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    “Get serious fast, girl, or you’ll feel my belt on your ass faster than you can blink.”
    My eyes widened. I could hear my voice shaking as I unequivocally stated, “You’re not going to hit me.”
    “Care to make a wager?”
    Tears suddenly pricked my eyes. I blinked them back quickly, clenching my jaw to make a flamboyant lie of my vulnerability. Alexander had never hit me before. The fact he would even suggest it hurt more than I could put into words.
    This is what he’s become now? Someone who would abuse me?
    “Don’t misunderstand the situation, Sophia. I’m not talking about how Mr. Doughtry hit Mrs. Doughtry.”
    “Then what?” I spat, feeling betrayed and disillusioned. “Because it sounds pretty much like the same damned thing.”
    “It’s not. Truly.” The corners of his mouth lifted in a sensual grin. “And I very much look forward to teaching you the difference. You always were such a smart girl, Sophia. I doubt that’s changed much since school. So don’t make me out to be some kind of a bastard, Sophia. Not about this.”
    None of his words made much sense to me, but a kernel rapped against my brain. His dominance, his need to have me on my knees, it all pointed to dangerous delights.
    Like the things I had seen in movies and read in books. Dark, seductive desires that attached to my core whenever I saw them. Memories of our fights, of how I got a strange thrill whenever he shoved his face right into mine, staring at me as if he didn’t know whether to kiss me or punch the wall above my head, rose up to remind me of my twisted nature.
    “We flirted with this before.”
    “I know, Sophia.” He tilted his head and observed me. “What are you thinking?”
    “I’m confused. I don’t understand any of this.”
    “Like what?” His soft voice inspired my confidence.
    “Why are you chasing after me?” I frowned and shook my head. “No, don’t answer that.”
    “I will answer it because you need to know.” Alexander kissed the corner of my mouth. “You and I never finished. You know it’s true. Why do you think I ended up here? Of all the companies in the world, why did I choose this one?”
    My dry mouth nearly left me incapable of speech. I swallowed hard. “Coincidence.”
    “You know better. Do you really think I haven’t kept track of you all these years? I’ve known every address you’ve had, every job, and every…relationship.” Alexander’s lip curled back on the last word.
    I swayed. I should’ve been frightened by his thoroughness. I wasn’t. A strange, secret part of me was relieved. To have someone share my obsession was lovely.
    “Me too.”
    “What?”
    “Relationships. I’ve known about yours, at least the ones that made it on the Internet.”
    His mouth quirked into enigmatic smile. “Really now?”
    “Yes.” Anger and jealousy spiked. “You’ve gotten around so much I wonder how you’d manage to run a hot dog stand much less a large corporation.”
    His amusement evaporated. “Careful there, girl. I’m not above throwing things in your face.”
    “Go for it. I’m not the one jumping from bed to bed and letting the whole world document it.”
    “Did you ever wonder why?”
    “No.”
    Alexander pulled my head back slowly. He bared my throat, leaving it a long line vulnerable to his lips and teeth. “Why do you think someone like me who has always been protective of my privacy would allow that kind of information out? Would be in places where pictures could be taken?”
    “To show off what kind of women money attracts.”
    And rub it in my face. To show me that you didn’t need me, that you were doing just fine without me.
    “Still catty as ever.”
    I blushed a deep red. I generally wasn’t hateful to females in general, and previous lovers would swear there wasn’t a jealous bone in my body, but Alexander had always elicited a different response. Just the thought of all those women who’d taken my place afterwards was enough to