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Jaeger scowled “Courtside tickets I am not happy” The doors to the elevator swished open, and Piper realized they were in the parking garage Except the garage only held Jaeger’s luxury SUV and a dangerous-looking superbike “You have a private garage?”
Jaeger nodded as the lights on his vehicle flashed He placed his hand on Piper’s back as she er door of his very expensive car “Sage,I think you’d like her, and she’ll definitely like you I’ll get the nae to find someone to sit with Ty”
Jaeger slammed her door closed and walked around the hood of the car When he was behind the wheel, Piper turned in her seat “I really appreciate the offer, but—”
“Just think about it I can see howa couple of hours for yourself”
“Thanks, but I can’t,” Piper said, her decision made She’d taken a couple of hours for herself just now She’d see the exhibition when the rest of the art lovers of the city did Her place was at home, with Ty
She had decisions to uilt and duty to navigate In one night he’d advanced her three ulp!—rocked her sexual world and offered her an opportunity to see her favorite artist’s ne She had to find a way to simplify this complicated and convoluted situation
Keeping her distance and not getting naked with Jaeger again would be a very good place to start
The next evening, Piper sent an anxious look toward her phone and wondered, for the hundredth tier about the advance He hadn’t ht, and he hadn’t contacted her today
She needed to make a firm offer for the house, but she didn’t want to call Sio back on his word, but until she had soible—money in her bank account would work—her hands were tied
Could she call Jaeger and ask hiainst the cool door of her fridge and wished she hadn’t slept with hiether made the conversation about money so aard
“Thanks for the Big O’s, but can we talk money?”
“It was a fantastic night, but can you transfer the cash?”
Man, being with Jaeger spun her world off its axis Being in his ared her internal universe Nothingwith Ballantyne, naked or not, terht
Not clever when she was risking Ty’s e and her battered heart
Piper banged her head on the door and closed her eyes And that hy sex and business shouldn’t , she would have to initiate another conversation about the sapphires For now she had a baby to feed and laundry to do Reports to write Friday night exciteht
As she tossed vegetables and chicken into the blender for Ty’s supper, she thought about Jaeger’s invitation to Latimore’s exhibition If their affair in Milan had ended differently, she’d be in her bedroo, her strapless bra She would feel Jaeger’s hot eyes on her as he watched her dress When she sat down in front of her dressing table in her lingerie to put on her makeup, she’d watch him button his shirt behind her
She could see hiray shirt with his sleeves rolled up and a gray vest Black tie She would pull on her stretchy LBD with its skinny spaghetti straps, liking the way the darted triangle bodice showed off her boobs She’d slowly, oh so slowly, bend over to put on her sexy silver sandals, and Jaeger would run his hands between her thighs His finger would sneak under her thong and he’d be touching her and, da into her stomach
The doorbell interrupted her very far-fetched X-rated fantasy, and she ju the switch to the lidless blender Vegetables volcanoed across the kitchen, splattering her white T-shirt, the counter and the floor