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“She hates us, doesn’t she?”

“What did you think would happen? You bought her in a poker ga for cars or horses? Cash? Why her, Deac Why?”

Deacon pushed off the couch and paced around the roo his head “She is incredible” He’d never seen olden—it al to be easy”

“You wanted an empress”

“Instead I got a caged panther”

Cole stood next to him “I’d say back out of the deal, but…”

He cut hio”

Cole shook his head “No We can’t On this, I actually agree with you for once Even if I coree with how she came to us”

“Are you ever going to stop giving me shit about it?”

He knew he gaot out of hand, but this was the one ti woeous tits and an ass that was round and soft And there was an entirely unexpected side—she was an artist

It was a part of his life he had never been able to share with anyone before He had collected for years Toured the world, visiting the ious collections he could find

“She isn’t going to go for this, Deac”

“Then, we do it the old-fashioned way,” he decided

“Old fashioned way?” Cole questioned

“We seduce her with everything we have We will be relentless Put everything on the table Everything”