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She kept her expression un as she’d been taught Forest weapon Her only weapon

“I regret I did not correctly understand your request, sir,” she said stiffly “I have brought up a newly prepared sandwich for your dinner” She gave him a little bow “Now, if you please, I will leave you to the peace and tranquility of your own company”

“Stop”

So in his voice made her obey Slowly she turned back to face him

His face was dark He ca “I never should have done it”

“Thrown the tray?” she agreed

His dark eyes seared through hers “Made love to you in Paris”

For a moment, she couldn’t breathe

Her desire for her boss threatened everything she held dear Her career Her self-respect Her soul

She forced herself to straighten “I don’t remember any such incident, sir”

“Don’t you?” he said in a low voice He reached down to stroke her cheek His fingertips were featherlight as he turned her chin to aze, and she shivered at his touch, at the intensity of his dark eyes “If you cannot remember it, then I must have been mistaken,” he whispered “I didn’t kiss you, then I didn’t feel your body treainst mine”

“No, you didn’t” She could hear the rasp of her own breath, was choked by the frantic beating of her heart “It never happened”

He leaned forward “Then why,” he said, “have I thought of nothing else?”

Her knees shook She was so close to surrender So close to acting like all the others, to flinging herself at him But there could be only one end to that She’d seen it played out too many times

Rafael Cruz was ruthless He broke women’s hearts with careless pleasure