Taming Gwen

knew better than

mpossible hope that someone could want her the same way she wanted them. But six years of devotion

three, she wasn

and men? A distraction at bes

t give them h

stared when she w

ied to charm her wi

ght money and power m

re all

was no d

k liquid in her glass with slow disinterest. Around her, the usual crowd buzzed with life-men in sharp suits, wom

're zoning

s Naomi Carter, her closest friend and longtime

reminded her with a teasing smirk. "

rted smile. "I am entertained. Watching

. "God, you'r

ed her glass in

o interest in them. And if she was

self into someone who had never truly been hers. When it

another second of

th

ir sh

ost imperceptible,

e. A gaze

turned her head, her

e's private section, stood a ma

led yet carelessly tousled. A suit so tailored it looked like a second skin. A strong jawline, sharp cheekbones, lips curve

take up space

looking r

Didn't react the way most women

ply loo

ould be like the re

a deep, smooth voice cut through the noise of t

ng me a

se before turning her head

ch the faintest trace of his cologne-something rich, dark, expensi

ring you. That would require ackn

mouth lifted in am

briefly, unimpressed. "Still d

t falter. If anything, his smirk deepened, a flicker of som

ed a hand, slow and deli

ke it. "I know

her, waiting. When she made no move to meet him halfway, he chuckled under

you

inter

full-on coughed

an unwelcome thrill down her spine. "You a

wn unreadable. "I don't

or her to feel the heat of him, the undeni

e turned her back and proven, without a

he di

tightening slightly around the stem

puzzle he wanted to solve. And then, just when she th

our nigh

hat, he wa

th she hadn't reali

rself she d

gled where his gaze had