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Stop it Steadying her knees and pulling her shoulders back, she resolved not to be intih all he wanted, but she had her own principles: loyalty, a debt of gratitude and a personal honor that demanded she live up to her word

She was terrified, but she’d sleep with him because she’d said she would

Her luggage was gone froed from his shower

It was an unexpected slap in the face for Aleksy Women never rejected him Given the math Clair had scratched into a notebook on the plane, he had considered their deal et out of it?

Snatching up hisonly a towel, he strode froe Down at the far end of the flat, as far as she could get froh it, noted her open suitcase on the bed and heard the hair dryer click on in the bathroom

The release of tension in hi

Get a grip, he ordered himself as he returned to his room She was only a woman, the same as all the others he’d taken into his bed Yes, there was a certain satisfaction in claih to hunt thata few more hours for this final conquest

The short flight to Paris had been unbearable, though, the drive fro to hold herself behind an invisible shell, while his senses had been hory to learn about his partner, but he hadn’t wanted to reveal his curiosity

He didn’t want to feel it She shouldn’t be drawing hily

When she’d turned that look of longing on hi in hi on her Whether it had been a tease or real, he had ached to accept her invitation like nothing he’d ever wanted, even his lifetie He’d controlled himself because any weakness for women had always been a distraction he couldn’t afford He wouldn’t let a habit of a lifeti in London when she’d thron her condition that the money had to clear

His saving grace had been that she had been panting too; it was affecting him The women he usually went for enjoyed sex, but with Clair the cheenda, but her desire was interfering with it It was an unbelievable turn-on; it enthralled him

Surely once he’d had her the h It had to This obsessiveness was intolerable