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“Not an hour longer”

She leaned in across the table “I’ve got people who count onme around—”

“I’ you around I’m a wealthy man, and I like to have what I want, but I also know thathandsomely for it The rules are in place to ensure you’ll be safe, but there are also rules that protect me”

“Protect you? From what?”

“Fro to the press and splashing my face and name all over the tabloids, etcetera””

“In other words, if I take this deal—”

“I’ to have you, anytime and anyway I want,” I finished

Her mouth popped open, and she bit her bottom lip and met my eyes

“It’s a lot to consider” She wrung her hands on the table “My father is sick, and I’m all he has”

I placed my hands over hers and stroked them with my thumb “Then I assume you aren’t in any position to say no”

I gave her a moment to mull it over “Should I have my man contact you?”

“As you said; what choice do I have?” I hated that her misfortune worked in my favor, but it wasn’t the first time, and in the end, the other women had been pleased with their time Most jumped at the opportunity, but there were a feere timid

“It’s a yes or a no, Carrie I can walk out that door and never see you again, but that would be a shaave her ave me one in return

“Then my answer is yes, so what do I need to do?”

I reached into my pocket and handed her a phone It was the same one I used for all my woed “Take this, and a man