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I was so engrossed that I almost didn’t answer the knock at my door

The first thing I thought was to ignore it Who the hell knocks on a guy’s door at three o’clock in the afternoon? No one good So to bitch about so—no thanks Cops—no thanks The landlord—no thanks I didn’t owe any back rent, thanks to Devon Wilder

But the knock caain, and I put the book down Noas distracted I stood up and li the door

Holy shit

It was a woht blond hair, and blue eyes in a sweetly heart-shaped face that also featured a soft, sexy loss She had perfect skin and elegant hoop earrings that brushed against her flawless neck She was s at me, but her ive-a-shit twist that made you think of sex Just like that One look at her face, and you thought about fucking Fucking her Fucking anybody at all

I dropped ht on one hip, her long legs displayed She had a handbag over her shoulder and a coat on A trench coat-type thing, belted at the waist It only went tobut le thing underneath it, finishing in heels that were inches high

“Daniel Parker?” she asked

I was dule word tripped out of my mouth “What?”

She brushed past me and walked into ree down on a side table like she owned the place, and then she dug through it She pulled out a little square and put an iPhone on it, fiddled with a button

“This is from Andrew,” she said “Happy birthday!”

The , sexy music The blonde stepped forward, and her hands went to the belt of her trench coat

And that hen I realized she was going to strip

Chapter 2

Max

There isn’t much you can do when a wo, except stand there and watch

She tossed her hair and sashayed towardwith the belt of her coat as I stood there, staring I could have opened ht I was, that it was all a , but then she put a hand to theh me, woke up parts of my body I hadn’t even knoere asleep My blood pulsed hot Iwherever she wanted o

When the backs of s bumped the sofa, I sat down She stood just past ain, and the unreality of the situation washed overoff She’s actually going to do it

I shouldn’t let her But I couldn’t stop it And suddenly I really, really didn’t want to Vaguely, the last of nity reminded me that that made me an asshole Then she undid the belt and dropped the coat, and nity shut up