My Spy
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He smiled as if he was enjoying the image.
The smile only made her angrier. “Let's get something straight, tough guy.” Carly stood up stiffly, clutching at her silk scarf and the remains of her dignity. She should have known the man was too gorgeous to be true. The last thing she needed on her photo shoot was a walking case of male hormones and unbridled ego. She smiled tightly. “I'll use tiny, little words, so your tiny, little brain can take them all in. I don't want to have sex with you. Not now or ever.”
“Just as well. At seven hundred fifty an hour,” he said thoughtfully, “you must expect a real workout.”
For a moment Carly was speechless. A shadow moved at the corner of the pool, but she paid no attention. “Open your ears and try to understand. You're the last man on earth I'd consider having sex with.”
She was shouting but she didn't care. Dimly she heard water splash. Someone called out across the deck.
The man in the pool rose, reaching out a hand.
“Forget it, Don Juan.”
She turned her head and saw a volleyball hurtling straight at her. As if in slow motion, water sloshed up over the side of the pool as her infuriating Adonis jumped high. In one smooth movement he swung sideways, opened his hand, and captured the runaway ball in midair.
Only inches from her face.
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