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CHAPTER 1

In a darkened rooan Stone stood before an elite panel of observers Anticipation coursed through him The time had come to unveil his masterpiece

“For security reasons, I ask you to rean instructed

Intrigue shone on the faces of the guests crowding the edges of the display rooh his veins

“Allison, if you will” Logan gestured to the woman who’d been the object of his fascination for alh-level governe, brains and beauty, with the connections he needed to obtain a coveted military contract They’d worked in the same circles and run into each other at conventions for a while, so he knew she was the woh, he was interested inand demonstration abilities

So he’d made her an offer she couldn’t refuse And she’d accepted She’d learned the technical aspects of his syste herself invaluable over the past six weeks Preorders and projected sales had topped his goal, edging toward the billion-dollar overnhts

“My pleasure, Mr Stone” Allison’s lips curved with her signature s combination of buttoned-up foro dry She took her place at the center of the roo blonde hair over her shoulders, awaiting his cue to start the show

Diers twitched with the need to run his fingertips along the soft skin of her bare shoulder, press his lips against her neck—

DamnWould this hyper-awareness of her ever fade?

Logan cleared his throat “In real-tiy requires a fraction of a second to perform the functions you’re about to see I’ve slowed the systeive you a clearer idea of this state-of-the-art integration can do”

Sliding the remote control device from his suit pocket, he pressed the blue button A flat-screen TV lowered fro

“The latest Stone Security Elite Edition coies available, in the ular protection device on the nition”

A green laser bea over Allison All heads turned to the overhead TV as a high-def coraphy map But he couldn’t take his eyes off Allison He tapped his finger against the remote, annoyed by a spike of jealousy that this computer had more intimate contact with her body than he did

For now

Reigning in his focus, he pressed another button and a second flat-screen lowered beside the first “Next, we have ther”

The security software read Allison’s body teister if he slid his hand down the arch of her back and whispered exactly what he wished they were doing right now