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“I have a proposal for you.”

He leaned against the counter like a lazy puma. “How romantic.”

“Not that kind of proposal.” Her voice had a prim, school-mistressy snap that she instantly regretted. “A … business proposition.”

“Perhaps we should go somewhere more private.” His dark eyes added an undercurrent of suggestion to his words. He turned his head to the hotel clerk. “She won’t be needing her room.”

A surge of desire, tangled up with fear and anticipation and even—already—regret for what she was about to do, rose through her body like a flash flood. She lifted her bag higher on her shoulder. She was strong now. She could handle him. She’d have to.

“Why won’t I need my room?” The question was purely for show, since they both knew the answer.

“You’ll be staying with me. Just like old times.”