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Chapter Four

The followingthrough the open curtains of her bedrooet her eyes to adjust to the lu her head beneath the pillow as ht before assaulted her

What had she done?

As she inhaled deeply, the scent of fabric softener wafting into her nose, she realized that no ht hadn’t been a dream What she’d done… or rather what Xander had done to her had been real

Too real

And if realizing what had happened wasn’t bad enough, Mercedes had to accept the fact that she had loved every second of it

Holy crap she was in so much trouble

Never in her wildest iination would she have dreaht at Devotion, and sure as the sun was up and blinding with its intensity, Mercedes knew it had happened

“Are you finally awake?”

Mercedes flew to an upright position, her pillow flying to the floor as she yanked her comforter up over her naked breasts With what she knew had to look like abject horror on her face, she stared at thehere?”

Xander laughed, crossing to the s and staring out as he pushed the curtains open even ht to all but consuhtly, Mercedes gave a second’s thought to what she looked like She was definitely naked, and she knew her hair was a stringyshe could do about it at theon you,” Xander finally answered, turning to face her

She could do nothing but stare at him

Ok, so it wasn’t completely absurd to find Xander in her condo After all, he did own a condo in the sa, – the penthouse – directly above hers, so he was nearby

That explained his presence

Since they both worked out of their homes, it wasn’t even odd that he was ho either