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woman that pushed him beyond irritation and annoyance.  She fired him up and not always in a good way.  “Nikki, get your little butt over here, right now!”
    He almost burst out laughing when the obnoxious, adorable woman actually turned around as if she were trying to see if her butt was small or otherwise.  How could she create such volatile emotions in him from such a short acquaintance?  But from the moment he’d seen her from the podium in Washington, D.C., he’d known this woman would be different.  She’d gotten under his skin with her pretty blue eyes and her lush, sexy figure.  But this escapade really was beyond belief.  Not that she understood the danger she was in!  One moment he was ready to turn her over his knee and spank her until she had some common sense and promised never to put her life in danger like this and the next, he wanted to chuckle at her actions and kiss her until she couldn’t speak anymore. 
    Instead, he glared at her until, visibly shaking, she walked over to stand directly in front of him.  “How did you get in here?” he demanded in a low growl.  He’d had his security team scouring her home and work areas, trying to find her knowing that she wasn’t going to show for their dinner.  He’d almost fired his body guards when he found out that the one woman who had distracted him so completely had simply walked away from him and hadn’t been followed.  He’d been furious to be denied her company; he could still feel her skin under his fingertips, could still remember the anticipation of what she might taste like.  If he had been clearer about his intentions that afternoon, the past few sleepless nights might have been completely different.  Or he might have just had sleepless nights for a completely different reason. 
    Nikki licked her lips and looked around, painfully aware of all the very angry, probably embarrassed palace guards and body guards.  “Well, it wasn’t all that difficult,” she whispered, leaning forward slightly and glancing to her right and left.
    Nazar wasn’t sure what to say to that.  People were killed trying to enter the palace grounds.  And here she was – standing in front of him with the sun shooting auburn sparks off of her brown tresses – telling him that it wasn’t very hard for an unauthorized person to enter the compound. 
    Since he was having trouble forming words with the image of her bullet ridden body in his mind, he grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the palace where they could have some privacy.  Unfortunately, the obviously fearless woman didn’t understand the danger she was in.
    “What do you think you’re doing?” Nikki demanded, pulling back and glaring up at him.  “I’m not going anywhere with you!”
    He spun around and glared down at her, leaving almost no space between their bodies.  “Nikki, you either walk into this building with me where we can discuss this latest insanity on your part in private, or I toss you over my shoulder and bring you to my bedroom where I spank you for putting yourself in such horrific danger.”
    She pulled back slightly, but that didn’t help stop his fulminating glare.  “I’ll go, but you don’t have to drag me,” she said in an angry whisper, not wanting any more of their arguments to be overheard by the guards that were now surrounding the two of them. 
    “That is certainly up for debate,” he came right back.  But instead of grabbing her arm, he stepped back and, with a sweeping gesture, allowed her to precede him into the air conditioned palace.  “This way,” he said when she kept going forward instead of turning in the direction of his private suite.
    Just before he was about to close the doors, he turned to his body guard.  “Find out how she got in!” he commanded with finality.  He slammed the door right when the guard was about to say something.
    When he turned around, he looked down at the now-angry woman.  “Nikki…” he started