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And as for dressing up—or down—it wasn’t an option Either he accepted her soer had the luxury of owns, nor did she feel a need to conforurus of fashion

And if she didn’t do soht as she ru forherself

She stripped off, shrugged into the robe’s co to lay her head on the pillow—the one that smelled of him—just for a moment Then she’d have that soak and then…

CHAPTER NINE

CAM closed his folder and glanced at his watch as the last of the attendees exited the roo late since he arrived this

It didn’t usually bother hi up for lost tiht wasn’t one of those nights Tonight anticipation snapped at his heels and he couldn’t wait to be out the door

That brought him up short Slon, Cam It wasn’t as if he needed to see her, he assured himself He didn’t need anyone Need threatened control, soht for most of his life, and won

So he sent his driver home and set out to walk the forty minutes to his apart tree-lined Collins Street where spring was showing itself with tiny green buds glea trams and harried pedestrians at one of the busy intersections Workers were crayled with car exhaust fumes

He found his pace picking up and slowed once ain, and too much for his peace of , the artist herself was a…fringe benefit A diversion

Yet even as he told hi hian was one hell of a diversion…and a whole lot more The fact that they clashed on so many points only added to the appeal

And the sex was…More It was the only description he could come up with

He found hi and rode the elevator up He’d been surprised to learn she caed Why would her parents have nothing to do with her? There was obviouslyto let hiood reason not to trust her too easily