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His sure words, the flat-out state for him to move and command however he liked, should have upset her

But they both knew that it didn’t

Suddenly feeling like she was on a boat that had lost its anchor and was drifting slowly but surely out into the middle of the ocean, she blurted the one question she hadn’t been able to figure out the answer to in the tireat guy like you get to thirty-six without a wife and kids?" Quickly realizing she’d co when he went stiff beside her, she added, "I ood you are in bed, I would expect wo on your door all the tiood ahed, then added, "Really freaking good"

The surf crashed bigger and higher than it had before and she et away from the cold water that came up almost to her knees, bared in her short jean skirt

"That’s cold!" she protested

"I like seeing you all wet"

"You have a dirty ave away the fact that she did, too

"You’re right," he said, that dark, hungry look pinning her where she stood in the sand, causing her breath to catch in her throat "So here’s what my dirty mind wants, Nicola Take off your clothes"

She looked up and down the empty beach "Are you crazy?"

"Only when I’"

Oh God, she could hardly breathe at the thought of stripping down here for Marcus

"If so to come to this beach, are they?"

"No," he confirh time with really wealthy people--worth a heck of a lot e stretch of coast completely private was entirely possible

She was about to reach for the hem of her tank top when she realized what he’d done She’d asked hi it, he’d thrown her off by using her own body--and the endless desire she had for hiainst her

She smoothed her hands down on her hips "I’ll make you a deal"

"A deal?"

She lifted her chin and said, "Yes," glad to catch the hint of ses of his lips at her defiant response

"You have a beautiful backside, Nicola I’ve been looking forward to seeing it bent up overto push the senselessly erotic vision out of her head, she said, "Don’t keep changing the subject," in her toughest voice

She was rewarded with the sweet sound of his laughter "Such a fierce little kitten" He caught her fists before she could knock them into his chest "Go ahead Make me a deal"