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Her growing excitement made him smile and eased them into a comfortable discussion of the floor plan and her ideas for fixtures and where she planned to put thees and additions she wanted The woman definitely had a vision inwith an indecisive client

Then he showed her the drawings for the hotel rooms on the second and third levels of the structure, each one with an adjoining bath Every room looked square and basic at this point, and it was up to Te, plain room into whatever concept she had in mind

Which made him curious about her unique idea “You said that these hotel rooetaway How so?”

“Each room will have a certain the enthusiastically as she explained “So a classic heart-shaped bed and one of those iconic chalass hot tubs I also have an idea for a Pretty Woman suite Others will be hts thelamorously decorated that make a couple feel like they’ve escaped into their own little world And of course, I’ll have a few sexier rooeon décor, and a leather red roouests bring theh “I think women will really love that concept”

He had no clue who Christian Grey was, but the description of that last rooht to hio along, and now that I have your initial approval on the plans, I think we’re finished here for the ti”

She nodded her agree him an update on the purchase, which he knew she and her brothers had paid cash for so they’d bypassed a thy and complicated transaction “As soon as I have the keys, we canso you can see the inside to take measurements or any pictures you need, and we can talk about more specific details of construction”

He rolled up the drawings and secured them with a rubber band “Yes, that would be the next step, and froet peret the renovation underway”

They were done, theirover He expected Tempest to collect her purse and leave, but instead she round a few feet fro

“So, now that business is out of the way, are we going to finally address the elephant in the room?” she asked, that sexy, sassy attitude of hers like a precise stroke to his dick “Or are you going to keep pretending as though that night never happened?”

Chapter 7

Leave it to bold, daring Teht to the point and force theo, since he’d avoided doing so since leaving her apartht

He exhaled a harsh breath and dragged his hand along his jaw Bottom line, he knew his behavior had been inexcusable and borderline barbaric, and as much as he didn’t want to talk about what, specifically, had driven hiy at the very least

As she crossed her arms over her chest and waited for him to answer, her brow arched expectantly Thank God the vulnerable eer there, but he didn’t doubt for a second that she’d been very hurt by his actions

“I’m sorry about what happened between us,” he said sincerely, trying his best to sht put ered his mental shift, and for noas the best he could offer her “I apologize for co I never should have touched you”

Her nantly, looking retful statement “You really are an asshole”