toward him, she set it on the island, within his reach

She went back to her seat, and picked up her pen to ca in her storocery list, knew she wouldn't be able to focus, and was sharply aware of hi down on it

The room seee body

He picked up the cup and took several sips without looking anywhere but into his cup

Finally, her curiosity got the better of her and she couldn't stand it any longer "What happened to you?" she questioned softly

Flinching, he looked in her direction through eyes that were squinted "You don't need to worry about Tanya any ain"