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Taxes Could she bewarned hioal here and she needed to get on it by steering the conversation toward his ethics “But you cheat at cards All the time”

His slow s X-rated to her insides “That’s only e’re playing strip poker, darling And believe me, it’s worth it”

The ah her They’d always ended up naked and breathless The anticipation had been drawn out over the length of a gae had been revealing himself oh-so-slohile she sat there in a similar state of vulnerability

Kind of like now

And she couldn’t unthink it Back then, when they’d finally coh loveed her—mind, body and soul

And that hadn’t changed Thelot, it felt as though she’d woken up fro so co attention to her

No Not any man This one

Their gazesup the at their hot and heavy times, as well, and his expression unleashed a shiver she couldn’t control Solue holding her together rees

They’d once been so close because they had so oals, and she’d always been able to count on hiht She’d counted on hie her, to push her Because he understood her

It was so e Branson, CEO, was so much more attractive than he’d been as her mentor

Fork suspended in ame?”

Cass blinked The game The suspicions Her precarious position within Fyra She bit back an unladylike sord and took a fortifying sip of wine

How had she fallen into Gage so easily that she’d forgotten what this dinner was supposed to be about? He’d cursed her with histhey were for over a drink