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“You reprehensible, conscienceless…” Her voice dried up, which was probably best She was shaking and liable to get personal Mention that scar, for instance
“Conscienceless,” he repeated through lips that peeled back in a snarl He closed her file and took up awith? Read that, then tell me who is conscienceless and reprehensible”
CHAPTER TWO
ALEKSY TOLD HIMSELF he was only confir to run into her Nevertheless, the part of hi with a sense of anticlimax would leap on another chance to verbally tussle with her Until she’d read the memo, paled, then walked out in stunned silence, Clair Daniels had been—
Forget her, he ordered hiaeable women, just the types who enjoyed physical pleasure and material wealth over love Clair had obviously fallen into that category, asking if he was offering a package She’d been royally peeved when he turned her down, displaying the kind of passionate anger that suggested an equally passionate—
Stop it He was here to take ownership of one more acquisition That was all
He keyed in the entry code to the fireneric opulence The plants looked very well tended Unfortunately that was the only thing recoht of modern convenience No expense was spared in the white leather furniture or silk rugs over marble tiles, but it lacked…
Traces of her
Absently stroking his thuh a dining room that held no fresh flowers The white duvet on the master bed was undented The bathrooerie In the kitchen, the pantry shelves were bare of all but the minimum staples She’d vacated so completely, it was as if she’d never lived here at all
How, then, would he find—
He caught the faint sound of a feh a wall and cocked his head, instantly alert Moving past the refrigerator, he found an unlocked door to a laundry room On the opposite side another door opened into a narrow kitchen, where the scent of toast lingered Beyond, in a e peppered with colorful throws, unopened mail and abandoned shoes, Clair Daniels stood She had her back to hihs were a pants
The internal wolf that had been pacing restlessly inside hi his heart in his chest and slah his limbs He was furious to find her here, but he smiled
She hung up, turned and screamed
Clair clapped a hand over heras he looked, as frightening as it was to have a man appear in her private space, she instantly knew she wasn’t in real danger At a very deep level, she’d been expecting hinored it
Dropping her hand, she accused, “You scared the life out of me!”
“It wouldn’t have happened if you’d left as you were told” He no longer wore the suit jacket and tie froray shirt strained across his chest, barely containing his big shoulders and thick biceps He’d turned up his sleeves, revealing strong flat wrists and a ruthlessly siold watch
She had an urge to touch his arm to see if it was as hard as it looked, which was ridiculous Men fell into two categories for her: Get lost and Friends is friendly enough She’d never been silly over boys and had always found wo She was capable of noticing a et hot and weak-kneed Ever Especially overThis quivery, oversensitized version of herself was not her
And yet she watched with fascination as heat his exclusive watch, then flicking his gaze toward her bedrooainst the wall “You’ve packed at least”
“I haven’t unpacked fro defiance at hio a boost to let hi under his every word She didn’t like what he was doing to her and wanted to make it stop Under no circumstances did she want hi over her