eet up. I stand nervously off to the side. "Should we be making ourselves comfortabl

at military attention?" She gestures impatiently to the empty chair ne

ule-following ways were born makes me want to sit d

rose bushes in the fa

rs is all about offering personal assistance to peop

again why you want me to date som

dangerously. "I'm suggesting you live a little. Have s

, it's not

up straighter, scenti

I know it. Don't make

is the first man you've shown any real int

t been th

round the last time you went ou

face in my palm

lways

hair. "Honestly, the not dating part ha

er smile turns wicked. "And if you won't make use of the card S

do you

hat I don't understand. "-use the man. If not in real life,

! H

if you're only using it for sensible stuff like busines

your ballpa

s in her lap and stares at me with mock seriousness. "Think of

erything a

enthouse apartment-elegant and spacious, like this one-" She looks around the gaudy gar

one. Or are you? No! You turn around and find yourse

riv

snaps. "I'm not doing al

when the breeze kisses against my face, I actually find m

hose broad shoulders and his eyes burning into you like you're h

between my thighs. "I thr

d didn't even bother passing our card to one of Chicag

give him the Rufus treatment

o, but you're skipping over the

dmit. I can almost see his silhouette fillin

, it's hard to lo

trol," I whisper. "

y I wanted to grip his arm in the

not

n?" Hope

appreciate my body. He tries to grab me, but I don't let him. In fact, I order him to get naked. Only when his suit and shirt and bo

y entire apartment would feel like a dollhouse w

addling him. I run my hands up and down his b

ripped," Hop

yes. "The man's got muscles that would put Hercules to shame. O

's

t he grabs me by the hips and drags

g is labored. I should stop, bu

ges me, whispering everything we

s the finish lin

me. We're just getting started, though," I decide

t her phone, typing up

ague realization that something

le message," she says, a

to Samuil's business card

h

y

o

is strangled. "Wh

sound of a message being sent, and then Hope fl

audio file s

muil makes your fantasy a reality, you ca