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She bit her bottoo unnoticed by him as he candidly looked at her ht sent a jolt of lustful need pulsing deep and low, settling in all those dorotten what it felt like to be wanted and desired

There was soht and this enig when he easily could have watched her go This evening was all about fairy tales, where anything could happen, and she wanted that enchanted,to re reality still awaited her And she was fairly certain that an affluent, dynamic man like Hunter Wilder wouldn’t be interested in a wo her life

With that thought in mind, she kept her reply coy and flirtatious and her full identity anonyht, it’s just Elle”

“Okay, Just Elle,” he teased, his voice infused with aesture “Will you beand accompany me to the Wilder Way ball?”

Deter, wherever it ht lead, she nodded and slipped her hand into the crook of his ar”

A slow, sinful smile eased up the corners of his kissableon his forearo “Trustis over, I have a feeling the pleasure is going to be all mine”

The dark, forbidden pro in his eyes stole her breath and sent a delicious, decadent heat cascading through her veins Oh, Lord Elle sincerely hoped so

Chapter 3

Hunter rolled his shoulders beneath the fitted tuxedo jacket, trying to ease the tension gathering there as he strolled through the throng of guests attending the Wilder Way charity ball He hated forht was at a whi he was one of the hosts for the evening’s gala and his sister, Tereet their wealthy, influential donors and make his presence known, Hunter dutifully made the rounds

Sipping on his second glass of bourbon, he acknowledged Manhattan’s elite with a forced smile and stopped to converse with many of the businessmen who used MadX-Tech’s security systems and services As he listened politely as the lance

d just beyond where they were gathered and aze of a pretty, and very spoiled, socialite he’d met at a trendy Manhattan bar a feeeks back—and subsequently fucked and forgotten about until this roup of woave hier wave and a come-hither smile, one that told hiain

He broke eye contact so as not to encourage her Despite her signals, he wasn’t interested She hadn’t been that good or that memorable and not nearly as adventurous as he liked She’d been a standard lackluster fuck who’d insisted on the lights being off and had faked an orgasm like a porn star Impressive, really, but he found it much hotter and sexier when a woman was open and honest about what she needed froers, mouth, or dick, or a combination thereof—rather than put on an elaborate act that had co his erection So, no, he wasn’t even remotely enticed by her silent offer

Once pleasantries were over with theto, Hunter quickly moved on, because despite the various distractions around him, his mind was on more crucial matters—like the fact that his elder brother, Maddux, had every intention of finally delivering a shocking dose of revenge to the o

And it was happening here Tonight At the ball Not publicly, of course, but in a private roo to a second level that was off-li Except to Maddux, ould be conducting “business” there

Hunter felt a fe that his one-night stand hadn’t latched on to hiht to find his sister, Te beside hiave hi was going to play out with Maddux, too There was a lot at stake, and all the three of them wanted was to ruin Theodore Cole professionally and financially, which was the closest thing to vengeance they’d be able to obtain