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Оглавление“Is it okay with you if I move a little closer?”
He chuckled. “We’re supposed to be in love. I think you’re allowed to get as close as you want without asking permission.”
She stepped in and leaned her head on his shoulder. It felt good there. Felt right. As if his body remembered their intimacy. He took his hand from her waist and wrapped it around her, securing her against him, and she let out a contented sigh.
He imagined leaning down, finding her lips and losing himself in her kiss. Then taking her by the hand down the hall to her bedroom …
Except they had an audience.
And they were pretending.
This wasn’t real. He couldn’t let himself be lulled into falling for the very story they were spinning for the press. He released her and stepped back.
“Look, I should head home.”
“I’ll be in touch first thing in the morning.”
He settled on the same greeting he gave his brothers’ fiancées, and kissed her cheek.
Then he left the apartment. Quickly. Because the stupid part of his brain had told him to kiss her again. And this time, not on the cheek.
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His 24-Hour Wife is part of the Hawke Brothers trilogy: Three tycoon bachelors, three very special mergers …
