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While he reclined against the corner of the couch wearing just his sweatpants, she sat one cushion over, her legs crossed in front of her She’d put on her camisole and shorts, and he tried not to let the hard peaks of her nipples pressing against the silky material distract him The least he could do was let Raevynn finish a rare treat she hadn’t had in forever before he ravished her again

So, instead, he su they hadn’t talked about the past few days

“Rae, there’s so personal I’d like to ask you”

She lifted her gaze to his as her spoon dipped back into her ice crea”

He could tell that shehiaps of the past seven years But now that he’d brought it up, did he really want to go there? Did he really want to hear about Zane and Raevynn together, as a couple for three years? Not really, but he needed to know so he no longer had to speculate about the depth of their relationship And if she was truly over him

“Tell me about you and Zane Bishop”

Her eyes widened for a second, like a deer caught in headlights, before she glanced away and paid e Brownie

He frowned, finding her reaction strange “You don’t want to talk about it?”

She sighed and set her carton of ice creaaze again “It’s not that I don’t want to talk about it It’s that I shouldn’t talk about it”

He scratched at his te explanation “Okaywhy not?”

“Because I signed an NDA as far as my relationship with Zane Bishop is concerned”

He blinked at her in surprise, finding it extreme that she couldn’t discuss certain aspects of her personal life because she’d been expected to sign a confidentiality agreement “Is that normal between celebrities?”

“So “But there were extenuating circuI certainly owe you the truthand I trust that what I’ to leave this house?”

“Of course” He’d never betray her confidence

She rested her hands in her lap, her expression subdued “It was all a publicity stunt, created by my mother and Zane’s publicist”