Chapter 106

And I did. He even tried to bluff me – or maybe he thought he could win. But my three queens beat his two pair.

“Damn it, I wanted to see more,” he growled, staring at my breasts again.

“There’ll be time.”

“So… two pieces of clothing?” he asked, both hopeful and mocking at once.

I considered.

“One question, one piece of clothing.”

“Which one first?” he asked with a seductive little smile.

“The question.”

“Go for it.”

I knew I shouldn’t ask it… I knew I was asking for trouble, for heartache, for a swift kick to the gut…

…but I had to know. And it was going to keep on driving me crazy if I didn’t ask.

“How many women have you slept with?”

He stared at me, sphinx-like, and didn’t answer for a second. When he did, his face was a blank slate, and his voice was carefully controlled. “Are you sure you want to ask that?”

“Yes,” I said in a quavering voice, when the truth was actually No. I wasn’t sure at all.

He shook his head. “I don’t think you do.”

“Just tell me.”

“The truth?”

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