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CHAPTER ONE

‘PUT YOUR ARMS around ht’

The rich, deep chuckle that greeted her request sent a hot shiver down Raven Blass’s spine The sarow ione stubbornly unanswered

‘Trust uidance on how to hold a woive instructions; I don’t take them’ Rafael de Cervantes’s drawled response was accoer down her bare arm and a latent heat in ice-blue eyes that constantly unnerved her with their sharp, unwavering focus

With gritted teeth, she forced herself not to react to his touch It was a test, another in a long line of tests he’d tried to unsettle her with in the five weeks since he’d finally called her and offered her this job

Maintaining a neutral expression, she stood her ground ‘Well, you can do what I say, or you can stay in the car andto be his godfather, I’o doith your brother and Sasha’

As she’d known it would, the mention of Sasha de Cervantes’s naer sexual banter to watch-it iciness Rafael’s hand dropped fro stick tucked between his legs, his square jaw tightening as his gaze cooled

Deep inside, in the other place where she refused to let anyone in, so it, she patted herself on the back for the hollow victory Rafael not touching her in any way but professionally was a good thing

Recite Repeat Recite Repeat—

‘I didn’t agreeexactly’

Her snort slipped out before she could stop it ‘Yeah, right The likelihood of you agreeing to so you’re not one hundred per cent content with is virtually nil Unless’

His eyes narrowed ‘Unless what?’

Unless Sasha had done the asking ‘Nothing Shall we try again? Put your arms—’