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“Any man who looks at you and only sees a bank balance is an idiot How could anyoneand unique you are?”

Her eyes rounded, his coenuine He wasn’t trying to seduce Wasn’t trying to play Still the words had co her in

If you want her, you can have her

No He wouldn’t

Still, the temptation burned so hot he was nearly consu he wanted To explore all her softness Her innocence

That was the true shame It was her innocence, his desire to tear off her armor and expose all that soft sweetness, that called to his that should keep hi her

And yet, were she another woman, more jaded, more purposefully seductive, he doubted he would have felt a thing

It was her differences The very things that made her forbidden That hat made her call to him

“You really think they’re ?” she asked

“Yes,” he said, knowing he should stop Knowing he should cut her down as effectively as he’d just built her up So at hi at him like he was some kind of hero

“How can everyone have missed it, Ferro?” she asked “What is it about s aboutwith s from me?”

“The truth? I think you’re too s And it’s clear you wouldn’t be able to connect with soe, and that frightens some men Or…makes them want to subdue it” She flinched when he said that “Also, I think you don’t really want any of the men who haven’t shown interest in you I think you’re more in control than you think”

“Do you?”

“You’re the kind of woet what she wants A billionaire before age twenty-one, a leader in the technology industry An aender I think you’re in ive yourself credit for”