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    Men and their damn desire to win ran their whole lives. Nathan’s question didn’t surprise me at all.

    Right now, I was sitting on hisp, feeling the raw, dangerous energying off him.

    When i didn’t respond right away, Nathan gently cupped my face and kissed me, not giving me a chance to say no.

    “Tell me…” Nathan’s voice was low and rough, like he was on the edge of losing control. It felt like he couldn’t move or do anything until I answered him,

    But then, my mind snapped back to reality. The way he was being so intense instantly reminded me of that moment with Jared when he even tied my arms with a belt.

    Nathan kissed me with an obsession, his eyes burning with desire.

    But I gently pushed him away and stood up.

    Nathan froze, looking at me, confused and lost.

    I turned and looked down at him. “If you ever end up with someone else, are you going topare me to her? Will you talk me up or put me down to please her?”

    Nathan was at a loss for words, his handsome face turning bright red.

    “You know things between Jared and me are in the past, but you still have to bring him up now, when we’re having such a good moment?” I pretended bto /bbe annoyed.

    I figured it was time to set some ground rules. If I didn’t, he’d get way too cocky. This was my show, and I was in charge. If he wanted to y, he’d better y nice, or else the game was over.

    “I’m sorry.” Nathan stood up and gently wrapped his arms around me from behind.

    Even though he apologized, I could tell he was secretly pleased with what I said.

    By stopping him from bringing up Jared, it showed that Jared no longer had a ce in my heart.

    “I won’t bring him up again, okay?” Nathan whispered in my ear, his voice deep and husky, with a hint of happiness,

    i“/iPromise ime/i,” I demanded.

    “Okay, promise, Nathan replied instantly When I didn’t answer, he raised his hand like he was bwearing /bban /boath, “If I bever /bbruin /bbthe /bvibe againb, /byou bcan /bkick me out.”

    Jurned around and pressed my finger to his lips. “Stop Don’t say it,”

    The pose in Hathan’s eyes deepened, like he had been waiting for me to stop him from making that vows. This man was always one step abend, always had a trick up his sleeve when it came to flirting

    i bgaze /btam a felpless than was clearly in a much better mood now and pulled me back into his arma

    “Victoria, can we beatly get to the main pant? Hathan asked with a low swe

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    I burst outughing refusing to exn

    08:56 Sat, 23 Aug

    “Tell me what it means,” Nathan pressed, not letting it go. When I still wouldn’t answer, he pushed me down onto the couch. “If you don’t exin, you might miss your chance.”

    “Why don’t you show me what you can do first?” I replied with a sly smile, my eyes full of mischief.

    Nathan was practically breathless now. He wasn’t ying around anymore.

    “Turn off all the lights. Every single one,” I said. Even though I was just as eager as he was, I was afraid of the hidden cameras in the hotel rooms, so for safety’s sake, I was fine with doing everything in the dark.

    Nathan let out a low chuckle and switched off every light in the room as I said.

    Maybe it was the darkness messing with my mind, but in that pitch–ck room, I felt wilder than usual.

    Nathan almost couldn’t handle it, but in the end, he stayed in charge for a full hour.

    After we were done, Nathan still wouldn’t let go of me, holding me tight. I tried to push him off and told him to take a shower, but he wouldn’t budge.