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“I’e Now “If you are, too, prove it”

Her gaze dropped to his mouth “How?”

Heat and awareness shot through the roof God, that dress clung to her curves like a second skin Would it be terrible if he hooked both sleeves with his thumbs and yanked it down so he could feast his eyes on her beautiful bare breasts?

Gage tipped her chin up with a crooked finger to bring her e But he didn’t take it with his Not yet

“So, let ht,” Cass ic, if I kiss you, that’ll prove I can separate business from pleasure?”

“Who said anything about kissing?” he countered “Is that what’s on yourme will make your point”

It was a dare and a challenge—guaranteed to get an in-control, powerful woht both full force Her mouth curved upward as she contemplated him “I think it’ll make your point, not mine”

“Oh?” Barely six inches separated their lips and he ached to close that distance “What point is that?”

She leaned in, alainst his, and it was ulfed hi awareness Her breasts brushed his chest aggressively and he nearly groaned with the effort it took to keep his fingers from her dress

One little signal and he’d slide his ar her into the fiercest kiss The only prayer he had of cracking that ice was to give her sorab on to with both hands

Public place, public place, public place, he reminded himself furiously

“Your point—if I recall—was that you’d use all the information at your disposal to seduce me,” she murmured throatily “I don’t think you have a shot”

“Guess there’s only one way to find out”