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She sighed, shaking her head and taking a sip of her wine. “Anyway, the Virgin Islands. What about them?”
I chuckled at her attempt to get the conversation back on track. “Well, I own one of them, and have a private resort.”
She blinked hard, and I could sense she was taking a moment to process what I’d just told her.
“How… you mean, it’s like one of those beachfront hotels, but only for you?”
I chuckled. “Well, it’s not a full-size resort. Just a good-sized house near the beach. It’s nice. And, most importantly, it’s quiet. When you spend most of your time living and working in New York, having a little piece of paradise all to yourself is just the thing.”
“So, it’s just you on this whole island?”
“Not quite. There are staff who live there and take care of it. And there’s a security team.”
“This… sounds like quite the place.”
Without another word, she lifted her glass and took another sip before turning away from me and facing the window oncemore. As she watched the clouds roll by underneath, my mind began to race with possibilities for her.
Emily wasn’t just a beautiful woman to use as a bargaining chip—she was anasset. It was perplexing to think about how her father didn’t seem to understand how valuable someone like her could be, and not just as a way to buy favor with the highest bidder. A woman like her—sharp-minded and educated—would be more valuable than gold for a man in my position.
Right in the middle of my thinking, Emily turned in her seat to face me once again. She had a strange look on her face, as if there were something on her mind that she didn’t quite know what to say.
Finally, she smiled a bit, lifting her eyes to mine.
“Yes?” I asked.
“There’s something I’m wondering about.”
“Let’s hear it.”
“Are you going to seduce me, or what?”
Chapter 5
Logan
Inearly spit out my wine at her words. It took all of the restraint I had to keep it in my mouth, to play it cool, to swallow then set my glass down slowly.
“Excuse me?” I asked. “Am I going towhat?”
Make no mistake—Iwantedto seduce her. A woman like her, innocent and inexperienced, would need a little finessing. I’d need to build her trust, to create tension and attraction. More than that, I was no stranger to the art of seduction, and was quite good at it. When I was a younger man, it was all about getting women into bed as quickly as possible. Now that I was older, the pursuit itself was almost as thrilling as the sex.
Almost.
She cleared her throat and squared her shoulders, as if prepping herself to continue.
“I asked if you’re going to seduce me.”
My mind might’ve been uncertain about what I was hearing, but my cock sure as hell wasn’t. It stiffened to attention, eager to bury itself between the thighs of the gorgeous woman before me. I shifted in my seat.
“That certainly wasn’t what I’d expected to hear out of your mouth, Emily.”
Just like that, the confidence faded, her face turning a deep shade of red. She pursed her lips and tucked her hair behind her ear, glancing away. Every uncertain gesture she made managed to be more charming than the last. I sat back, draping my arm over the back of the seat.
“Well, that’s what you want, right?”
“Of course, it is. It’s what I wanted since the moment I laid eyes on you.” No sense in being coy about it. Hiding how I felt had never been my style.
A small smile formed on her lips, as if she were pleased to hear what I’d just said. The smile faded quickly, however, as she attempted to put her serious face back on.
