A Contract Marriage

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behind her. Walke

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who think they'

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ene was flushed from more than the wine. Damien didn't rush her inside. He placed his han

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locked on her profile. "It's b

urning to face him, "I

ossi

ment without ceremony but with purpose, and the

He reached.

. Damien pressed her back against the wall, lifting her just slightly so he could sink into the kiss properly-

ouble," he growled

e whispered back, tugging at

fingers undoing buttons and zippers with desperate skill. They reached the bed

to the mattress, there was not

"You're the most dangerously b

he tie, smirking. "Then

mien learned her body like a language he was born to speak-kissing, tasting, teasing. Selene gave as good as she

two people who should have hated each other,

voice raw with pleasure, Damien follo

elegance-the kind money dripped into

he floor, cinched just right to highlight her waist, dipping low enough at the back to be sinful. Her thick chestnut hair was pulled into a deliberately loose knot at her nape,

ere. She never did. But

aid. "This room is g

the event, mingling with people who didn't know

e crowd with professional de

dn't enter a roo

whisper rebellion, his dark hair tousled like he'd just run his fingers through it in frustration-or passion. His jawline looked like it had been carved b

away. Then felt a prickl

s sta

. Like he wanted to figure

ed him alone. When he stopped in front of her, he didn't

hiding from

ly shaped brow. "Anyone w

that slid into her spine li

y made that clear by c

woman wh

o walks away after h

at you're s

barely. "If I were,

ver and beautiful. You're dangerously

people who can't g

the scent of him-expensive cologne, a trace of somet

Then I feel sorry for you

ilence

is hand, slowly.

it right away. "

like a prayer. "It suits you. Dang

"You forgot u

aid. "But I'm a

are dropped-once-to the neckline of her dress, then bac

r head. "You alw

ops me in my tracks. Yo

ut something in her twisted with int

flings," she

have a feeling one night wit

gued. "You're assuming you

g for at l

be

is breath hitch. "Then don't hope," sh

into his pocket with that cocky confiden

ou come

ere

pl

hat's

ck on the do

ed. "I like a m

need to. The heat between

champagne. Then passed

hampagne,

m her, lips br

re the night

m. Selene wasn't sure how she ended up in Damien's car. One minute, his breath had grazed her ear with a si

oor without a word, his e

hree clever things and looking sinfully good in a tux?" she a

behind her. Walke

," Damien replied, voice velvet-dark, one hand already on the gear

ause you weren't watchi

ch turned out to be wort

ke-calm, confident, a quiet kind of arrogance that came naturally. The city blurred by in pools of gold a

this smooth?

You always th

who think they'

st lightly, just enough to make her breath catch. "Wh

on snappe

ene was flushed from more than the wine. Damien didn't rush her inside. He placed his han

Or maybe the heat between th

locked on her profile. "It's b

urning to face him, "I

ossi

ment without ceremony but with purpose, and the

He reached.

. Damien pressed her back against the wall, lifting her just slightly so he could sink into the kiss properly-

ouble," he growled

e whispered back, tugging at

fingers undoing buttons and zippers with desperate skill. They reached the bed

to the mattress, there was not

"You're the most dangerously b

he tie, smirking. "Then

mien learned her body like a language he was born to speak-kissing, tasting, teasing. Selene gave as good as she

two people who should have hated each other,

voice raw with pleasure, Damien follo

elegance-the kind money dripped into

he floor, cinched just right to highlight her waist, dipping low enough at the back to be sinful. Her thick chestnut hair was pulled into a deliberately loose knot at her nape,

ere. She never did. But

aid. "This room is g

the event, mingling with people who didn't know

e crowd with professional de

dn't enter a roo

whisper rebellion, his dark hair tousled like he'd just run his fingers through it in frustration-or passion. His jawline looked like it had been carved b

away. Then felt a prickl

s sta

. Like he wanted to figure

ed him alone. When he stopped in front of her, he didn't

hiding from

ly shaped brow. "Anyone w

that slid into her spine li

y made that clear by c

woman wh

o walks away after h

at you're s

barely. "If I were,

ver and beautiful. You're dangerously

people who can't g

the scent of him-expensive cologne, a trace of somet

Then I feel sorry for you

ilence

is hand, slowly.

it right away. "

like a prayer. "It suits you. Dang

"You forgot u

aid. "But I'm a

are dropped-once-to the neckline of her dress, then bac

r head. "You alw

ops me in my tracks. Yo

ut something in her twisted with int

flings," she

have a feeling one night wit

gued. "You're assuming you

g for at l

be

is breath hitch. "Then don't hope," sh

into his pocket with that cocky confiden

ou come

ere

pl

hat's

ck on the do

ed. "I like a m

need to. The heat between

champagne. Then passed

hampagne,

m her, lips br

re the night

m. Selene wasn't sure how she ended up in Damien's car. One minute, his breath had grazed her ear with a si

oor without a word, his e

hree clever things and looking sinfully good in a tux?" she a

behind her. Walke

," Damien replied, voice velvet-dark, one hand already on the gear

ause you weren't watchi

ch turned out to be wort

ke-calm, confident, a quiet kind of arrogance that came naturally. The city blurred by in pools of gold a

this smooth?

You always th

who think they'

st lightly, just enough to make her breath catch. "Wh

on snappe

ene was flushed from more than the wine. Damien didn't rush her inside. He placed his han

Or maybe the heat between th

locked on her profile. "It's b

urning to face him, "I

ossi

ment without ceremony but with purpose, and the

He reached.

. Damien pressed her back against the wall, lifting her just slightly so he could sink into the kiss properly-

ouble," he growled

e whispered back, tugging at

fingers undoing buttons and zippers with desperate skill. They reached the bed

to the mattress, there was not

"You're the most dangerously b

he tie, smirking. "Then

mien learned her body like a language he was born to speak-kissing, tasting, teasing. Selene gave as good as she

two people who should have hated each other,

voice raw with pleasure, Damien follo

elegance-the kind money dripped into

he floor, cinched just right to highlight her waist, dipping low enough at the back to be sinful. Her thick chestnut hair was pulled into a deliberately loose knot at her nape,

ere. She never did. But

aid. "This room is g

the event, mingling with people who didn't know

e crowd with professional de

dn't enter a roo

whisper rebellion, his dark hair tousled like he'd just run his fingers through it in frustration-or passion. His jawline looked like it had been carved b

away. Then felt a prickl

s sta

. Like he wanted to figure

ed him alone. When he stopped in front of her, he didn't

hiding from

ly shaped brow. "Anyone w

that slid into her spine li

y made that clear by c

woman wh

o walks away after h

at you're s

barely. "If I were,

ver and beautiful. You're dangerously

people who can't g

the scent of him-expensive cologne, a trace of somet

Then I feel sorry for you

ilence

is hand, slowly.

it right away. "

like a prayer. "It suits you. Dang

"You forgot u

aid. "But I'm a

are dropped-once-to the neckline of her dress, then bac

r head. "You alw

ops me in my tracks. Yo

ut something in her twisted with int

flings," she

have a feeling one night wit

gued. "You're assuming you

g for at l

be

is breath hitch. "Then don't hope," sh

into his pocket with that cocky confiden

ou come

ere

pl

hat's

ck on the do

ed. "I like a m

need to. The heat between

champagne. Then passed

hampagne,

m her, lips br

re the night

m. Selene wasn't sure how she ended up in Damien's car. One minute, his breath had grazed her ear with a si

oor without a word, his e

hree clever things and looking sinfully good in a tux?" she a

behind her. Walke

," Damien replied, voice velvet-dark, one hand already on the gear

ause you weren't watchi

ch turned out to be wort

ke-calm, confident, a quiet kind of arrogance that came naturally. The city blurred by in pools of gold a

this smooth?

You always th

who think they'

st lightly, just enough to make her breath catch. "Wh

on snappe

ene was flushed from more than the wine. Damien didn't rush her inside. He placed his han

Or maybe the heat between th

locked on her profile. "It's b

urning to face him, "I

ossi

ment without ceremony but with purpose, and the

He reached.

. Damien pressed her back against the wall, lifting her just slightly so he could sink into the kiss properly-

ouble," he growled

e whispered back, tugging at

fingers undoing buttons and zippers with desperate skill. They reached the bed

to the mattress, there was not

"You're the most dangerously b

he tie, smirking. "Then

mien learned her body like a language he was born to speak-kissing, tasting, teasing. Selene gave as good as she

two people who should have hated each other,

voice raw with pleasure, Damien follo