t you're forgetting in our little exchange is that without someone like me, you're nothing. I have the money. I have the contacts. And while selling

get down to business with a mutual understanding that ne

g up the phone. It's the first time since I've started Wicked Ways that I've been made t

ke off the sudden inferio

other highly skilled,

through them

n willing to fulfill yo

s, and something about the way he

ier. One woman who is yours when you need her to b

but when I do, I expect her to be there. No scheduling conflicts. No ifs, ands, or buts. My job

y. And as I assured you, th

e one woman I wanted is the one woman y

l educated. Classy. Current on politics and world events. Able to playthe part." I say the words but know that I

screened

night with a woman, he sure as hell wanted to feel her, skin on skin. Add to that the terms that Lola signed in return stating that she wa

s all of my girl

s by my doc

was one point he was adamant about, and as much as I wanted to strangle h

girls who can meet your needs-and your medical requirements,

s I previously scheduled with Lola." I hear what I think are his fing

rl I have who could possibly fit the bill until Lola recovers

bout yo

hen those four words break throu

ot for

fered enough. What exact

things in my life, but it does. My brain's not functioning properly, and rather tha

een medicall

semantics . . . everything matters. You wouldn't be able to run your operation if they didn't. So let's cut the crap and not pretend

sex since then?" I ask to throw him off l

s challenge. "Because you haven't. You can pretend that you have, but we both know you haven't. A woman like yo

the computer screen in f

s w

d w

rist, he

it all," he says, ma

re wr

who can go on and on about equal pay for equal work, and ye

ng back my temper out of professi

ere your mouth-or other areas of your

ugh my windows somehow-either that or he has me on the stand during cross-examination, and despite every pa

r a girl is a lot more th

ing to

y n

hideously un

oubt

an only. Lola will be better

t like

Lockh

might ruin you for other men? I assure you I'm mo

e women think they're better off with ba

. With lines like that, the prick wouldn't

n't have to be charming or put on an act. There is no n

thing after that is between you and your date.

angers me that his words have somewhat gotten to me when I am rarely fazed by anyone other than Lu

ders what exactly his definition of dirty is. "You might be able to coerce others

t right now you're shifting in your chair, wondering what those women know about

"Mr. Lockhart . . . I appreciate the hard sell here, but I assure you it's not going to work. A, I'm

F is," he says putting

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