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152|A Proposal Of A Lifetime
Eden turned around to find Aleksei Ivanov nursing a glass of whiskey in his hand, an unlit Cuban cigar sticking out of his thin lips.
Wrapped in a dapper black three-piece suit, his silver cufflinks matching his glistening tie pin and the Rolex on his left wrist, he looked every bit the Russian mob.
Sexy yet deadly.
The perpetual smile he wore, though, was as cold as ever, and it terrified Eden.
But she refused to be intimidated by him.
The last time they met at Crush, her gut had yelled at her to play as far away from him as possible. Today too, her intuition screamed at her to scram. But if she did, Ivanov would think he's got some power over her, and she refused to give in to her fear.
"Mr Ivanov," she said coolly as she shoved a morsel of caviar in her mouth.
"You look ravishing tonight." Aleksei tipped his glass at her, his eyes lingering a little too long on her chest even though there was no cleavage in sight before rest
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