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Chapter 1

Milton Campbell stared across the e why there was a half-naked fe around the front

The edge of her blond hair fell below her shoulder blades Porcelain skin shone like alabaster under the light of theHer torso was covered in black satin and lace, the edges lined in pink With her back toward hi over the mannequin, he could see that her frilly panties covered only half of her firrin as his stare slid down her lithe legs to her bare feet that stepped softly on the plush carpeting

Milton had fled his hotel room to escape the silence, but the city streets did little to calm his over-active brain It was late, and only the huht air Loneliness and worry plagued him, as it always did when he ay from the people who mattered most But the woman in thehad stopped him dead in his tracks

She had turned her body so that she now faced him, her head blocked by the , h that he could see Platinum locks fraht illuel

Milton ran his fingers through his hair The only angel that seeel of death And this perfect, sweet girl looked nothing like death

She san to ht in thedidn’t hold a candle to the brightness of her s

There was an ease about her, a confidence that not many possessed She had to be confident in order to stand naked in a storefor anyone to watch and adht

He stepped out of the darkness and felt the warmth of the street lamp shine down from above

Good thing he decided to give up his search for love and co at her he kneould have been forced to find out h thatlike aat its pair Would she have been the one to fulfill his dreams?

She glanced in his direction and he stepped back into the shadows, settling against the brick of the building with a sigh of relief Nor sexual conquests–seeht of the world he carried on his shoulders Yet the ht body lightened the eht was permanent and so was his sad fate, one he would never inflict on another person, especially not the beautiful, unsuspecting woman in the

Milton avoided perut He needed to walk away, because he knew one o Onehe had come to believe in

Aot a shiver that ran up her spine and settled as a warning tingle at the base of her neck So her

She turned around and looked out the storefrontof Satin & Lace into the dark, ehts was a black SUV Aerie store, but this was the first ti of discomfort settled in her stomach

Shaking it off, she turned her attention back to theon the bodice displayed the correct size

“Will you get out of that ?” A screech carried its way from the back office to the front of the store

Amie cursed under her breath as she turned her attention fro at Carrie’s sneer “You need a bell or so”

“Amie!” Carrie Taylor–her best friend and faux boss–raced over to the“I don’t like when you do that You’re inviting trouble, anyone can walk by and see you”

A she’d had not oneher “Cal, and I need to check the size of this bodice It’s the only one left”

“Why I agreed to pay you in lingerie I have no idea,” Carrie said, her exhaustion co out in her voice now

“Because I’ me in thisis bound to increase your sales I’m hot” Amie was the first to offer Carrie help when she took over the store alo, but she would never take her friends’in the store

“Is anyone ever going to be able to keep you in line?” Carrie asked