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Nora pulls her lips into a straight line, then says, “Okay. Well, it’s your choice.” Then she spins on her heel, heading for the door.

“No!” I say, jumping off the table. “Don’t walk out on me again, Nora. Please.”

She spins back around. “What was last night, Jude?”

Heat swirls in my belly. I can’t say I don’t know again, not only because she’d storm out for sure, but because it’s not true.

This room is tiny. I’m close to her now, only a foot away. And only a little dizzy. But not too dizzy to take a step. “It was you, Nora. If you think I don’t think about sex with you, you’re dead fucking wrong. You know what I did after I left your room last night? I didn’t even make it two steps before my dick was in my hand. I thought about your face while you came and imagined it was me making you feel that way. That it was my tongue on you, making you scream my name. That good enough for you?”

Nora’s eyes are wide, her lips parted. I can hear her breathing. I can see the pulse at her throat going off.

“I want you, Nora, and it’s confusing as fuck.”

“Then show me, Jude. I dare you.”

I lean in. “Don’t test me. You won’t win.”

I wait half a beat for her to protest, but all she does it let out this sexy little moan as I press her up against the wall. I grasp the back of her neck in my hand and press my lips to hers. I stroke her tongue with mine, pressing myself against her so she can feel how much I want her. Fire roars through me, my need so deep I can’t think. I can’t rationalize what I’m doing.

I glide my free hand down her neck, her collarbone, the damp fabric of her suit between her breasts. I want so badly to slide my hand between her legs, to see if she’s wet for me. But at the last minute logic gasps a breath, making me slide my hand sideways. I dip my fingers under her hip cutout instead, pulling her suit out and releasing it to snap against her skin.

It’s enough to break my focus at least long enough to back away.

“I want you, Nora, okay? And I’m a fuckload of fun in bed. In case you’re wondering.”

Then I lift her out of the way and walk out the door before I give in and show her exactly what I mean.

CHAPTER19

Nora

NORA: Help

SASHA: OMG are you okay? I’m at the theatre with my family but I can call?

NORA: No, not urgent. I’m just hiding out. Can’t see Jude RN. Couldn’t see him last night either.

SASHA: Did you bang?

NORA: Rude!

SASHA: Well?

NORA: No. Sasha, he told me he hasn’t touched a woman in almost 8 years.

SASHA: …

NORA: He’s celibate, Sash. But then

I’m about to type more, but there’s a knock on my door. I freeze, the phone in my hand.

SASHA: ?!?!?!

SASHA: THEN WHAT?!?!?!

“Miss? Room service!”

I let out a breath, my shoulders relaxing. When I answer the door, Gunther’s eyes bug out.

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