no excuse she could give would pacify a man as well as another passionate kiss would, so she took two dominating steps forward, grabbed his face, and planted a vicious kiss on his lips, pulling away and raising an eyebrow at him. “Because I’m a lady,” she said, adopting her perfect American accent for the night, and discovering that there had been an alter ego hiding inside her all her life, and she was very excited to meet her.

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The fury on Lucas Blunt’s face when Laurie walked into the room was so intense and obvious that he...

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