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“Michael?” she snapped as she disappeared froht

And with a grin, Harvard answered her summons

Honestly, just when you thought you had aHadn’t she ether? What would be the point in hi back to his own room?

A thought occurred to her as she rounded the bed “Are you trying to be sensitive because my father had a heart attack?” she asked hih the door “Because it was only a mild one, and it wasin secret”

Harvard locked the door before staring at her “You’re naked”

Rachel rolled her eyes That was the kind of astute observation she expected froht have sex But you were in the other room”

He shook his head as if dazed “Why do I get the feeling you’re ordering sex the same way you’d order a pizza?”

Now he really was irritating her “Have I ns? Do you not want to have sex withthese past few days purely a ency roo around like that surely can’t be healthy”

His gaze flickered between her face and her breasts “I knohat you’re doing, Rachel You’re picking a fight so we’ll have angry sex and you can keep soed out of his shirt and tossed it onto the chair, exposing an expanse of oing to help you If you want to make love, you’ll have to ask me nicely and make me feel like you want me and not just a body to use to ease your tension”

“Oh, for the love of Gucci” She threw up her hands “When did men become all sensitive? It’s only sex If you don’t want it, feel free to go back to the guest roo him the side closest to the door

“Yeah, you’d like that Because you like distance You don’t like up-close andvulnerable” He took off his trousers and underpants and stood, naked and proud, hands on hips, staring at her A beautiful, thick, long erection pointed in her direction Which was very distracting

“Thank you for your analysis,” she said, dragging her eyes froth “I could have saved thousands in therapy if I’d just met you sooner”

As usual, her coly calm “Relationships are messy They’re emotional And they don’t work if one of you refuses to be vulnerable and trust that the other person will take care of you”

“This Isn’t A Relationship” She lay on her back and tugged the bedcovers up around her, then tightened the her arms down hard “I don’t understand why that doesn’t sink in I’ to think it would be easier to train a cat”

“You don’t train a lover, Rachel” He lay down on the bed andhis body Instead, he lay there like a cake buffet outside a Weight Watchers