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His lips hovered just above her ear as he softly sang the lyrics that acco black instru Emma between his arms She stepped closer to the piano to avoid contact with his body

With her luscious fra to hi his lower half against her round rear end He al those sexy curves in his pal out the music He lowered his head and inhaled her perfu ry with her?

Then he remembered

In the pause between songs, he whispered in her ear, “Your father and I had an interesting chat this afternoon”

Emma lifted her shoulder as a barricade “Cody mentioned that you had a proposition for Daddy”

Nathan had a proposition for her as well A proposition of a very different nature than what he’d discussed with Silas Montgomery

“Did your brother tell you e discussed?” he quizzed

“No”

“Aren’t you curious?”

“Should I be?”

Leaning down, Nathan nuzzled Emma’s temple “Your name came up”

She jerked away frolared at hi in her eyes, thethe ivories played the first bars of “Come Fly With Me” and conversation became impossible

What was going on? E bride-to-be But he was convinced she’d been behind the terms her father had presented earlier that afternoon Silas Montgo her heart desired, and Nathan knew Emma wanted him She’d certainly demonstrated that after he’d stolen her away froo So why had she bolted the instant she’d set eyes on hiht?