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“Haven’t you ever felt like

doing anything crazy?” Maxim asked

as he brushed the side of Annegret’s

face with the back of his hand.

A shiver of response took her. She tried for flippancy. “If I do, I lie down until the impulse passes.”

“And if it doesn’t?”

He stepped into the room and pulled the door shut behind him. She heard a click as he engaged the lock. The eager leap of her heart contradicted her logical mind warning her that she didn’t want this—didn’t want to acknowledge what was between them.

She’d told herself as long as they ignored it, it would go away. It wasn’t fair of Maxim to change the rules now. Why didn’t he simply take her out to dinner? They could discuss her ideas for his film, keep things on an even keel between them.

Pretend nothing else was happening here.

But then he took her in his arms and it was impossible to pretend any longer.