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flirting with women. I was sure he had plenty of experience with both.
    The air was cool when I opened the sliding glass doors that led to the balcony. The sounds of the city immediately cut through the air. I could see the dark waves of the lake lapping against the beach.
    “Beautiful,” Luke said. I hadn’t even heard him join me on the balcony, but now he was standing there holding two glasses of champagne.
    “Sorry?” Luke’s presence had instantly flustered me. His shirt was untucked and his tie hung loosely from his neck. I thought he looked even better slightly disheveled.
    “The view. It’s beautiful.” He handed me one of the glasses and our fingers grazed in the transfer. My fingers burned as if I had held them to a flame. Luke hadn’t looked at anything but me since he began talking.
    “The lake? It’s not bad.” I took a sip and knew that this was probably the most expensive champagne I had ever had.
    “Yes, the lake. And other things.” Luke was still watching me.
    His staring was making me uncomfortable so I took another drink. I felt the need to explain myself to him. “I don’t usually do this.”
    “Do what?” A smile played at the corners of his lips.
    “This.” I gestured to the two of us and then the bedroom waiting for us on the other side of the doorway. “Guys like you.”
    “You don’t even know me, Kase,” he said, the playful smile fading.
    “Exactly. This isn’t me.” But even as I said it, I knew that it was. At least for tonight.
    Luke’s eyes narrowed as he said, “I didn’t make you come here.”
    “I know.” I did know. Boy, did I know. “That’s not what I’m saying. I just don’t want you to have the wrong idea about me.”
    “Why do you care so much? We might never see each other after tonight. Why does it bother you so much what I think about your character?’
    I thought it over and couldn’t come up with a good reason, so I shrugged. “I have no idea. But it does bother me.”
    “Well if it helps, I can tell you exactly what I think about you.” Luke waited until I nodded for him to continue. “Contrary to what you might think, this,” he gestured around us, “isn’t really me either. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I’m a saint. I have a lot of money, and when I was younger I used that to my advantage. In business, and with women. But that was a long time ago. You might say, I’ve grown up.”
    Now it was Luke’s turn to drink. He looked out over the lake as he continued. “I don’t do this type of thing anymore. One-night stands, hook-ups, whatever you want to call it. But there’s just something about you.
    “Like I said earlier, you intrigue me.” He turned back to me. “I don’t think you’re the type of woman I used to take home at the end of the night. I think you’re smart and witty. I think you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve seen in a long time, maybe ever. I think I’m lucky that you agreed to come home with me. And I want to have sex with you very badly, right now, and I think you want the same thing.” This time he didn’t offer me a smile. His bluntness made my heart flutter and I felt a warmth invade my body that had been missing for a long time. “Am I wrong?”
    He wasn’t wrong.
    Maybe he was just a charmer. One of those guys that knows the exact right thing to say to get a woman to spread her legs. It was very possible. But I didn’t care. I wanted Luke Donovan, and I wanted him right then.
    I willed my hand not to shake as I sat my glass on the balcony ledge. I took Luke’s glass and placed it next to mine. “You’re not wrong,” I said, staring directly into his eyes.
    He paused for a just a beat before pulling my body to his. Luke was tall- even with my three inch heels he was still a few inches taller than me. I lifted my head to meet his lips, reveling in their warmth and urgency. I could taste the champagne and when my head began to spin, it wasn’t from the alcohol. I was drunk on