A Ruthless Bargain

moment of his very precious time on a twinge of reg

uld definitely become a problem. The sex had been quite good, really

t there. Plus, she was his friend’s sister, and Dante for damned sure never wen

sexual relationship with him. If anything, until last night, she had been indifferent toward him a

ely the type to play ridiculous games like that. Look how easily she’d fallen into his bed la

start of something; he really didn’t need the

nd even though Dante had known of her existence, he had neve

ted physical response to her presence. But he wasn’t about to offend one of his few real friends by r

is much time on the incident when he had to figure out how to approac

ossible ramifications of his ill-advised sexual encounter with a

he would handle this incident in the best way possible; it was just sex, after all. By the time he was dressed an

m, he greeted her with his usual morning

-mail to Miles Kinross for the Phase One ori

e lifted his gaze from the co

word ‘urgent’”—he used mocking air q

ic retort hovering on the tip of her tongue,

, and Mr. Kinross may not be checking his e-mails. I thought

and get him on the line.

mpany phone. She really wished she hadn’t

ches of stubble burn on her inner thighs and her br

le pink trail in some of the places he had lingered. There was even a faint sting in the smal

the unwelcome and intimate physical remin

shiver as she recalled how masterfully he had flipped her onto her

s Kn

raunchy daze and stared bla

phone

uttered, feeling foolish

eminine voice in the background was anything to go by. Kinross was a handsome man and—if office gossi

y needed when the phone was yanked rudely from

is boorish behavior, and headed over to the lavish buf

bered to order enou

the memory of how he had completely overlooked her

from impaired judgment due to starvation. Dying of hunger now, she heaped her

than a mouthful before

st meeting is in forty minutes, and the driver has informed me that

s unprofessional and conside

red longingly down at

have had more time to eat,” he poin

over her morning prep, gathe

propose a torrid affair, he’d be unable to meet her eyes and unsure of what to say to her