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She knew she could fall hard for Viktor in no time—hell, she felt like she was already halfway there But he didn’t exactly have a reputation for being in coet tired of her eventually

But do you really think that, after what he said to you?

Honestly, no, she didn’t think that, because Viktor wasn’t the type of man to make declarations like he had and not athered on her own, she knew he kept himself at a distance with people

His telling her he wanted her, that he wanted enuine

He was real, and you know that You just don’t want to realize or accept it

But Karina did want to accept it, because it’s what she wanted as well

“Stop,” she whispered to herself, grabbed the files she’d been working on, and got back to it She’d been i to stay out of Viktor’s way, because she was still wrapping her head around it all, even if she knehat she wanted

He’d been working on a big account, so his head had been in that, but she also didn’t , and the heat and emotions that bombarded her at every turn

“Karina, I’o?”

Karina stopped filing and looked at Barbara, who stood in the doorway There were a few other eet this done”

“Wantto Renaldo’s”

“I brought my lunch, but thank you” She s, her thoughts on Viktor, as they’d been for the last several days It also didn’t help that just until the other day she had still been pleasurably sore between her thighs, a remembrance of what they’d shared

Fortunately, Viktor wasn’t in his office and had left for a ave her the silence she needed to think Or maybe she didn’t need to think anymore? Maybe she just needed to either tell hiive it a try

The sound of the office doors opening and closing had her assu She finished filing the last bit of paperwork and stepped out of the backroo” Her words died in her throat when she saw Viktor standing by the receptionist’s desk, his jacketpulled off and his focus on her