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I rolled ,” I repeated It had been a long tiured I should start practicing now, before it really mattered

Rafiq chuckled and offeredme inside

“The penthouse, please, Ahh the intercom Ahmed didn’t reply, but pulled the car away from the curb and into traffic

Rafiq sighed and threw an ar this forto et familiar with your work”

I blushed and tucked my hair behind my ear “Well, wonderful and broke… I’ you It’s not like I’hed

“No… no you’re not,” said Rafiq lowly

So in his voice sounded different, and when I looked over to aze wandered slowly and deliberately down my face and body, like he wanted me to feel it

My heart stopped in aze, the , and my stomach tied up in knots

Rafiq reached over with his right hand and placed it firh, half-covered by the blue cloth of asped in surprise

“Rafiq,” I panted, “what are you doing?”

His hand was sliding uphis body over toward me “And I certainly think the same of you…”

With my forearh He ainst the leather seats, blinking in surprise

“Good God, are you kiddingdown the heement!”

Shock and confusion painted Rafiq’s face “It is a business arrangement, but it doesn’t have to be limited to that Why should it?”

“Actually, it does,” I said fir my arms I slid away from Rafiq on the bench seat, as close to the other door as I could get “And you’ll do well to ree artist, Rafiq, I’ve done it for long enough It’s your choice”

Rafiq’s silence was filled with anger, and it made the interior of the town car tense I was sure even Ahmed could feel it Rafiq didn’t reply, he just twisted his mouth up and turned away from me to stare out theWhen we arrived at the penthouse, he didn’t get out of the car with me Hell, he wouldn’t even look at me

“I’ to meet some friends in the city,” he said in a cold voice “Don’t wait up”

I scoffed “Why would I?”

I slammed the car door before he could reply and headed into the building without looking back as the town car roared away behind me