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Bright lights glared from above the raine were starting, bubbling up to the surface, and my stomach rolled

Just get through the negotiations, I told o home, and slip into bed, where silence and total darkness will keep the worst of the pain froetting worse It had to be stress, which was a hard thing to adh to let pressure affectin my brain said no, loud and clear

Nina swiped a brush laden with gray powder over the fold of her eyelid, blending upward as she touched up herfor a smoky, sultry look, which was pointless The pain behind ot the better of me

“You reuisedto see her fabulous eyes behind the black silk?

Nina’s gaze foundwith interest “My last three clients took it off halfway through Doesn’t hurt to be prepared”

Of course I’d forgotten that sometimes the johns couldn’t stand it They had totheood” and “oh irls spewed to ensure their clients were getting their money’s worth

“Sorry,” I said, rubbingto duck out after the negotiations are over Julius said he’d keep an extra eye on you Do you mind?”

Nina’s pretty face softened with concern “No, of course not I think I’ve got so

“Oh, thanks, but I took so, I raine h I’d been advised by my doctor that the next step was self-injections

Um, no

I wasn’t exactly a fan of needles

Big, tough Andrea Regan Adaer than two inches God, after the shit I’d been through, it was fucking ridiculous

While Nina resu rooirls stripped naked and put on robes before heading downstairs Six client roo would be softer there, and by the time wein