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My skin crawls at the thought "I don’t want to do this," I admit softly

"Baby" He cups ently I close e at my stomach It alether Dramatic but true "I know you don’t But do this for me For us I promise it will all work out in the end"

"And ill you be doing while I’h oes back to Pilar? I can hardly stand the thought Just the idea of Pilar having her hands all over him makes me want to hurt her

And I never want to hurt anyone

"Investigating Questioning Pilar Questioning your father"

Of course, he mentions Pilar I hate that And what he wants us to do … it sounds risky I don’t understand e have to turn this into such a covert operation "I won’t have sex with him, Ryder He’ll want to, but I won’t do it"

"The last fucking thing I want you to do is have sex with hiain, savagely sweet, his hands pressing into the bruised flesh of ainst hiscontrite "Just tell hi hi in his words I could do that And Zachary would believe it, too He’s so arrogant he probably believes he’s pushed ive hiree with my stipulations He’ll also continue to do whatever he wants anyway

Not that I care anymore

"I understand, though, if you have to … let hier on his handsome face almost scares me "Avoid it if you can"

His words ht our relationship shifted since what happened last night I don’t want to be just a gaaet back at Zachary and Pilar so into a trap

"Exactly how long do you expect me to pretend?" I ask warily No way do I want Zachary to kissI don’t want anyone’s hands or lips onit takes Hopefully before Zachary leaves for London," Ryder answers He withdraws fro his fine ht out of a azine, he’s so ied and incredibly sexy My panties da at him

Which makes me remember that I have to cancel our lunch date

"My sister asked if I’d go to lunch with her," I say hesitatingly