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and watch them. She’d never felt so on display in her life.
    Liam stood,
tossing his napkin on the table, and leaned in to whisper one word into her
ear.
    “Worthy.”
    Katie looked
at the remains of the tiramisu—he hadn’t fed her all of it, there was about a
quarter of the dessert left on the plate. She realized, looking up at him, that
he’d actually stopped when he felt she was full. How?
    “Come with
me,” Liam said.
    “But…where
are we going?”
    He cocked
his head at her. “If you come with me, you’ll probably find out.”
    “Don’t we
have to pay the bill?” she inquired, looking around for the waitress.
    “I have an
account here.” He sighed. “Come with me, Katie. I won’t say it again.”
    She
practically jumped out of her chair to follow him.
    *
* * *
    “Do you ever
wear appropriate footwear for the weather?”
    Katie
shivered, hugging her coat around her, eyes closed as directed. They’d been
closed the whole way in the car, and now that they were out of it, she found it
even harder to keep Liam’s surprise a real surprise. She wanted to peek!
    “I didn’t
know I was going to be walking in the snow.”
    He sighed. “Never
mind.”
    She squealed
when he picked her up, just like he had in the basement, carrying her easily.
    “Keep your
eyes closed.”
    How did he
know she wanted to peek? She wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her nose
against the soft wool of his coat, smelling cologne and soap and something
else, something utterly male. She could hear Liam’s footfalls on the pavement
and tried to discern where they were going by the sounds. The evening air was
bitter, the sun now below the horizon, her cheeks pinking from the wind. She
turned her head toward their destination, eyes still closed, hearing a strange
gurgling sound as Liam opened some kind of door or gate and stepped through.
    “Are you
going to throw me into a witch’s cauldron?” she inquired, frowning.
    He laughed.
“Okay, you can open your eyes”
    “Where are
we?” Katie blinked, not quite understanding. They were still outside, the stars
coming out over their heads, and in front of them, surrounded by piles of snow,
was a bubbling hot tub.
    “The local
health club where I work.” Liam set her down on her feet. They were standing in
an alcove with tables and chairs all around.
    “You work
here?” She blinked at the hot tub. It was huge—it could probably fit thirty
people—the lights below the surface giving the frothy water a soft glow, with a
very tall privacy fence surrounding it.“But I thought you were a Dom.”
    “I am.” He
smiled, taking off his coat and tossing it over a chair. “But I also do this.”
    She frowned,
watching him loosen his tie. “Are you a personal trainer?”
    “Something
like that.” Liam’s tie and suit coat joined his other one on the chair. “Take
off your clothes, Katie.”
    She blinked
at him in disbelief, but she found herself unbuttoning her coat, putting it
over the chair beside his. The wind whipped under her skirt, making her squeal.
She was already shivering.
    “I’m not
sure this is such a good idea.” She looked doubtfully from Liam, who was now
taking off his shirt, to the hot tub.
    “The trick
is to undress as fast as possible.” He tossed his shirt on the chair, working
on his belt, and now Katie was transfixed by the sight of his thickly muscled
chest and abdomen. No wonder, she thought. A personal trainer. I
should have guessed. When he looked at her and smiled knowingly, she cleared
her throat and looked back at the hot tub, trying to make it seem as if she
wasn’t staring, but she was very well aware that he was stripping down to
nothing beside her.
    Then she
felt his hands on her shoulders, moving under the collar of her shirt,
massaging over her collarbone, making her shiver again, this time not with
cold.
    “Get
undressed, Katie,” he whispered against her ear, his fingers tracing the top
lace edge of her bra under her blouse.