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“They all told you what to do?”

He shook his head “I a people I knohat they want What they need” He lowered his head for a moment “I don’t knohat I want I have never asked myself the question”

“And…and now?”

“I want you,” he said, raising his gaze, his eyes locking with hers “On ive you one You, in my bed until the deal is finalized at Barrows In the end, e part ways, perhaps if it is agreeable to you, you could take a slightly larger share of the product”

She shook her head “No I’ you buy me If you want me…if you want me, then maybe But I want to be ht you could get easily because of our situation I don’t want to be so she couldn’t deal with That he would feel like he owned her, this moment, for some reason

“My confession has given you second thoughts?” He released his hold on her

She bit her lip “I could say no, but it would be a lie”

“Come inside” He pulled a card out of his pocket and slid it through the reader It, of course, turned green and released the lock on the first try

She followed hi Because she didn’t knohat he would get her to agree to Her body ached It wanted, regardless of what her ht

He unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, then his sleeves, and turned to face her It was dark in the roo in a strange, dilow that made it all seem unreal

“If you decide you want me, then there would be rules”

“What rules?”

“You will learn to please ive it oal will be my pleasure I have never had a lover, Julia, and now that I have decided to take one, it will be on my terms”