LOVE CYCLE

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ss her chest. The night breeze flowed in from the open win

r life now-locked in a grand estate, u

now,

or swung open

sharp black suit, looking effortlessly powerful, his every step measured and confident

arrowed. "What t

toward the designer. "She's here t

ed, shaking h

all smirk, tiltin

where with you. I'd rather rot in this damn roo

nsing the tension in the air. She clea

smoothly, not taking

ran out the door, sh

ok a slow step toward Camille. "I sugg

"Or what? You will lock me in a

s amusement only fue

he said, voice low. "Dress you

it-calm, controlled, but utterly possessi

see you try

not to grab her, but to trail his fingers

stif

c that hugged her body. "Careful, Camille," he murmured, voice like a slo

ce stretched

ff his face-but another part of her, a dangerous part,

breath warm against her

she turned toward the closet, yanking ou

woul

dn't make it

-crystal chandeliers casting golden light over

hair swept into an intricate updo. She looked ever

h she offered him

ed through him, but her body was ri

s the perfect host-calm, colle

tience wore thinner. She was tired of

ome, well-mannered, and nothing like the be

iled.

s a m

om, Luciano s

eadable, but his grip on hi

she had cro

ball ended, s

, Luciano's hand closed around

ed away. "Le

s locked onto hers. "You

? Talking to a dec

if trying to restrain hims

brow. "Because I

Because you laughed with another man

d on Camille's lips.

clenched. He d

ice a quiet warning. "Be care

his gaze for

ugged. "Take

g a hand through his hair befor

nse-a silence so thic

mmed against his thig

ked. She had

he li

icked off her heels and strode tow

d lethal behind her. "Where

" she sh

pping around her wrist-not harshly, bu

again," he

d. His grip was warm, h

m, her heart hammer

against her pulse, his

he reminded her, vo

llowed. "On

ted his hea

t go of her

suddenly cold w

k, his smirk infuriatin

ed. What the he

mand, or break her defiance. But

flared.

eading toward the study

fists, watching him d

ustrate him. To push

l like he was the