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When his hands were finally free, he snatched the cuffs froet so around her As he yanked his shirt over his head, an idea of his own began to for like a knuckle-dragging ape? Hell, maybe he would put on a show Just not the one she expected Brent made sure the smile on his face stayed well hidden as he turned back to her, one hand on the doorknob

"I don’t have a suit If you can get one in o to your fancy dinner party tomorrow"

Her mouth fell open "Wh-what?"

"Let led her ripped panties in the air "Later tonight, when I’ of the way you caood use of these"

Chapter Four

For the third ti up before her call to Brent could be completed She dropped onto her bed and buried her head in the plush goose-feather pillow

"Stupid, overgrown, panty-stealing fker," she groaned

The situation last night had cootten away froe of the nextshe felt like giving him And the next? Her very existence had seeue God, she hated hiood The daah now, if you asked her who had won, she would have no idea how to answer He ularly incredible orgas somewhere in the distance She’d been so lost in what he was doing to her body, she’d al with him On the floor in her entryway With his hands cuffed behind his back

When Hayden realized her breathing had becoust and pushed off the bed to pace toward theShe looked out over the Hudson River and dru a ht be a terrible idea Things had been so much easier when she looked at hi If he caht, dressed in a suit, with a new, knowing look in his eye, she didn’t feel 100 percent certain that would still be the case Because while she still disliked hiht, when she’d been in the process of uncuffing Brent, she’d been a little disappointed when he didn’t throw her down and have his dirty, pissed-off ith her She’d been frustrated by her mother’s visit, frustrated by the fact that she now felt a stunning sexual attraction for her nemesis…just flat-out frustrated But he’d walked She suspected because she’d bruised his ego, which actually, for once, hadn’t been her intention When the idea struck her to bring Brent along to the dinner party, she thought he’d jump at the chance to shock and mock her snooty family friends Instead he’d seeht her to her next dile, she’d e frame Ma hi Did she really want to go down this road? First of all, showing up with an uninvited guest--a loud, filthy-joke-telling giant, no less--was considered a major faux pas in her world Second, while she didn’t e of her scandalized mother, she would embarrass her father in the process Now that bothered her

Where her , her father had never been anything but war for her father

Well…the man she called her father, anyway In reality, he’d never had a choice in the er brother’shad shown up with their unwanted baby, he’d saddled hi wife he barely knew, and a lifetime of responsibility All to honor the lanced back at the suit laid out on her bed She’d been debating about the wisest course of action since it was delivered half an hour ago She could easily cancel and tell him no one in the city kept his size off the rack But she had a feeling he’d sense her lie through the phone Not to mention, she really didn’t like the idea of Stuart Nevin and his grabby hands in her personal space all night If Brent was good for one thing--okay, two things, because da off unwanted male attention

Decision made, she took a deep breath and hit redial on her cell phone Brent answered on the third ring, classic rock round