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children who had been abandoned. She sensed that was the last thing he wanted. So instead she shook her head in wonder.
    “You don’t even sound bitter,” she said.
    He shrugged. “What purpose would that serve? What’s done is done, and I’m a better person for it.”
    She was silent for a long time, thinking about what he’d just said. Would there ever be a time when she could forgive her husband for what he had done and move on with her life? Probably, but she couldn’t see that day on the horizon.
    “Hey, are you sleeping?” he asked.
    “No,” she replied in a subdued voice. “So what do you do?”
    “I’m an architect.”
    “Really?”
    “Really.”
    They were both silent for a while.
    “Well?”
    She turned to look at his profile. “Well, what?”
    “Won’t you tell me what you do?”
    Angie stiffened against him. “Nothing.”
    He pulled back to look at her with curiosity. “What do you mean by nothing?”
    She shrugged then tried to scoot away, but he held fast. So she took a deep breath and shrugged again. “It means that I am unemployed right now and I don’t do a single damn thing. I am a lady of leisure.”
    Alex wasn’t fooled by her light tone. The woman in his arms was such a mystery, and even after a passion-filled night of sex he was nowhere close to unraveling her secrets. He decided to let things be for now and instead asked a more pressing question. “How long are you in KL for?”
    “As long as I want.”
    He wasn’t satisfied. “What is the return date on your ticket?”
    She was silent for a while before reluctantly replying, “January sixth.”
    That meant they had less than two weeks. He suddenly forgot all the reasons he needed to put space between them and instead began to plot how he could keep her as close as possible for the next eleven days. “Will you spend that time with me?”
    “Alex, I like you and all that, and this night has been fantastic, but…” She trailed off.
    He framed her face with both hands and looked intently into eyes made darker by the moonlight. “Please?”
    She caught her lower lip between her teeth and frowned, then heaved a sigh. “Oh, all right. I’ll spend the time with— umf. ”
    He swallowed the rest of her words with a kiss so sinful her toes curled. The kiss soon became even more heated, and Alex’s hands moved to the delicate curve of her backside, urging her closer to him. Angie wrapped her arms around his shoulders and gasped into his mouth when the tips of her nipples pressed up against his rough chest.
    “Condom!” she reminded him with a gasp. After making sure he was sheathed, she pushed him down and quickly climbed on top of him.
    Hot and ready, she gently lowered herself onto his throbbing erection. She closed her eyes and moaned; the sensations were almost overwhelming. Sitting still, she let the waves wash over her before she opened her eyes and caught Alex’s gaze. Slowly, she began to move. She raised her body until his tip was hovering around the lips of her center, then she slammed down on him.
    Alex groaned, instinctively bucking as he lifted his hips to meet her. She repeated the movement and he gasped in pleasurable agony. He wanted to hurry her up but this was her show and he decided to let her run it. Besides, he could see the urgency building in her and he wanted to watch her come.
    He held on to her hips as she began a rocking motion, her sexy moans driving him wild. Finally, when he felt like he could not take another moment of torture, he felt her muscles tighten around his shaft. He raised his head and watched as her face twisted with passion. Bringing a hand to her breast, he pinched her nipple and watched her spiral out of control. She threw her head back and screamed out his name. She was exquisite, the most beautiful woman he had ever met.
    Just then the force of his own climax hit him; he shouted her name as he came.
    Gathering Angie into his arms, Alex felt the tremors go through her body,