You will. But not befo

places she'd forgotten existed, delicious reminders of the night before. Silk sheets hugged against her n

li

r wrists, her own voice begging for more. She'd surrendered compl

yes, already awake. His expression was unreadable, but something in his

ate you," s

l." His hand slid up her bare stomach to cup her breast. "But not bef

over her nipple, her body instantly respon

absolute certainty. His mouth replaced his

kly, even as her back arche

ved over her, pinning her b

ve. Lexi surrendered to it, hating how quickly her body responde

l coming in ragged gasps. Julian's fingers traced in lazy patterns

," he murmured

ings to be, his mistress? Instead she looked u

face in his large hand, "one ni

she looked down shyly,

kened. "You're no

tead, they sent a chill down her spine

ort to hide his appreciation of her naked form. "Use mine. Through t

people. Lexi turned the water to scalding, needing to wash away the evidence of her weakness

had been laid out on the bed, cleaned and pressed. The gesture was both thought

the space, making it less intimidating than it had seemed in the darkness. Art adorned the walls, original pieces worth mi

ffee waited on the kitchen island beside a note: Bus

reference. The normalcy of the moment struck her as absurd. Twelve hours ago, she'd been on her knees be

ense of propriety. The room was impeccably organized, dominated by a massive desk faci

s neatly arranged. Lexi wouldn't have given them a second

ther's

lder, fingers trembling slightly. She shouldn't. This was cro

eadlines jumped out at her: Thorn Industries Bankruptcy Scandal. CEO James Thor

ed her father's business after its collapse. A collapse that had destroyed her famil

red to be a business deal. The date stamp placed it just weeks before everything fell apart. And

rom her fingers, shatter

nything in

. Gone was the passionate lover of the night before, r

lder clutched in her hand. "You k

t deny i

choked. "What is this? So

, his movements deliberate,

k stopped her retreat. "You seduced me bec

between us was real," he s

the start! Targeting my clients, forcing me into your orbit-what was your p

in Julian's eyes. "You have

folder at him, pages scattering

with cold calcula

step around him, but his ha

said, his voice low and i

she hissed, jerking away from

ght stop her. Instead, he stepp

op her, she wanted to turn back s

e was blocks away, lost in the anonymous crowd

d it all along, a calculated move in whatever game

er body still craved his touch, her mind st

rything-her pride, h

ble feeling he wasn