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She had definitely done the right thing by calling a halt to their fledgling love session

That didn’tteeth and a core terees lower than normal from the cold shower he used to temporarily suppress his unruly libido Just as he drifted off to sleep, the i on the bed beside hih to send his erection back to life and leave hiht

Chapter Eight

“He’s been cheating on you,” said Brenda with a purr of satisfaction as she slammed a handful of tabloid papers down on the table in front of Angelina Her pleasure was evident in the way she selina sat at the table in the airport, awaiting Connor’s arrival

For just a brief moment, her stomach squeezed with dread as she braced herself to see unpleasant proof of Connor’s relationships Brenda couldn’t know that he wouldn’t technically be cheating, though she was going to be angry with him if there was so this whole charade for his father’s benefit, and having Connor outed as a cheater wouldn’t be beneficial to anyone Unless he was setting it up as her out for ending the relationship before their ht days?

The pictures were lurid, all right, and featured Connor in a serious lip lock with a vivacious redhead She didn’t like looking at the pictures, though she did not examine too deeply why that was, and instead turned her attention to the headline, which screamed:

Playboy Racer Cheats On Fiancée Two Weeks Before He Pops The Question

She ski the photos were froed teekends before he had beento her to placate his father With a cool expression, she looked up at Brenda “Is that all?”

Brenda frowned, clearly having expected a greater reaction “It’s in all those different papers, and I was pro to be in even more”

Her eyes narrowed as she scanned the next paper, this one featuring an exotic-looking woo As she went through the gossipy article, her gaze grew even narrohen she ran across a suspicious quote that she read aloud, “A friend of the family confides that Connor’s fiancée was unknown to the faement party The source speculates there’s ns than affection in their union”

With a griust, she shook her head at Brenda “I’ who the close family source was” She scowled as another idea occurred to her “And probably the source of that leak when reporters soot the impression Connor had beaten me when Kevin hit me on accident” She felt bad for a moment, since she had assuht into her houess in Brenda’s startled expression “Do you really think any of this is going to end our engagement, Brenda?”

With the other wo to just throw caution to the wind and show up the day of the ceremony That would be her only reason, of course After all, she and Connor had been very careful to dance around each other the last week-and-a-half, carefully avoiding alone time and physical contact as s easier In fact, she was barely attracted to him at all

And she was the world’s biggest liar, especially when trying to get herself to believe that nonsense With a sigh, she returned her focus to Brenda

“If you really loved hied”

“Our relationship, and what it was before our engage here? I’ for Connor to arrive so we can fly to Monaco for the next grand prix—” She barely held back a groan of disht be there “Don’t tell le an invitation?”

Brenda sriht “I don’t really need to wrangle an invitation, as you put it I’m practically like a sister to Connor, and you’re the interloper here, not me In fact, I’m certain if I told Connor just how rude you’ve been to ement” She said the last word like it was a foul expletive