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mile a minute to figure out what to do.
    Taking a deep breath, she opened the door, still not sure what she was going to tell the driver. Her strappy shoes were dangling in her fingers as her hand shakily opened the door.
Chapter 6
    Instead of a cab driver or uniformed driver, she saw Victor himself, holding a huge bouquet of red roses. “I thought you’d never answer the door,” he said a moment before he walked into her apartment. He tossed the flowers down onto her kitchen counter, then took her into his arms and kissed her, one hand sliding into her hair and holding her head, the other wrapping around her waist, gently bringing her body close against his.
    The kiss was wonderful, sweet and gentle but at the same time, made her stomach tighten with expectation and yearning. When he started to pull away, he came back to her, pulling her soft body more firmly against his hard one, leaving no space between them from her shoulders to her knees but she didn’t mind. She loved the excitement that stirred inside her, making her feel pretty and wild and wonderful. She wanted the feelings to never end. This kind of exhilaration banished all of her worries. She couldn’t think, couldn’t dread the night and the inevitable events. All she could do was follow his lead and enjoy the thrilling shivers that raced through her body as his hand stroked her side.
He lifted his head and looked down at her. “You were about to change your mind, weren’t you?” he said, his voice husky as his dark blue eyes looked down at her.
     
She wanted to deny it but couldn’t lie when his intense gaze was boring into her mind. “Yes,” she finally admitted.
    Something fierce burned in his eyes and she shivered slightly. Then it was gone and he was in control again. “Come along,” he said, taking her hand and pulling her out the door.
    Lana quickly slipped her shoes on her feet, then grabbed her coat before following him out of her apartment. “What about the flowers?” she asked, suddenly terrified now that he was here and larger than she remembered him from the day before.
    He took her hands, shaking his head. “Don’t worry about the flowers,” he said calmly and gently led her out the door, shutting it firmly behind them. “I’ll buy you more if those wilt. I want you where I can convince you that everything is going to be perfect.”
    Twenty minutes later, Victor was ushering her into the most beautiful penthouse apartment she’d ever seen in her life. It was enormous and looked down onto Central Park and out onto the New York City skyline beyond. She saw all the buildings lit up in the distance and gasped with awe. “This is amazing,” she whispered, unaware that he was pulling her coat off of her shoulders and handing it to the butler who had magically appeared at their side.
    She looked around and shivered. This was not an apartment, she realized, seeing the stairs off to one side of the enormous living room. Out one of the doors was a courtyard filled with trees and grass and an area larger than most people’s yards. Good grief, was that a swimming pool out there?
“Do you swim during the summer?” she asked, blinking at all the luxury around her, unable to take it all in.
     
“I swim all year round.”
    That was definitely out of her realm of experience. She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to swim whenever one wanted to. Swimming in the city for ordinary folks meant heading to one of the recreational centers or YMCAs that were scattered about the city. Private pools were reserved for houses that were located out in the suburbs and even then, they were prohibitively expensive. And swimming in the winter? She shivered, looking at the corner of the pool visible from her current vantage point. It didn’t look very warm right now. “Doesn’t it get cold in the winter?” she asked, curious and fascinated at the same time.
    He smiled at her horrified expression. “The water is heated during the spring and fall