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“You didn’t like it?” she asked anxiously as he drew her to her feet

“If you don’t get a condo ain” He couldn’t believe the quiet, husked voice was his own He sounded tender He even felt a deep, co inside hi the expansive need in him

The phrase still caused her blue eyes to glitter with jubilation That naked look nearly ht there and then

He cupped her head so he could swoop hisin his power to convey his desire, to bestow as much pleasure as he could Her sweet moan, the plaster of her lithe body into his, was his reward

Swinging her into a cradle against his chest, he made the bedroom in record tiet it on without erupting He re of delicate lace while she pushed off her top, her breasts hot and da her onto the bed beneath hihs apart, he couldn’t resist testing her arousal, finding her so wet and ready she bucked at the first touch of his fingers

In one triu raced down his spine as he ain

CHAPTER ELEVEN

ALEKSY TOLD HIMSELF he was allowing the relationship to continue, and deepen, for Clair’s sake Of all the men she’d come across in her life, she found hi himself at her service It would be unkind to deprive her of an opportunity to explore her sensual nature At least he knew she was unique and treated her accordingly Soreed No one had ever gone out of their way to make her happy She deserved to be spoiled in every way, so he was doing it

It wasn’t his usual exchange of luxuries for sex either They were both getting exactly what they wanted fros

Hiswhen his housekeeper had called in sick Clair had made him breakfast As her short robe had fluttered around her bare thighs, teasing hirown so hard his appetite for food had fallen to a distant second behind his hunger for her She’d noticed

Seated on a kitchen chair, he’d pulled her to straddle hi out the love each other crazy until he’d had to knock his eggs to the floor and take her on the table, urged to thrust hard and fast by her breathy pleas They’d cliether, vocal and near violent, and had been equally shaken and quiet afterward

He’d taken her back to bed, where she’d slept against hiht on his chest He had dozed, butto use a condom

What was he trying to do, tie her to him forever?

He hadn’t brought hiainst him, but later in the day she’d shyly infornancy was an issue and that they’d have to curtail their favorite activity for a few days

A weight of disappointment had settled on him, one he’d bla and even though he was still fogged with sexual satisfaction, he was also aware of a cloud of unease hanging over him

Guilt

The more he learned about Clair, the e of her If he had the least shred of conscience in hi her natural reserve evaporate was positively entrancing She hadhi love with hi up to that?

Unable to bring the ends of this particular rope together, he stopped gazing out theand gave up pretending that he orking His ambition was nonexistent He’d only been in the office an hour, but he began to pack up for lunch, excited as a schoolboy for the ring of the bell Lazlo had inadvertently revealed while arranging Clair’s credit card the other day that her birthday was co up She had become flustered and dismissive when Aleksy had asked her how she wanted to celebrate, eventually confessing that birthdays had always been a disappoint with Christmas

He was deter with a visit to the city’s best jeweler on his way tothe way she reacted when he surprised her with toys and trinkets didn’t make him selfish, he told himself It was the opposite