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Chapter 1

Carrie Taylor slowly slid on her creation, a black satin corset trie of confidence that seemed to appear whenever she wore skierie was the ultimate sexuality booster and all women, every woman, needed to feel that every once in a while

For Carrie, the last year had been life changing, literally She was no longer eerie store She owned it Her pipe dreaerie–it wasn’t a dreah so the finishing touches on her newest piece to display at the National Bridal Show this weekend

For theto fit and design the samples on her own body It was a little impossible now that Aleks Turko had moved into her home Her parents’ home, actually He broke any little scrap of concentration she had Like now She could hear her brother and Aleks cat-calling at the television downstairs, and it seerew louder

Carrie sashayed in front of theher work The lace-tri was perfectly positioned It pushed up her ae that any ed her hips, and peeking through the lace, she could see the creamy color of her skin and the line of her sex She didn’t bother putting on the tiny thong that –flawless The lace–smooth, not one pull or loose strand “Carrie?” She heard a loud double knock, then the door swung open

“Aleks! Get the hell out”

He froze in the doorway For a ht he was scared speechless Scared speechless looked good on hiood on him

“Could you ?”

He see my eyes now, Care Bear I’ve already seen it all”

Carrie felt her face flush, and her neck and chest get itchy with e to be embarrassed about She looked damn hot, but still, it was Aleks

She reached for a long piece of fabric and wrapped it around her body, covering her stomach and lower half Carrie could feel his eyes on her Heating her blood Penetrating the sheer fabric she used toher reht

“Aleks! Why are you staring?”

He shook his head as if to focus, his shaggy chestnut hair bouncing around When his eyes finally ” She looked down at the s her breast line “Don’t you have mannequins to do that with?”

“Yes, but it’s always better to see it on the real thing” She needed to get the proportions right Proportions that would fit a real body

Aleks continued to stare at her He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, as if the situation made him uncomfortable Quite unlike the confident Aleks she had known almost her entire life

He cleared his throat “Is that new? I haven’t seen it before”

“I thought I should have so non-bridal for the show this weekend, just in case Why do you thinkout of time” She rested one hand on her hip “Shouldn’t you be on the other side of the door?”

He smirked “Probably”

“Then why aren’t you?”

“Just wanted to know if you were going to join us tonight We have beers with your name on them”

“I can’t I have a date” Dave Now that the day had finally come, Carrie couldn’t remember

why she’d agreed to go out with hiain