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He re to the balcony door and staring out across the park while rolling up the sleeves of his white dress shirt “I owe you an apology, too, Cate” Brows drawn together, he looks back at me over his broad shoulder “I should have been more careful about who I hired Impeccable credentials don’t speak to a person’s character I won’t ain”

“You don’t have to ’pologize”

“Yes, I do Your feelings being hurt is unacceptable” He holds aze “If anyone does it in the future, you’ll tell me immediately and I will handle it”

This tily Everywhere In the tips of ertips “Okay,” I murmur “I will”

He turns, crosses his are to kneel “How a to make it up to you?”

Kiss me

I ale to refrain Maybe the tutor was right Maybe I a body on top of mine To rut on top of me, the way I once saw Daddy do with Mama The way the ani around for a distraction, and s on the remote control “Could you maybe show me hoork the television?”

Tristan stares for a moment, a line bunched in his cheek, then nods “Of course”

Sloe approach the couch froaze trails down htly on a rocky exhale Is it because he likesand he disapproves? The whole time the tutor was here, she frowned at my chest, like it offended her Does it offend Tristan?

Not knohat else to do, I sit down on the couch

And I spy that hard part ofthe zipper of his black suit pants I know the e is there for reproduction Learned that ht before closing so no one would see me But I didn’t know it remained stiff all the time Tristan’s has been hard since the first ti up between ainst it, instinct co me to do so

Now,rabbing ?”