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Before I know it, he has me wrapped in a towel.

He says he has me, but can that be true?

Does he mean it?

I expected annoyance or anger when he found out I was a virgin.

Maybe even scorn.

But Luc looks like I gave him a present, and to be honest, I gave him more than my virginity.

He just doesn’t know it.

And I won’t admit it.

I can’t.

Not even to myself.

Liar liar.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN-LUC

Avirgin.

“Luc, what are forecasts for this quarter?” Nico asks me.

I rumble through the numbers hardly paying any attention to them.

I don’t have to. I know this shit by heart.

Days have passed since I’ve talked to her, touched her. I know it’s fucking stupid.

I’ve been here every fucking day.

Holed up in my office like a snake in its den.

Waiting.

Watching.

Trying to catch up with what’s going on inside me.

She had day shifts all this week, so it was a little easier on me. But tonight is her first night shift and I’m all coiled up, ready to strike.

A fucking virgin.

This woman has me off fucking balance.

My pillow still smells like her. I wouldn’t allow the cleaning service to wash it.

The sheets were stained with her virgin blood, and I was so fucking tempted to keep them.

But that would be sick.

Still should have kept them, my inner voice comments.

I wipe my hand over my face. Maria is haunting my every moment.

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