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Wondering why, she looked down and saw that a small trickle of milk had escaped her left breast She felt a squir mother She wouldn’t, couldn’t, be ashamed of it But still…

He raised a dark eyebrow at her, then lowered his head and slowly licked the other breast with his rough tongue She sighed with pleasure She gasped as he lowered his head between her legs

He worked his tongue with agonizing slowness, spreading her wide to taste the very heart of her The full thickness of his tongue see her quivering and taut with longing

Gripping his hair with her hands, she stared up at the ceiling, knowing she should make him stop, that she should pull away, but she couldn’t She was naked in his office, her thighs spread wide on his any desk, and her boss—the playboy desired by woue until she thought she would explode

And then she did She heard a loud cry and realized it had come from her own mouth For a few seconds afterward all she could do was breathe, and Nikos took her in his ar her close as he whispered endearments Anna realized that he wasn’t even all the way naked But he was all the way hard She could feel that through his tailored pants, pressing against her And yet he wasn’t trying to make love to her

Why not?

She started to stroke hiht her hands His eyes, looking down at her, were vulnerable “Marry me, Anna Be my wife”

Yes

Yes

God, yes

“I can’t” It felt horrible to say Ungenerous and so, so wrong And it wasn’t what she wanted Especially when it ether, but I can’t marry you, Nikos It would never work”

“So you say” He pulled away fro in her direction started to put on his shirt

She sat up, still naked, feeling dizzy “Don’t you understand? We’d never be happy together”

“No, I don’t understand I see only a spoiled woman who is determined to toss away happiness with both hands”

“You don’t love ue

Instead, he cut her off with, “And you don’t lovejust moments before, now expressed icy conte to do what’s best for him I wish you would do the same”

“I a

“Right” He rapidly buttoned up his shirt “What have I done to make you hate me, Anna? What did I do that was so horrible? What have I ever done except try to take care of all of us? One of us has to take responsibility for the faive a damn”

“Wait—that’s not true—you know it’s not true!”

His lip curled as he turned to go “I’o find Sinistyn and handle hi Michael’s stepfather Because apparently you have a proble him no Unlike me”

“I’et involved”

“Too late”

“It’s not your problem, it’s mine I should be the one to—”

“My God, you really don’t trust me at all, do you? No matter what I do or say, you won’t accept ht er” He stopped in the doorway “I always adood sense you have as a secretary is lacking in you as a woman”

His words struck her to the bone His face was in shadow as he added quietly, “Look through the résuivewith you”