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‘It wasn’t Paris by ht that seduced you, Darci’ Luc’s voice had hardened iht that seduced ently ‘Darci, no matter what I may have said to you previously, you oodbye to you at the end of this weekend’

‘You won’t have any choice in the matter,’ she cut in decisively ‘I already have a very full life, Luc, and I certainly don’t have any rooht have decided he wants to hop in and out of lared at him stubbornly

Luc’s eyes narrowed to icy slits even as he acknowledged that Darci’s accusation ht be true—was true!—of all his previous relationships

‘It is exactly because you have these sort of prejudices where I’m concerned that the two of us need to talk,’ he placated huskily

‘Before or after we’ve gone to bed together?’ Darci retorted

‘That, my dear Darci, is entirely up to you,’ he drawled

Really, the arrogance of the man—to believe that her capitulation earlier entitled hiate an affair with her!

A relationship which, loving hiht-hearted affair for her that it would be to Luc…

‘I’m sorry, Luc, but I don’t do affairs,’ she told hi away from him towards the lift

Totally aware of Luc’s dark gaze on her back every step of the way!

He was still standing where Darci had left him when she turned, once inside the lift, and pressed the button to ascend His expression was unreadable, his gaze enigain when the lift doors closed on him

What was she going to do? she wondered desperately as the lift went up

She loved Luc Of that she had absolutely no doubt

Just as there was no doubting, froh to initiate an affair

An affair that Darci had once believed she would accept, if it was ever offered, but no that she couldn’t

Just as she also knew that she wouldn’t be able to resist Luc if he should ain…