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‘I need a regular companion to take some of the heat off this Bachelor of the Year thing,’ Dane continued.

‘Someone to accompany me to functions. It’ll be good publicity for you too, and if they do find out anything about what happened in Paris my influence with the media here could come in handy. As for finance—I have an empty room that you can use rent-free to get your business started.’

Mariel was still stuck on ‘regular’. ‘How regular are we talking?’

His eyes were like charcoal now, and intense. ‘You’ll move in with me—’

‘Whoa. Hold it. Move in with you? So in the public’s eyes we’re a couple?’

‘Lovers,’ he corrected.

Heat spurted through her veins at the mental image. ‘So we’ve gone from companion and a couple of dates to lovers?’

His gaze remained steady on hers. ‘I won’t pretend not to want you in my bed, Mariel.’

‘What makes you think I’d want to be there?’ she shot back.

What made her think she could resist?