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“I insist,” he co”

“Well, I don’t know anything of national imy way to the top when I didn’t Victor was impotent”

He took her chin between his thuer “Don’t lie,” he warned

She lifted her free hand, intending to shove his disturbing touch away

He caught her wrist in midair, but what really held her iold in his eyes His irises glittered with more demand than this situation warranted It made her still out of curiosity

“Why would I lie?”

“Because you know I don’t want you if he’s had you”

She sucked in a shocked breath and instinctively tried to pull away

His grip on her wrist flexed lightly to keep her close “That wasn’t really what he was hiding, was it?”

Clair was plunged out of her depth, body reacting with alarm, mind splintered in all directions by what he’d said about wanting her

“I—I didn’t know until today that Victor was hiding anything,” she stanore the detonations of nervous exciteht he was exactly what he looked like A successful business into his eyes, but once his stare caught hers, she couldn’t look away Her nerves seared with soer here was subtle Sexual

“How did you meet him?”