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peephole.
    “You’re early,” she begins, and is deflated
to see Jared standing out there.
    “All prepared for your date, huh?” he drawls
as he saunters in.
    “Jared, I have to go soon.”
    “Yeah.” He flops his long body on the couch.
“Nice suite, courtesy of your boyfriend.”
    “He’s not my boyfriend.”
    Jared lifts her feet and plunks them on the
long glass table in front of the sofa. “The way he looks at you . .
. it’s like he wants to eat you. Which mightn’t be a bad
thing.”
    He gazes at her out of narrowed eyes. He
grins wolfishly.
    “I remember the way I used to eat you.”
    Her cheeks burn.
    “That was a long time ago and it was a
mistake.”
    “Not from what I remember. I remember you
moaning and begging me not to stop.”
    “It was experimental and we were very young.
Please don’t refer to it anymore, Jared.”
    “Why ever not? Just because you don’t want to
talk about it doesn’t mean it never happened. You don’t have to
feel so embarrassed about it. It isn’t as if we are blood related
or anything. And even if we were – ”
    He lets it trail as his gaze lingers on her
breasts and curves under the pretty lavender dress which shows them
off so elegantly. She squirms under his watchful gaze.
    “Don’t do that, Jared. You know you agreed
not to do that ages ago.”
    “Doesn’t mean I won’t be tempted from time to
time, especially when the time of the month gets me.”
    Another knock comes on the door.
    Lucien!
    Flustered, she tries to temper her walk to
the door. She does not want to show Jared her seeming haste to
answer it.
    Lucien stands out there this time. He is in a
casual blue shirt with the top two buttons undone and a pair of
brown slacks. He is so tall that he almost fits into the entire
doorframe.
    “Hi,” he says, staring at her.
    His blue eyes are as startling as ever, and
her stomach does a little fluttery hop. She has not been
appreciated by such a handsome man in a long, long time, and the
sensation is simultaneously enervating and empowering.
    “God,” he says, “you’re beautiful.”
    “Thank you.” Her cheeks have not stopped
burning since five minutes ago. She wonders how she will get
through this night.
    “Good evening to you too,” Jared calls from
the couch.
    If Lucien is disappointed to see him, he does
a great job of masking it. “Well, hello, Jared. How did you find
the suite?”
    Jared doesn’t get up, which itself is a
telling message to Lucien that he considers the hotelier lesser
than he is. Shannon is disappointed at her adopted brother’s lack
of manners to whom she considers a very gracious host.
    “Not too shabby, Lucien,” Jared says.
    Shannon grabs her purse and her jacket. “I’ll
be leaving now. You plan on staying here?” she says pointedly to
her brother.
    He grins. “Of course not. I’ll be cruising
the town myself.”
    “Be careful,” she says with a hidden
meaning.
    Be careful not to antagonize anyone . . , and
be careful to stay under the radar.
    “Of course I will, sis. Aren’t I always?”
    “I’m going,” she says again.
    “OK, OK, it’s not as if I’m going to rifle
through your lingerie.”
    She stands there until he uncurls his body
from the couch and makes to leave. Lucien stands there, watching
this exchange with a slightly amused look of understanding.
    “Shall we go?” Lucien proffers his arm to
her.
    She takes it. His clothed arm is warm to her
hand.
    “You ready to go?” Lucien asks, smiling.
    “Yes.”
    This exchange is noted sourly by Jared.
    “Should I be waiting up?” he says to
Shannon.
    She tears her gaze away from Lucien and eyes
him squarely in the face. The two of them cannot be more different
as night and day.
    “I shan’t be waiting up for you, for sure,
brother.” The challenge is unmistakable. But sometimes she is so
tired of always having to cater to his demanding ways.
    “Fine then.”
    “Fine.”
    “Have a good time,” Jared says as a parting
shot.
    “We