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2024-10-29 19:42:56Aaron eyed me over the top of his cards, and I brought my glass to my lips. We’d been at the table for an hour, but this was the first game I had played. If my daddy taught me anything, it’s that you don’t play poker ‘til you know a guy tells.
And I knew Mr. Stone was bluffing.
He studied me for a long moment before resting his elbows on the table and placing his cards facedown on it. “You’re bluffing.”
“Try me.” I licked my lips. “Unless you’re scared.”
The guys around the table watch us with amusement, and my fighting talk got an ‘oooh’ out of someone.
“Scared? Not of you, Bambi.”
I ignored the old pet name and tilted my head. “Show your hand.”
Slowly, he flipped the cards and spreaded them across the table in front of us. “Full house.”
“Ooooh,” came from the guys who all folded.
I shrugged a shoulder and sighed. “Dammit.”
George smirked.
“You should have listened.” I laid my cards out. “Four o
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I brought my eyes to his in a silent defiance. He gripped my jaw a little tighter. “Do you understand that?” “Yes. I understand it.” I snatched my hands from his grip and knocked his fingers from my jaw. “I belong to you, like a pretty little possession.” “You belong to me, but nothing like my possession. As much as I’d love to possess you and your naked body, you’re your own person and I respect that. Until you push me. Push me and you’ll find out just how fucking possessive I can be.” “I think I have a pretty good idea.” He spun me into him, slid his fingers into my hair, and pulled my head back. “You have no idea just how thoroughly I could possess you, Bambi.” “Don’t call me Bambi.” Our lips were a whisper apart as he dipped his head to mine. “You’ve always been Bambi to me, and I’m not chang
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I pulled back and looked him dead in the eye. “Don’t ever confuse a natural response to kissing with my being seduced. The last client that did that found himself without a regular fuck for six months.” “You’re so difficult,” he murmured. “I don’t remember you ever being this headstrong.” “I wasn’t.” I stepped from his hold. “But a lot of things can change in seven years. You ought to remember that.” **** ****** ****** ******* ****** ***** It was nine a.m. on a Monday fucking morning, and I was not in bed. There were so many things wrong with that, least of all the fact I was in the building that housed Stone Advertising’s offices, ready to sit by idly as my ‘boyfriend’ picks two new models. Yep. Casting call number one and I had no coffee. Even if I did have coffee, I’d need something stronger in it because acting like a coolly
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“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”“Of course not.” He loosened his tie, letting it hang around his neck, and the now opened top button of his shirt revealing a hint of muscle on his chest. “I have to say, I found it very convenient how you just had to cough when Liv was very obviously bending in front of me.”“She was? I didn’t notice.”George placed his hands on the desk either side of me, and one of his thumbs brushed my thigh as he did so. “And I definitely have to say, it was a nice move with the leg cross. If there were anyone else in here who had seen that, there’d be some happy wives tonight.”I didn’t fight the twitch of my lips. “Again, I have no idea what you’re talking about.”He laughed once and leaned in, ghosting his lips along my jaw, barely touchi
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I think I just heard the greatest love story of the twenty-first century. I also think I need to vomit. “You look tense.” George stepped behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders, his thumbs digging in at the bottom of my neck. I bent into his touch, unable to help the sigh that escaped me. “So would you if you’d had the night I have.” “Same again.” He nodded at the bartender and sat me on a stool. “Let me guess. You got the soap allergy story too?” I turned. A small smile played on my lips. “For real? He told you too?” “Oh yes. He wants us to do his marketing.” “No wonder his wife was so far up my ass she could see my brain,” I muttered. George laughed, a rich sound that curled my toes. “Gina,” he admonished. There was nothing to it. He was merely masking his amusement. “Behave.”
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