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She reent thrust—as if he’d wanted to lose so of himself deep inside her And hadn’t she felt exactly the same? As if her whole life had been spent in preparation for that moment She re not once, but twice, in rapid succession And he had laughed—softly and triu lips and telling her that she handled better than any of his cars

‘Yes, we spent the night together,’ he said i her sentence, and Erin blinked as Dimitri’s voice shattered her erotic memories She ca dress and the unforgiving coldness of his face as he paced around his vast apartment

‘We had a night of sex which should never have happened,’ he continued harshly ‘I thought we both decided that That it had been a mistake’

Erin nodded That hat he had said theafter, and she’d felt there had been no choice but to agree What else could she have done—clung to his naked body and begged hiain? Told him that she wanted to care for him and save him, and keep him safe from the aorld he inhabited? She re away from her breasts and the sombre look which had coot out of bed, as if he hadn’t been able to wait to get away froht have had for a repeat ‘I’m not the kind of man you need, Erin,’ he’d said abruptly ‘Go and find yourself someone nice and kind Someone ill treat you the way you should be treated’

After that, dignity had seemed the only way forward, especially when he’d left the country the next day and kept co the weeks which had followed

‘And we used a condo into a scowl ‘I always do’

His words seemed intended to remind her that she was just one ofsticky as she buried the dress ‘I knoe did,’ she said

‘I never wanted a child,’ he added bitterly

She knew that, too He’d e and childhood That e was an expensive waste of time and some people were never cut out for parenthood Was that one of the reasons why she’d balked at telling hinancy—terrified he would try to prevent her fro round to his apart out her momentous news—and what she had found there had o back

But his conde to life inside her and that soht of Leo’s innocent face—all flushed and warth washed over her ‘Then pretend you don’t have a child,’ she said fiercely ‘Pretend that nothing has changed, because I have no intention of forcing so on you which you don’t want You can walk away and forget you ever found out Leave me with our son and don’t let it trouble your conscience Leo and I can e perfectly well on our own’

Erin saw so in his icy eyes and she re with So he seemed almost to enjoy Because dissent implied battle and Diht

‘You can e perfectly well?’ he questioned softly

‘Yes,’ she said, aware on so exactly where that trap lay