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Above all, when she told him what to do, he’d do it

“I’ her again

“I’m not okay” He bent his head to murmur into her ear “And I like you where you are”

His breath on her skin and his hard thigh between her legs—hell, his voice alone—ripped through her in a white-hot streak of lust

Insanity She needed that nice man, pronto, so she could slake this thirst A couple of rounds with Mr Gentle-and-Attentive and she’d be good for another year or so Gage Branson wouldn’t cause so much as a blip on her sex radar

“This is supposed to be business only,” she reminded him, but her voice cracked in theanyway

“Hold still”

Eyes on her hair, he reached up and plucked one chopstick fronon, tossed it to the wooden slats under their feet and went for the other one as she yelped

“What are you doing?” she protested as her hair spilled down her back

“I couldn’t help it” His own voice broke as he threaded both hands through the strands, winding up the locks around his fingers, a groan rue “Your hair It’s so beautiful Why do you put it up?”

“It’s professiona—”

His mouth hit hers and stole the rest of her words as he kissed her into stunned silence Hot and wet, his tongue slid through her lips and pleasured her relentlessly

Tugs at her hair tilted her head back, and he took her deeper into the sensuous haze She lost all sense of up or down, all sense period because, oh, yes, Gage was kissing her again and she wanted it

The eenda If she could separate business from pleasure, she could surely separate pleasure from love No broken hearts this ti of Fun and have some

Without warning, he pushed her against the wooden post It wasn’t brick biting into her back Close enough