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Chapter One

Sebastian Knight’s head pounded like athrough one eye and into his brain He groaned and rolled over, burying his face in the pillow At twenty-six, wasn’t he too daover like this? Yeah, he’d have to relass of tequila and asked the bartender to keep thee deal with his brothers for their tech coone ho their success After that, Sebastian didn’t remember much

A flash of red flickered through his mind A woman with flame-hued hair had joined him at the bar He recalled the unusual color and the obviously fake but very teht dress, along with his body’s reaction to her assets

Shit

Was he alone now?

He lifted his head and opened his eyes, not seeing anyone lying beside hi where he was, but froeneric feel and look of the place, it was definitely a hotel room An upscale suite but a hotel nevertheless

Memory came back in small increments

The deal they’d landed was to supply state-of-the-art locks to a defense contractor They’d outbid some major players when Sebastian had stepped in and closed the deal, so he excelled at and his brothers counted on him to do

They’d headed to The Bar at the Baccarat Hotel in order to celebrate Toasted their success He’d taken his first sip of Don Julio 1942, and it had gone down smooth

And though hethe elevator ride up to this hotel roo his escape froht stand, hopefully without too much of a scene

The click of a door sounded, and the redhead walked out of the bathrooe was as ample as he remembered, her hair as red, her face? Not as pretty as he’d have hoped or as she’d probably appeared to his drunk self

He scrubbed a hand over his gritty eyes and pushed up to a sitting position

“Morning, lover” She started toward him, her stride confident, but he wasn’t in the mood for small talk or sex

Instead of waiting for her to ease onto the side hilanced down to find his pants, grateful to see a torn condoe on the floor beside his clothes Thank God, even in his inebriated state, he’d been s up