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I thought I had passed the season of fantasizing about having sex with strangers I reach for my whiskey and shoot it From the corner ofto Lothian He rises with all the pomposity he can muster and leaves with the waiter

I transfer ain She has collapsed backwards into the chair Her shoulders sag and her relief is obvious She stares moodily at the tablecloth, fiddles with her purse and frowns Then, she seehts troubled her, and lets her glance wander idly around the roo like theently shifting black gauze my breath is suddenly punched out of , irresistible call to hunt To possess

To own her

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Lana Bloom

It can have been only seconds, but it seees that I aer’s insolent eyes When I recall it later I will reainst his tanned throat, and swear that even the air between us had shiround sounds of cutlery, voices and laughter had faded into nothing It was as if I had wandered into a strange and co universe where there was no one else but me and that devilishly handsome man

But in this universe I am prey

The powerful spell is broken when he raises his glass in an ironic salute Hurriedly, I tear aze away, but my thin façade of poise is co up into

What the hell just happened?

I can still feel his gaze like a burning tingle on my skin To hide, I bend my head and let my hair fall forward But the desire to dare another look is so immense it shocks me I have never experienced such an instant and physical attraction before

With broad shoulders, a deep tan, sue-cool, catwalk hair that flops onto his forehead, he looks like one of those totally hot and brooding Abercroe and fierce

Devastatingly more

But I aers, or to find acheeks, and forceRupert to agree to my proposal He is my last hope

My only hope

Nothing could ever bethere with such a man as hione This cold, pillared place of opulence is where rich people coh the doors bearing a covered tray I feel out ofto scratch several places ondementedly inside my stomach

Don’t ruin this, I tell ain ether and fir mouth out of my mind I must concentrate on the horrible task ahead But those insolent eyes, they will not go So I bring to er’s eyes are hten my back Prepare myself