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she seemed to be sensitive to people who didn’t smell quite right. She’d even said it out loud after the first one had walked out of the office to wait for a decision.
    “There’s something off about her, but I can’t put my finger on it,” she’d said, musing out loud more than talking to him. “She was too perfect, like she was from central casting or something.”
    Not how he would put it, but the same sentiment.
    Who was she? It was entirely possible she had been sent by Paddy, some kind of catnip trap to weaken his resolve. But Shannon was having a hard time believing that. Paddy was plenty street smart, but he wasn’t smart enough to plant someone like Sunshine into the heart of Shannon’s operations. First of all, the old man thought the Arsenal and the pharmacies were where Shannon planned to build up. Gambling and protection were as they always were—nice but not really raking in the big bucks.
    Nope. There were enough guns on the streets of South Boston. More money to be had shipping elsewhere anyway. And the pharmacies needed to be regulated a hell of a lot better. Too many mothers and fathers had been turned into walking zombies off the shit Paddy had been pushing. There used to be a code—you didn’t shit where you ate. Paddy shat where he ate, slept and fucked. Working girls were often the most loyal workers. Their business was providing a vice that would always be in demand—pussy. From here, he could run everything. And this woman could help…
    Fuck no! What the hell was he thinking? If there were a brain cell in his head, he’d have hustled her on out the doors five minutes ago. This was trouble he didn’t need.
    Ah, shit. Who was he kidding? It was trouble he’d bought the moment she stood in front of him, eyes flashing a challenge. Before she had removed her dress to reveal an hourglass figure that made him pant like a boy seeing his first pair of tits he’d wanted her. Wanted to accept that unspoken challenge and make her beg for him, scream for him. There was no way Paddy could’ve known what his reaction would be to this dark-skinned beauty, because Shannon hadn’t known until the moment he laid eyes on her. Besides, Paddy was a prejudiced son of a bitch, burning bridges with every other ethnic group in Boston, leaving the neighborhood dangerously isolated when it came to things that couldn’t be done in the light of day.
    Who the hell was she? And why had she just curled up in his lap like a damn cat as soon as she started to get tired? Like she had every right to just abruptly stop interviewing and fall asleep. And he’d let her.
    Yeah, the best thing for him to do was send her packing. Only, when he stood with her cradled in his arms, he headed toward the back stairs to the top floor where he’d been staying for a while. He didn’t even attempt to put her down until he was at what had become his bed; even then he only left her long enough to lock them inside the room that had been converted to resemble a decent-sized studio apartment.
    There were a thousand damn good reasons not to do what he was about to do. Didn’t stop his hand from reaching down to release the front clasp of the bra that had been taunting him all damn night, pushing up those full brown globes that were her breasts. Daaamn . Luscious, beautiful breasts spilled free, bouncing a little as he freed them from their restraint. Circling his finger around one dark areola, he stared at Sunshine’s face, willing her to wake. He wasn’t going to take what she wasn’t willing to give, and she couldn’t very well give while she was asleep. But he would touch, squeeze and play until she woke up, seeing as she had allowed it when she was sitting on his lap.
    Thank Christ he didn’t have long to wait. Her eyes flickered, then slowly opened. She didn’t say a word, didn’t flinch, didn’t blink. In fact she moved ever so slightly into his touch.
    “It’s time for your audition,” he whispered roughly, pinching