Total Temptation by Alice Gaines

Author:Alice Gaines
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter Four

THEY ATE IN a private room in Club Ecstasy’s spa. Bobby had declared the place too “woo-woo” and suggested the main restaurant, but Cassandra insisted on the privacy. They ended up in a setting reminiscent of a rain forest with ferns growing under recessed lighting and a floor-to-ceiling waterfall spilling into a pool with ornamental carp.

Bobby scowled as he studied the menu. “This is all bird food.”

“How long have you worked at the club?” Cassandra asked.

“About three months.”

“And you’ve never eaten here?”

“Not food, if you get my drift,” he said.

She did. She’d been his appetizer about an hour ago up in their suite.

He tapped the end of her nose. “You’re doing it again.”

“What?”

“Blushing. When your skin turns pink, it makes your blue eyes sparkle. But what I really like is the expression on your face when I sink my cock into you. Halfway between surprise and ‘fuck yeah!’”

“Don’t talk that way.”

“Hey.” He shrugged. “We’re alone. Besides, everyone who works here knows what goes on in the rooms.”

“They don’t need to hear the details.”

“What are you afraid of, princess?” he asked. “Why the need for such total privacy?”

“I’d think that would be obvious.”

“One, the staff here are sworn to secrecy.” He raised one finger and then followed that with a second. “And two, the clients have to keep each other’s secrets or they’d be exposed themselves. Unless . . .” He tipped his chair back onto two legs and studied her for a moment. “Unless you’re using me to cheat on someone.”

“Scruples?” she said. “Is that allowed in your business?”

He tipped his chair back down with a thud. “I’m a professional. I do my job.”

“But some things get under your skin.”

“What a woman does with her own relationships is her business. I like to know who I’m dealing with.”

“My husband died,” she said.

For a moment, Bobby’s expression turned serious. “I’m sorry.”

“Thank you.”

“You didn’t seem the type to cheat.”

“Thank goodness for that,” she said. “I wish you could convince my stepsons.”

“Little kids don’t understand cheating. Not that kind, anyway.”

Here it came. The moment she’d have to explain her life to him. She could simply tell him she didn’t want to share personal information, but that would sound strange given all the very personal things they’d done with each other. Instead of saying anything, she studied the menu.

Their waiter appeared and spared her having to answer. Bobby glanced at the menu again and handed it to the man. “Never mind any of this foliage. Ask the kitchen to make me a T-bone steak—very rare—and some of those french fries.

“The pommes frites?” the waiter asked.

“Yeah, those.”

“I’ll have the poached halibut with quinoa and a small green salad with vinaigrette on the side.” Cassandra handed her menu to the waiter a bit more gently than Bobby had.

When the waiter left, Bobby leaned toward her, his elbows on the table. “So tell me, what’s so frightening about your stepsons?”

“Well, you see . . .” She might as well tell him everything. If the stepsons managed to take her to court, it would all come out in the press, anyway.

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