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The studio audience inside Lucy’s head erupted in a series of boos and hisses Even the host shook his head sadly, letting the e to take off her high heels and hurl the him to a lifetime of blue balls Instead, she kept her snore hi so cli out a black T-shirt and jeans like that? As if a tailor had sewn theht amount of roos, even better than his unifor her hands up those sculpted pecs, how they’d flexed beneath her fingers How much he’d liked it

Maurice Focus on Maurice Don’t think about the way Matt is looking at you That s to her senses

Yesterday, while she’d been silently willing hio, he’d balked, tra herd of buffalo Holding her hand one second, sending her packing the next If he’d come here to offer her some consolation prize in the form of half-assed explanations, he could keep them She wasn’t interested

The alternative, that he’d come here for sex, was painful to consider But maybe her assumption that they were more had been just that An assumption What other conclusion could she drahen he touched her at every available opportunity, but refused to say the words?

A part of her, the destructive side she’d worked so hard to ta with her heart and flip it on its arrogant head Would it ive him a taste of that bitter medicine? Perhaps not But at this point, she couldn’t think of any other option apart fro in to whatever he asked of her, be it a strictly physical relationship or understanding She didn’t want to understand Didn’t have the capacity for it at the moment when her heart felt so dae of the situation and end this game between them on her own terms One last time to feed the attraction She could handle that One last ti when she voluntarily walked aith her pride intact

Lucy ignored the little voice in her head that told her it was a bad idea She’d once been an expert at ignoring that voice and tapped into that girl now Being so ended and she stepped back from Maurice, whose eyes shifted between her and Matt with interest Matt still stood there watching her, like an immovable brick wall "You still want to have that talk?"

Surprise crossed his features before he hid it "Yes I would"

She nodded, then turned back to Maurice, kissing him on both cheeks "It has been a distinct pleasure, my dear"

"You corandson"

"She won’t be here next week," Matt said

"I won’t? Why is that?"

He frowned "You’re going to Paris"

"I a her best to hide the satisfaction rippling through her "That’s news to ht up with her Her heart clenched a little when he took her hand, but it was only to lead her in the opposite direction "My car is in the garage We’ll go so to Paris"

Lucy blinked away the stupidto her eyes "God, one et rid of nals"

"Why would you pass that up?"