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shoulder like a sack of potatoes. The wind whooshed out of her lungs, making it difficult for her to speak. Stunned, she hung helplessly as he strode out of the dining room, took the stairs two at a time and carried her to a bedroom she assumed was his.
    Once her feet touched the floor again, her ability to talk had returned and she was pissed!
    “Who the hell do you think you are? I’m not a rag doll you can lug around as you please.”
    Hunter’s response was to loosen his tie and shrug out of his black dining jacket. His outward calm only served to enrage her further.
    “Did you hear me?” she yelled.
    He unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a chest Mr. Olympus would have been proud of.
    Her gaze slid along the crested hills of his torso, sprinkled liberally with dark blond hair that trailed down the center of hard rippled abs. He’d seemed huge with his clothes on, but topless, he was a hulk.
    Lila gulped, taking a step back. Shaking her head as though to deny what was happening, she held her hands out in front of her. “Don’t.”
    He unbuckled his belt and pulled it out of the loops of his pants. “As we’ve already established, there’s no backing out.”
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    “No. You established it. I didn’t. I don’t think it was asking too much of you to give me a little time to adjust to this situation.”
    “But I believe it was. Just as it was a lot for you to ask me to rearrange my plans for a multi-million dollar project, which took weeks of finagling to get the board to agree to.
    I complied with your plea because I thought you to be a woman of your word. Was I wrong about you, Lila? Are you the type of woman who’ll make pretty promises until she gets what she wants and then doesn’t fulfill them?”
    “No. When I say I’ll do something I will…” With a groan, she covered her mouth.
    She’d basically backed herself in a corner. If she didn’t go through with this, she would look like she was reneging and, judging from the smug smirk tilting those sensually curved lips, Hunter knew it too.
    Damn him.
    “That’s what I thought.” Kicking out of his pants, he placed his hand on the elastic band of his black boxers.
    Lila shook her head, closing her eyes at the sight of his cock tenting his silk underwear. She wrapped her arms around her body, letting her mind wander to any place other than here. Once he touched her, there would be no going back. She’d be no better than a whore.
    A cry escaped her lips when he reached out and grazed the side of her cheek with the back of his hand.
    “Open your eyes, Lila. I won’t allow you to pretend I’m someone else.” Once again there was steel in his soft words, daring her to disobey his order.
    Slowly she raised her lids, her insides churning with nerves. Why couldn’t she stop shaking and dear Lord, why was he so—naked? Though she attempted to keep her gaze above waist level something drove her to look down.
    Her mouth fell open. His dick was huge! It jutted forward, not a few inches away from her, long, proud and obscenely thick; she couldn’t tear her eyes away from it.
    “Do you like what you see?”
    “No.” The word had come out a little too quickly, even to her own ears.

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    “The mouth says one thing, but the eyes don’t lie. This is what you did to me. Have you any idea how many nights I’ve lain awake thinking about this moment? When you came downstairs for dinner, I could barely sit still. I’m so fucking horny, I can’t promise our first time together will be as nice and slow as I’d like it to be.”
    Hunter pulled her against him, grinding his hardness against the juncture of her thighs before burying his face against her neck.
    She stiffened. I will not like this. He can do what he’d like to my body, but he’ll never have all of me , she silently vowed. Unfortunately, her body wasn’t in tune with her mind. To Lila’s utter shame, warmth