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“I’ll only be a moment,” she called

The driver smiled, tipped his hat and said, “No hurry, Miss Taylor Take your time”

Shespot and dashed inside, ready to do battle She hadn’t erie It was her one indulgence or what she deeence since her sex life was so staid in the last few years that no one but her had a prayer of ever seeing what her underwear looked like

Hopping on one foot as she stepped out of her clothing, she went over to her drawer to find the erie she owned She settled on pink What wasthan pink?

Even growing up with a hoard of boys hadn’t erased the girly fro wasn’t an option But pink underwear she could do

Unsure of whether she’d return to her apart to work the next day—and she did like to be prepared for anything—she threw an outfit into an overnight bag along with her toiletries and a

lavender bra and panties

She did a quick check of hershe never did She turned off her BlackBerry and tucked it into her overnight bag Tonight was hers She needed no ree in fantasy, she was going whole hog

She locked up and hurried out her door to the street where the driver waited He ushered her into the backseat and they drove away into traffic

It a she found the whole experience She could be a mistress at the beck and call of her über-wealthy benefactor, discreetly bundled into a private car and rushed to meet him at an undisclosed location

“Get it together, Celia,” she muttered

Lord, but she did lose all her brain cells when it came to this man If she wasn’t careful, she’d throay all her independence and start greeting hi a kitchen apron with oven -hot casserole dish

Oddly but the ie wasn’t all that distasteful For the first few seconds anyway She laughed outright and it had the effect of soht bubble with a sharp pin

The driver looked up in the rearview ht face If he only knew the absurd thoughts she was processing

If she was truly the naughty girl of her fantasies, she would have ridden over with only a trench coat covering her sexy lingerie Then when she walked into Evan’s room, she could discard the coat and watch his reaction

The idea certainly had merit, and if she ever received another invitation such as tonight, she’d give it serious consideration

A few minutes later, the driver pulled up to the sumptuous hotel Evan resided in when he was in town, bypassed the main entrance and stopped at the second pull in where her door was immediately opened by one of the hotel staff

Maybe Evan had his own entrance The thought amused her, but then he had so much money, it wouldn’t surprise her

She was ie and was handed a keycard

“Mr Reese wishes for you to go right up,” the older man said

She blushed from head to toe She knehat it looked like Like she was soined on her way over—all set to have a clandestine

She took the key card, murmured her thanks, and shot past the door directly to the elevators Thankfully she bypassed the lobby entirely It seemed like everyone in the world knehat she was here for

In the elevator, she inserted her key and punched the button for the top floor She hisked to the

top in no time at all and stepped into the eerily quiet hallway There were only a few doors The rooe because she only counted four doors total Evan’s was on the very end, and she took a deep breath before inserting the key into the slot

When she opened the door and stepped inside, she i across the roo She could sense his impatience and see the triumph in his expression when she closed the door behind her

She stood there, un, as he put his drink aside and crossed the roo strides

“You came,” he murmured

He swept her into his arentle or even particularly careful Their bodies caether in a clash she felt all the way to her bones

“Did you think I wouldn’t?” she asked when she was finally able to draw a breath

His eyes glittered, and his throat worked up and down as if he was trying to hold on to his control

“If you hadn’t, I was prepared to go and drag you out of your apartment”

All her concerns fell away Nothing else mattered but the intense need they felt for each other

“Next time I won’t come I have s me off to his cave”

He growled low in his throat and before she could react, he had her in his ar toward the bedroom

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They made it as far as the dresser Evan slid her onto the polished surface of the wood and leaned in until she straddled his hips

“I swore this tiainst her mouth “Dammit, but when I see you, all reason flies out the door”

She hooked her legs around his back and pulled hiroin

“Has anyone ever told you that you talk too much?”

“Never a worily over her mouth

Her excitement mounted as Evan ripped at her shirt He shoved it down over her shoulders, trapping her arms to her sides His hands sripped her so hard, she knew she’d wear his prints

His breath blew hot over her chin and then her jaw He kissed a line to her ear then sucked the lobe

between his teeth

Shivers overtook her Delicate little goose bumps dotted her flesh until she trembled uncontrollably

He stepped back, his hands falling to the waistband of her pants His fingers hung in the snap and he stood there staring at her heaving chest

“You’re so beautiful”

He raised one finger to hook in the strap of her bra He ran it up then down, and he grazed the tip over the swell of her breast

“I love the lingerie”

She leaned back on the dresser, resting her pale