The Ruthless Billionaire, Australian Bachelors

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s argument later

into a jacket, collected keys, wal

hen closed his shin and followe

ric directions as they traversed slick wet streets, and a short while

he car and hailed two men by

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ptance, and glimpsed myself answering with a smile as we conceded my choices.' A

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the feeling

's schedule as I opened the door. 'I get to have an hour's

the roof and regarded m

the seat, aware he

cast a piercing look at

r rose to the surface. 'Our deal, for want of a bette

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just to the idea of

re thought elevated her pulse rate an

al, and hold my emotions in check. En

from the moment I'd first met him...so

ame, share her body with his, a

ased, and the grey dawn subsided as

he streets, and within mi

e gym, Eric indicated a

d shed my jacket, and then I set my watch alarm

eld up a towel, and slung it over one shoulder, then h

h a part of my daily routine t

of the phone replaying my wake-up call, and I reached for the handset, closed the alarm,

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ing to emerge on the underside of my jawlin

er details of precisely who she'd owed mon

able. 'Come and eat w

d automatically loosened the tie holding

d to ignore the way my stomach execute

d to admit, and there was a sense of te

nd I emerged feeling better equipped

ad a cooked breakfast, and I slid into

and I forked a portion of Eggs Benedict, savored

ing is a legal appo

rious real-esta

nd to buy

somewhere

took a soothing sip of coffee, then carefully placed the cup dow

rately reading my thought patte

his property portfolio, wh

me shopping before I meet wit