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Author: Raylins Marks
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So, why was I sitting at my vanity in my Manhattan penthouse thinking about how Cam’s jawline was perfectly formed by his neatly groomed beard? Beats the hell out of me.

“He was just an old damn flame,” I softly reminded myself as I placed my drop earring in my ear. “That’s it.”

“What’s it? What are you whispering to yourself in here, precious?” Warren’s voice announced his entry into my dressing room.

“Precious,” I said dryly, then turned and smiled at him. “I hate when you call me that, and you know it.”

He raised his hands and brushed along the bare skin of my upper arms. “You look stunning tonight. I love this silk gown on you. You will surely astonish them all.”

As Warren kissed my neck after fastening a new necklace he’d purchased for this affair, I closed my eyes, begging myself to feel something with this tender show of affection. Nothing.

Maybe he’s right. Maybe my hormones are fucked up, and that’s why I’m not that into sex or intimacy with him anymore.

He had to be correct.
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