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Slowly she turned to face him, her expression haughty and scornful. “Pity, Rico? From you? I’m surprised. But I must refuse your gallant gesture. A bet is a bet. You demanded I be your mistress for a month, so your mistress for a month I will be. Not a day less. Not a day more.”

Her contrariness jolted him. Was this her pride still talking, or did she have some other secret agenda? Whatever the case, experience had taught Rico never to try to second-guess Renée, so he just shrugged.

“Fine by me.” Far be it from him to lessen her sentence. She’d made her bed now. Let her lie in it.

“You might think that tonight,” she replied. “You might think differently in a month’s time.”

“Is that a threat, Renée? Or a challenge?”

“It’s a promise”