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She had taken the job, gone to his house, let him take her clothes off all because she wanted to be with hiain She'd been so desperate for ive up all of the principles by which she lived her life Just like the first time

Hoas it that five seconds with Tyshe'd worked so hard to build?

And worse, why did she want nothingher call out his name? Especially when she'd vowed never to be in the saain?

Ty was bored Strip clubs had been a lot of fun when he enty-one, but as the years went by, he feltdancers shis and tassels He'd had roupies, stuffed twenties into countless G-strings The woether after a while

Still, he tried to look like he was having a good tiht He'd called his friends and told them to meet him at the Hustler Club It was imperative that he be surrounded by a party and plenty of naked woh to whip out their cell phones and take pictures of him

Somebody would try to ht where he wanted her

Until then, he supposed he'd have to keep stuffing dollar bills into the dancers' G-strings, et a lap dance or two, make some personal sacrifices just to keep up the ruse

He grinned, already looking forward to seeing her bright and early to in Bobby's office

The phone rang at 7:00 AM, waking Julie out of a deep sleep Saturday was the only day she allowed herself to sleep later than sunrise But since she hadn't actually fallen asleep until what felt like a few o, she was completely disoriented when she picked up the phone

A southern draas the last thing she expected "Ms Spencer?"

She quickly sat up in bed, pushed her hair back fro her bright and early on a SaturdayShe sed past the sawdust in her mouth

"Speaking"

"I believe I hired you to reform the finest player on my team?"

What had Ty done? Because whatever it was, she had to hand it to hi

Right at her chest

"Yes, sir," she said "Mr Calhoun and I o over our preliminary plan"

"Did your plan include late-night visits to strip clubs, my dear?"

Strip clubs? Oh, God! Shock and hurt hit her square across the chest He'd gone froer's naked body

She knew she didn'tto him, but it hurt to have it slap her in the face

Before she et her brain around a reply, he said, "We're infor you Aren't we, Mr Calhoun?"

From a distance, she heard Ty call out, "Hey, Julie You ht"

His nerve was alo

"I'm on my way," she bit out, but the phone was already dead in her hands

While she set a speed record for showering, getting dressed, and putting on ined all the different ways she could ory enough or involved enough prolonged torture to suit her

She wanted blood and by God, she was going to get it

CHAPTER NINE

Good , sunshine"

The srated in the face of Ty's cheerful,

too-gorgeous-for-his-own-good-and-hers-too greeting

After a night of carousing, it just wasn't fair that he should look so good He was still an irresistible bundle ofthe ar skin rather than cold leather

At least she presented a pretty picture in front of her nemesis and the very powerful, rather unattractive man who'd hired her to perform a miracle She'd known plenty ofpower in theway possible Without fail, the women who bested these men were not siracious as well

Her blouse was appealing without being overtly sexy, and if ever there was a time for the little pink skirt that swished around her knees and the shoes with the cute bows on the back of the heel, thiswas it