Chapter: 127

"You�re hiding something," he said, frustration finally bubbling over. "You�ve been nothing but cagey since our first meeting, and now you�re standing on my property, asking for favors to which you�re not entitled, nor have you earned. I demand to know�"

"Don�t. Please." With a gentle touch, she cupped his face, her eyes full of regret. "I realize how shady this sounds, but�"

"Darling, you have no bloody idea. I�ve met career politicians more honest and straightforward than you, even before I compelled them."

A wounded look flickered through her gaze, and she removed her hand, but Dorian stood by his words. She was shady. Shady, frustrating, witty, intelligent, adventurous, beautiful, incredibly sexy, and quickly infiltrating his very bones.

"I know I haven�t earned the right to ask for this," she said, "but�"
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