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She raised a brow in surprise at the certainty in his voice “How are you so sure? Ito sweet-talk my way in”
“I have so to confess” He pushed back the sides of his tuxedo jacket and slid his hands into the front pockets of his dress slacks “I overheard those three wo about you, and they didn’t seem very happy that you ca deliberately left off the RSVP card And it was hard not to notice the way they gaped and glared at you when I escorted you into the party I take it you know them?”
She groaned, embarrassed that he’d been privy to their unpleasant discussion and harsh words about her “Yes, I know theirls ith her are my stepsisters, Gwen and Claire”
“Is your father here, as well?” he asked curiously
“No” She shook her head, unable to stop the pang of sadness rising inside her “Both of one My dad married Helena a few years after o”
“I’enuine compassion in his voice “I’ve lost both of my parents, as well, so I understand how
difficult that is”
“Thank you” Already, they were sharing more personal information than ise The kind that could draw her inman
As if he realized the sa questionould your stepmother and sisters exclude you from a charity ball you were invited to?”
She bit her bottoh hours left in the evening to answer that loaded question, and she really didn’t want to delve into her unpleasant family dynas, this was a subject she had no inclination to discuss Especially not with a gorgeous, sexy man she was so incredibly attracted to and one who’d already made his desires and his intentions toward her very clear And if she was honest with herself, being the center of Hunter Wilder’s attention held i to taint what had the potential of being an exhilarating, seductive evening with him
“It’s a co tone to her own voice “Would it be terribly rude of me to ask that we not talk about it? You just allowed ht, I want to enjoy the evening with youand wherever thatfor anything more than that”
There was nothe sensual heat that filled his eyes as he reached out and touched her again, this ti the the upper swells of her breasts to rise and fall a bit quickerwhich he blatantly noticed God, if just a sie with so ine what other pleasure Hunter’s fingers could bestow
“Fair enough, Just Elle,” heup the anonymity she’d established earlier as his hand fell away “One teood It appears that we’re both on the sae then”
She ione, craved it, actually As crazy as it was, considering they’d just met, she wanted more of hiht stand in her life, but then again, she’d never experienced such instantaneous lust and knew thisher two-year dry spell
“We areat hilass as she finished the last of her chane