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Nicola had always been iirl Her report cards said the sairl, but she often acts without thinking"

Okay, she thought as she tossed various articles of clothing onto the bed and tried to figure out just the right look for what she wanted to acco jerks And, of course, one day she wanted love Real love True love

But she was tired of living like a nun, sick of trying to constantly convince everyone that she wasn’t a wild party girl, when they all thought she was anyway

For just one night she wanted to knohat all the fuss was about She wanted to find a man to share her passions with, a real h to take her to a place she’d never been before

Her heart beat hard as she stripped off her sweatpants and tank top and slipped into a short, strapless leather dress One wrong move in any direction and the T&A she was so fa out for the entire world to see

But, suddenly, Nicola didn’t care any was better than this bone-deep loneliness

So she’d end up on the cover of another tabloidwhoop It wasn’t like it hadn’t happened before And she’d survived

Mostly, anyway

Chapter Two

Marcus was known for his patience After helping to raise his seven siblings, he’d learned to wait out tantruht, he was all out of patience

He’d been watching the dancers for long enough to know that he wasn’t going to take a single one of theh the thick red curtain in the past thirty minutes had been contenders, either

Until, suddenly, the curtain parted…and she walked in

Marcus felt like a fist had sla, mid-twenties probably, and so damn beautiful it al to his i her like a second skin ide cut-outs that ran down the side of her insane curves

She was the one