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‘It seems to me you need someone to protect you.’

‘You’ll help me at a price, you mean?’ Jemma whispered.

‘It’s a price I believe you’ll be willing to pay. We suited once, you and I. In a basic way we suited very well indeed. Do you remember how I could make you want me?’

He closed the space between them in a single, prowling pace. She was tugged back against him and his mouth slanted hot and hard on hers, demanding, yet breathtakingly seductive.

‘You may name your terms. I’ll be attentive and generous in every way, I promise,’ he added with gentle, laughing coercion. ‘As my mistress you’ll have carte blanche. Anything your heart…or body…desires.’

Her lashes fluttered, her eyes focused, and she glimpsed what moments ago she’d been blinded to. He was watching her scientifically, to gauge whether she would let him ruin her.

‘I have an answer for you, sir,’ she choked, knocking again at his hand as it sought to bring her back to him. ‘It is no. A man as egotistical as you may find it hard to believe, but I find you quite resistible. And please be assured that being degraded by you is not, and never will be, a price that I am willing to pay.’