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She hesitated—and it irritated hi a slip of a woman take a moment to think it over, look him over, wasn’t acceptable

“As you leave,” he co out all of Van Eych’s trophies, Miss Daniels That includes you”

She flinched but remained tall and proud Her icy blue eyes searched his, confir he was serious

As the heart attack that killed your meal ticket, he conveyed with contempt

She turned away, and loss unexpectedly clawed at him

He didn’t have ti inside Inexplicable satisfaction roared through hiht he craved, but what else could he expect from a wo away from what she wanted

Keeping her hand on the doorknob, she tossed her hair back and asked with stiff authority, “Who are you?”

Unwillingly, he adhtiness At least she made a decent adversary He wiped the taint of dust fro his hand in a dare “Aleksy Dmitriev”

Another brief hesitation; then, with head high, she crossed to tentatively set her hand in his It was chilly, but slender and soft He iht touch down his abdoers wrap around his hot shaft

He didn’t usually respond to women like this, rarely let sex thrust to the forefront of his arded with such derision, but attraction clamored in him as he closed his hand over hers It took all his will not to use his grip to drag her near enough to take complete ownership, hook his arm across her lower back and mash her narrow body into his

Especially when she quivered at his touch Sheit disconcerted her, but she’d been sleeping with asexually excited was her stock in trade It made him sick, yet he still responded to it He wanted to crowd her into the wall and kindle her reaction until she was helpless to her own need and he could sate his

Disappointh his center He wanted her, but she’d already let his enemy have her